The Libertarian Party

Quote from Cache Landing:

I actually like a majority of the libertarian views, and I'm interested enough that I'm one of the few people I know that watches the 3rd party debates. But I will have to agree with some of the points on this thread.

Libertarians need to be more specific in the actions they condone. Making some vague statement about people having the freedom to make choices in their own self-interest isn't going to cut it. I think they have a great policy regarding tax and business. They need to have an opinion about the moral issues that face the country now. I'm not suggesting that they need to become an active voice in the various movements. But when it comes time to run for office, they must come to a party consensus.

During the last Pres. election I was watching the 3rd party debates. When discussing national debt, war, fiscal/monetary policy, etc I liked everything the libertarian had to say. Then we got to gay rights, abortion, etc. and the libertarian sounded like a broken record that was completely ignorant to current events/issues.

"Our stance is that people should have the liberty to control their own actions."

This makes it sound like they want to have no government regulation on many personal actions that we as a society consider harmful to the wellbeing of the majority population. I wanted to yell at the screen, "Come on man, form an opinion and make a statement so you don't look like an ignorant fool"! I imagine they will have an increasingly tough time fielding questions regarding legal/illegal immigration during the next presidential debate.

That said, if they as a party could form more of a cohesive unit, I do think they have the best shot (although still not a very good one) at breaking up the stupid two-party system that we have currently.
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I sort of feel like there is a fair amount of public interest in Libertarian views too. I think it's also going to be interesting to see, if in these next elections, they can come up with persuasive and comprehensive answers to the types of personal liberty questions you brought up, and also if someone can convince a group of voters that voting for a member of the libertarian ticket won't just be throwing their vote away. I think I probably heard this complaint from 4/5 people who mentioned that they thought the libertarians had a persuasive platform. "I'd just be wasting my vote."
 
Quote from Rearden Metal:

The media gives the LP zero airtime.
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yup.. or they shut them up quick and go to a commercial. that happened when George Carlin was on fox news and started attacking religion. they talked right over him, cut his mic, and went to a commercial.
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

Responses to mindless stalkers like yourself takes no attention, like shooing away a fly...
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Then you really didn't need the last word on it, did you? Lmao.
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

No, I didn't need it....that's your territory...
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Oh, you so obviously do need it.

If you don't, prove it by not responding to this post. It'll be a first....
 
Take your silly little games somewhere where you can win them...

Quote from hapaboy:

Oh, you so obviously do need it.

If you don't, prove it by not responding to this post. It'll be a first....
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Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

Take your silly little games somewhere where you can win them...
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Thank you for demonstrating your need.

LOL

Not trying to "win" anything against you as there is no need. The question with you is incessantly whether or not you will stop disqualifying yourself from the issue at hand, be it via fallacious argumentation, obfuscation, or ad hominem.

Once again, try to prove you're a man of your word by not needing to reply to this post.

Echo: It would be a first....it would be a first....it would be a first...
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

This may come as a shock, but I pay much less attention to what the folks say around here, as they seem to pay to what I say...
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DOH!!
 
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