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By Jeff, on August 20th, 2010%
[UPDATE Aug 20 2010] After some requests, I’m bumping this post back to the top of the page this morning while I work on another post on this topic that I hope to get up over the weekend. -Jeff
Republicans for several years now have consistently played the “fear” card when it comes election time. They consistently set up some Democrat – be it Al Gore, Roy Barnes, John Kerry, Mark Taylor, or Barack Obama – as some kind of Big Evil that is out to destroy us all, and then try to make us so afraid that we HAVE to vote for the Republican to avoid the Boogie Man. They tell us that if we vote for some “third” party that is more in line with our personal values rather than Their Candidate, the Boogie Man will win and all hope will be lost.
The problem is, Georgia is a “Runoff State” in every election other than the actual Presidential Election. In every race in this State other than President of the United States, a single candidate MUST receive 50% of the votes plus one vote in order to win the election.
It is due to Georgia being a Runoff State that the case for third parties is actually made EASIER, upon any amount of thought.
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By Publius, on December 10th, 2009%
The following was written by Chuck Donovan, a Libertarian Candidate for US Senate against Johnny Isakson, and posted on his campaign site yesterday.
“There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” Noah Webster (1758-1843)
The question I am most often asked is why I am running for office as a Libertarian instead of focusing my energy on reforming one of the “established” parties. Here is an excerpt from an email I received :
“… Please reconsider your decision to run on the Libertarian ticket. The Republicrats have essentially locked out a third party candidate. If a Democrat runs many independents will vote for him just to be rid of Isakson and your third party vote could pull enough votes to assure his election. Please consider the GOP as a means to the end for a greater good. Our original Constitution was written on a great compromise but gave us a strong government for nearly 75 years. You can compromise also, for the good of our country and the state of Georgia…”
While offering sincere concern and ultimate support, I think there are several incorrect assumptions this writer shares with other voters. The first is that because it has been that way for so long, it will not change now. We have a special opportunity in 2010 to make a real impression on Washington, D.C. For years, unhappy Democrats have voted for Republicans in order to send a message to the Democrats. Unhappy Republicans voted for Democrats to send a message to the Republicans. The only message the mainstream parties have received is that they own all of the power in Washington, D.C. We can send a far different message this election year.
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By Jeff, on December 7th, 2009%
Erick Erickson just went forward naming names of corrupt high-ranking officials in Georgia in a co-post on both PeachPundit and RedState. Specifically named are Glenn Richardson, Mark Burkhalter, Jerry Keen, Ben Harbin, and Casey Cagle. For those unaware, those are the Speaker of the House, Speaker Pro-Tem of the House, House Majority Leader, House Appropriations Chairman, and Lt Governor (and President of the Senate), respectively.
As I told the members of the Libertarian Party of Southwest Georgia in our meeting Saturday, 2010 represents a perfect storm of opportunity for the Libertarian Party of Georgia. The National Democrats, led by President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, are causing people to see that Democrats are just as bad as Republicans, and the Georgia Republicans are showing themselves to be corrupt and inept. This is the PERFECT time for men such as John Monds to be running for Governor and Chuck Donovan to be running for US Senate.
We as Libertarians need to stand up NOW and show the masses that there IS a viable alternative – US! As Bob Barr once said, the Libertarian Philosophy is the American Philosophy. We believe in hard work. We believe you should get what you earn. We believe, as LP-SWGA member Tim Nelson said yesterday, that stupid should hurt. We believe that government should get OUT of our lives and let us live them as we see fit.
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By Jeff, on July 10th, 2009%
That Iconoclast Investor has a rather interesting article about the long term trends of political parties in the US.
He starts out with a brief history lesson on early political parties and the origin of the Democratic and Republican Parties, then goes into listing the various political parties that have existed and their impact, before moving to a discussion of each of the currently existing ‘major’ parties – the Greens, Democrats, Libertarians, Republicans, and Constitutionals.
The entire article is highly interesting, but his analysis of the Libertarian Party is highlighted after the jump.
[See the Iconoclast Investor's Analysis of the Libertarian Party
By Tom, on June 4th, 2009%
Here in Albany and Dougherty County, we have so many non-partisan elections that it’s impossible to tell where anyone stands on the issues unless they tell you. To many, that’s a good thing. Me? I’m not so sure. I’d actually prefer partisan elections for things like city and county commission, mayor, pretty much anything else except probably District Attorney. Why, you may ask?
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By Tom, on May 18th, 2009%
NBC’s chief White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd has an interesting piece on MSNBC today. In it, he outlines what he perceives as the weaknesses in the Republican Party. He lays down no holds barred analysis of what the GOP is doing wrong, the vast majority of which I agree with. His analysis is, in my opinion, dead on.
And Libertarians need to read it too. Continue reading An Excellent Analysis
By Jeff, on May 14th, 2009%
I typically listen to KCountry 104.5 in the mornings on my way to work because they syndicate a morning show out of the northern suburbs of Atlanta from a man that I grew up listening to on Kicks 101.5, Moby in the Morning. I don’t remember him doing this ‘Small town Soapbox’ every morning when I was growing up, but it is a daily feature of his show now, and generally it is pretty good.
Yesterday morning’s, however, irked me a bit – which is something Moby admits is occasionally his intention.
Continue reading Monsters and the Weak: A Response to Yesterday Morning’s “Small Town Soapbox”
By Jeff, on April 27th, 2009%
All are invited to attend the first General Meeting of SWGA Libertarians. This meeting will be informational in purpose, designed to allow people to meet and discuss the ideas of the Libertarian Party.
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Time and place:
Saturday, May 2, 2009
3pm
Connections Albany
1512 West Broad Avenue (next door to Family Christian Bookstore)
Albany, GA
[UPDATE 2]: John Monds, who is running for Governor as a Libertarian, has confirmed he will be at our meeting!
We hope to see you there!
By Jeff, on April 19th, 2009%
The newly elected President of the United States of America has been in office for less than three months – tomorrow marks his 3 month anniversary on the job – and already there is talk of who his challenger will be in the next election.
Of course, some of this is idle banter, such as me and Tom discussing who we’d like to see as the Libertarian in the race. (Names we’ve been discussing are mostly celebrities who are Libertarians, such as Drew Carey, Glenn Jacobs – you probably know him as Kane, Kurt Russell, and Denis Leary. Our reasoning is that the LP should focus on local level growth, and use the POTUS ticket as an attention-grabber.)
But some potential candidates are also already lining up serious backers, including Erick Erickson’s recently declared support of former Vice President Dick Cheney – a close friend – getting the GOP nomination for the race.
Also, 2008 LP Vice-Presidential nominee Wayne Allen Root was the keynote speaker at last night’s LP-Ga Convention banquet, and he readily admitted that he is already campaigning HARD to be the LP Presidential nominee in 2012. I’ll come out and say that while he was good and funny, he has a lot of work to do to convince this particular Libertarian that he should be my POTUS nominee. However, if for some weird reason he IS the LP POTUS nominee, he will have my vote because he is CLEARLY better than Obama and the GOP names I’m currently hearing being mentioned.
I’ve got to be honest here, I’m thinking it is WAY too early to start seriously thinking about the 2012 Presidential race, even for us Libertarians.
By Tom, on April 18th, 2009%
Within the posts on this page, you will routinely see a libertarian slant, because both Jeff and I are Libertarians. I personally make no apologies for this, since talk radio is inundated with conservative leaning hosts, and TV is inundated with liberals. So, this little slice of the ‘net is for the libertarians.
Libertarians generally want the liberty (hence the root of the word libertarian) to simply be and do, so long as it doesn’t cross that line of harming others. Simply put, we don’t want government telling us what to do. Our goal is simply a government that lets people be idiots if they want, and be self destructive if they want, but also allows them to be great. Continue reading The Culture of Government
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