Hey, does that "600" List include Don Gorman up in New Hampshire who was elected on both the Libertarian and Republican lines?
--- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The RLC hs never gotten a single person elected to office, libertarian > or otherwise; not one. Also, the Republican party has no libertarians > in it and that includes Ron Paul. > > The Libertarian Party on the other hand has gotten over 600 > libertarians elected. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > Outstanding question Matt. And welcome to our Forum. > > > > Here's my thoughts on the matter. > > > > I think there was a groundswell of support for libertarian ideals in > > the late 1970s and early 1980s. This all culminated in the highly > > successful Ed Clark, Libertarian for President Campaign in 1980 (and > > to a lesser extent Ron Paul's LP Presidential Campaign in 1988). It > > also resulted in 3 Libertarians being elected to the Alaska > > Legislature, and scores of Libertarians winning nationwide for local > > offices. > > > > Since then. the Libertarian Party has experienced a serious decline > > in electoral victories and Presidential vote totals. > > > > In 1990, Libertarian Party members started joining the GOP, and > > formed the Republican Liberty Caucus. > > > > Since then, virtually all of the major libertarian electoral > > victories have been a result of the RLC, not the LP. > > > > The LP's decline has seriously hurt the Liberty Movement. I don't > > see a "libertarian groundswell" out there any more like there was in > > the '80s. > > > > The RLC has been only partially successful. It has succeeded in > > getting libertarians elected to office in a spotty fashion; 1 guy in > > Maine, another guy in Alaska, 2 guys down in Texas, 2 guys in > > Colorado, and so on. > > > > The RLC has not succeeded in electing enough libertarians to make a > > difference. It's more like "Oh ya, that odd libertarian guy we have > > in our GOP Caucus here in the 'Pick-your-State' Legislature..." > > > > Unless libertarians of all stripes get super-serious about politics > > and trade in the on-line blogging and LP supper club monthly > > meetings for precinct walking, sign waving, phone banks, and > > fundraising for RLC-backed candidates, we are never going to succeed. > > > > The entire libertarian movement, both LP and RLC, needs to transform > > itself into a libertarian version of the Club for Growth. > > > > I invite you to check out my web site which advocates this approach: > > > > www.mainstreamlibertarian.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "matthew_reider" > > <matthew_reider@> wrote: > > > > > > Full disclosure: I am neither a libertarian nor a fan of > > unregulated > > > capitalism. But I am earnest in trying to figure out where > > > Libertarians stand - and I am not here to pick a fight. > > > > > > It seems like the Libertarian argument has gained some strength in > > the > > > last decade or more. This correlates to the strength of the fiscal > > > conservative viewpoint and republican success over Democrats in > > > representative government. > > > > > > It is my belief that these trends have much to do with one another > > and > > > that Republicans have done a good job of co-opting the Libertarian > > > agenda while not following that agenda whatsoever. Reagan was the > > > first in a line of contemporary republicans who appealed to the > > > public's sense of paranoia about "big government" and started what > > > became a twenty-five year republican mission to dismantle many of > > the > > > federally funded social programs established by Reagan's > > predecessors. > > > > > > My question to the group looks something like this: Do you > > generally > > > agree that Libertarian ideology has helped to elect people like > > George > > > W. Bush to the white house and, if so, do you find this troubling? > > > > > > Thanks for considering my question! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
