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Nov. 18th, 2002 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentia"Libertarians are now serving, in effect, as Democratic Party operatives."
from A Third Party on the Right
This is just as infuriating to read as the argument that Greens are Republican operatives. One reason people turn to the Green Party or the Libertarian Party is that they feel they've been failed by and excluded from the status quo. Another reason is that the mainstream voice does not speak for them. If a conservative cannot, in good conscience, vote for the Republican candidate, this does NOT mean his or her vote for a Libertarian or Reform candidate is "as good as" a vote for the Democrats. Saying that because your favorite candidate lost on election day is simply cynical.
People who are social liberals and fiscal conservatives have no political home in America, even though a party carving out this position might well win a majority.
from A Third Party on the Right
This is just as infuriating to read as the argument that Greens are Republican operatives. One reason people turn to the Green Party or the Libertarian Party is that they feel they've been failed by and excluded from the status quo. Another reason is that the mainstream voice does not speak for them. If a conservative cannot, in good conscience, vote for the Republican candidate, this does NOT mean his or her vote for a Libertarian or Reform candidate is "as good as" a vote for the Democrats. Saying that because your favorite candidate lost on election day is simply cynical.
People who are social liberals and fiscal conservatives have no political home in America, even though a party carving out this position might well win a majority.
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Date: 2002-11-19 08:03 am (UTC)When Gore came to New Orleans for his presidential debate, he threw all the street performers out of work so he could have his little show where he wanted it. No one with any non-approved of political signs was allowed anywhere near the podium. They were kept away, in the dark, by armed guards.
They're all scum.