I didn't ask about his social agenda. You talk about marginal this and
marginal that and that he couldn't stick to a libertarian agenda. So, please
enlighten us. From my point of view, he nailed the libertarian ticket. You
seem to disagree and I am very interested in your viewpoint.
Eric
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Craig White <
craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
> Look at his social agenda
>
> Craig
>
> On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 14:01 -0700, Eric Cope wrote:
> > 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 <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> > 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
> >
> >
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