No, I would not describe Charlie Crist as a "Ron Paul libertarian." I would however, describe him as a "James Madison Institute libertarian leaner." Crist has close ties to the libertarian/conservtive think tank in Tallahassee. As you may know Gov. Bush appointed libertarian Randall Holcombe, Ph.D. of James Madison to his Board of Economic Advisors. Randall was the luncheon speaker at the recent RLC convention.
Just as important, Crist appointed Rep. Kottkamp, described by the Palm Beach Post as a "libertarian leaning free marketeer" as his running mate for Lt. Gov. In essence, I wouldn't say Crist will be quite as dogmatic a libertarian as either soon-to-be Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (a close friend of the Libertarian Party), or soon-to-be Governor Butch Otter of Idaho, (just featured in the latest Reason Magazine as a "libertarian Republican), but he'll be pretty damned good. --- In [email protected], "DC Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is Charlie Crist a 'libertarian-leaner' in the same way as Ron Paul? If > so, he has my support. > > "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, > the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably." > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Eric Dondero Rittberg > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Elect a Libertarian Democrat: You Can Help! > > > > What the writer doesn't tell you is that Charlie Crist, Republican > candidate for Governor, and a solid libertarian-leaner who just > appointed a "free marketeer libertarian" as his running mate, is > polling over 20 points ahead of the Democrat Jim Davies. > > Florida is now a solidly Republican state. Katherine Harris is > gaining, and I predict she will come close to winning with an > outright shot of winning the race. > > In short, Florida is not the state to be pinning your hopes on > anybody on the Democrat ticket. > > --- In Libertarian@ <mailto:Libertarian%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com, Logan Ferree <lhferree@> wrote: > > > > In thirty one days, people will be going to the polls across the > > nation. In many races, there won't be a fundamentally libertarian > > option. There are exciting opportunities for Libertarian Party > > candidates to win in races like the Texas 22nd, but let's not > forget > > libertarian candidates within the two major parties. In one month, > it > > is my hope that the voters of the Florida 21st will vote to kick > Bush > > Republican Lincoln Diaz-Balart out of office and elect libertarian > > Democrat Frank Gonzalez: http://www.electfra > <http://www.electfrank.org/> nk.org/ > > > > Frank Gonzalez is without a doubt a strong libertarian candidate > who is > > focusing his campaign on civil liberties and free markets. Opposed > to > > the Patriot Act, he supports all of the Bill of Rights against > attacks > > from the warmongerers in Congress. He wants out of Iraq and > supports a > > foreign policy based on non-interventionist. He opposes corporate > > welfare, which has exploded under this Republican Congress. If > elected, > > I am certain that Frank Gonzalez will join Ron Paul as being a > maverick > > who will not be controlled by the leadership of either party but > will > > instead vote consistently for liberty and freedom. > > > > He needs your support now. Please donate to him at his our ActBlue > > page: http://www.actblue. <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> > com/page/electfrank > > > > When Frank Gonzalez ran in 2004 as a Libertarian, he was at a > > significant financial disadvantage--as most third parties are. > This > > didn't stop him from out performing the only previous Democratic > > candidate to run in the gerrymandered district in both raw votes > and the > > percentage. This year, he's running as a Democratic candidate. He > has > > a higher profile and the endorsements of the National Taxpayers > Union > > and the Democratic Freedom Caucus. In a district where John Kerry > > received 43% of the vote, I feel confident of his ability to hit at > > least 40% when you consider Bush's dropping approval. > > > > With our support (http://www.actblue. > <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank), I > believe > > Frank Gonzalez even has a shot at winning. > > > > The district, while dominated by Cuban-Americans, is actually only > 40% > > Cuban-American. Another 30% is made up by various non-Cuban > Hispanic > > groups, and the rest are non-Hispanic White (21%), Black (7%) and > other > > groups (2%). According to recent surveys > > (http://www.ndn. > <http://www.ndn.org/hispanic/memos/Cuban-Exile-Poll.pdf> > org/hispanic/memos/Cuban-Exile-Poll.pdf), Cuban- > American > > community in South Florida is almost 70% Republican, yet currently > has > > only a 51% approval rating of George W. Bush. It is my calculation > that > > Cuban-Americans provided half of George W. Bush's vote in that > district > > in 2004, with the non-Cuban-American voters almost splitting > equally > > between Bush and Kerry. There should be no problem in holding onto > the > > Kerry voters in the non-Cuban-American community, in fact it is > very > > likely that Frank will outperform Kerry given today's political > > climate. If Frank Gonzalez is then able to split the Cuban- > American > > vote with Lincoln Diaz-Balart, he will win! > > > > But he needs our help: http://www.actblue. > <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank > > > > Given that Bush's approval is lagging in the Cuban-American > community, > > that Republican Katherine Harris is going to loose by a landslide > and > > drag down the Republicans in Florida, and that the Florida > Republicans > > are particularly tarnished by the Mark Foley (R-FL) scandal, I > think > > that the political winds are in favor of Frank Gonzalez. On one of > his > > major issues, ending the travel restrictions to Cuba, the Cuban- > American > > community is largely split: 49% favor it and 45% oppose it. I > don't > > think he can win the Cuban-American vote, but Frank doesn't have > to. He > > just has to split it, and hold onto the Democratic vote elsewhere. > And > > everything is coming together to help him do that. > > > > We can do this, we can elect a libertarian candidate just one month > from > > now, but please help: http://www.actblue. > <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank > > > > <><> > > Logan Ferree > > > > > > > > > > [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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! 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