Craig, I am interested in your interpretation of a libertarian platform and Paul's platform. Eric On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:31 -0700, Nathan wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 13:24:30 you wrote: > > > Nobody was forced to take part in a 2-party system. Don't argue that a > 3rd > > > party candidate is a waste of vote. Face it, your vote is > infinitesimally > > > small, in fact 1 in a million. The idea of voting for lesser of two > evils > > > has delivered a president with a 30% approval rating and a Congress > with a > > > 19% approval rating. We, as a people, need to determine our own values > and > > > vote based on these values, not trying to prevent someone else from > getting > > > in office. Its not a horse race. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > I agree it's not a horse race. You're right. I'm sorry Paul did not win. > > Maybe the fairness doctrine would have required the media to give Paul an > equal chance... > ---- > I think that a parliamentary system allows for other voices and more > participation but that is not what we have in the US. Too bad for us I > think because I rather admire the notion in England of 'loyal > opposition' - a concept that is foreign to the political system here. > > I do think that across the board, the political system does not > typically encourage the best/brightest and I don't recall an election > where one of the presidential choices was my ideal candidate and I don't > see that changing any time soon, either. > > Ron Paul is a marginal voice with a marginal message and his adherents > were so over the top this cycle that his message couldn't be considered > reasonable. He is incapable of sticking to a libertarian agenda. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >