We disagree as to whether the forty five lost planks were poorly written. I can't prove it but I think that the reformatting was an effort to condition members to scrap the platform. When you say that we can't get much clearer on any subject, remember that we are dealing with American voters. I hope that your optimism will prove to be correct but I remain unconvinced. Why don't you start writing improvements. If I like them, I will support them in 2008, God willing.
For life, liberty, justice and peace, David Macko ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Trinward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Libertarians For Life ; Libertarians for Peace ; Libertarianrepublicans ; [email protected] ; Leaders Discussion Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Badnarik2006] I HOPE THAT HIS PREDICTION IS AS WRONG AS HIS ANALYSIS IS CORRECT David - My take on this is far less grim ... The actual effect of this is that some 45 or 50 poorly written planks on specific issues (many of which still needed major massaging to fit the new format) got scrapped. What remains though (along with a very few planks that mostly say what we are about specifically) are the Statement of Principle, the Preamble and the intro paragraphs for each of the four sections. (having only Immigration under section IV is troublesome, but not irreparable). The result is, any candidate who tries to go against the stance in those sections is asking for trouble; and any candidate who had trouble defending against specific plank-stances, now has to encounter the remaining text. True, we do not have specific wording about IRS, war in Iraq, etc. However the Foreign Policy intro says: "American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world and the defense -- against attack from abroad -- of the lives, liberty, and property of the American people on American soil. Provision of such defense must respect the individual rights of people everywhere. "The principle of non-intervention should guide relationships between governments. The United States government should return to the historic libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, abstaining totally from foreign quarrels and imperialist adventures, and recognizing the right to unrestricted trade, travel, and immigration." Can't get much clearer than that! - Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
