Quoth Terry: > Damn Tom, these people are coming out of the woodwork aren't they but > remember that dude that was trying to get the LP prez nomination in 2000, it was a > Black retired miltary guy who sounded like a Facist?
I think you're thinking of Edison P. McDaniels. The only thing I remember about his positions is that he was a "peace activist" type candidate (which, in 2000, didn't seem like a qualification). He was a black WWII veteran. I talked with him for a few minutes, but wasn't greatly impressed. > So it is not new but I > think the Reform the LP movement is begining to bring out more and more statist > nut cases.. I'm not sure that the two are really related. What's happening is a new separation of the political spectrum. The GOP and Democrats are getting _so_ bad that a lot of people are starting to identify with a vague idea of "libertarianism" versus the current situation. Basically, the rhetoric under the political center is shifting in response to the war, the Patriot Act, the NSA spy plot, etc. So you'll have some candidates who think that since they're no longer liking what the GOP and Dems are doing, they must be libertarians now, even though their ideas haven't changed at all. Tom Knapp 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/
