Given that I was talking about how much a hypothetical Democrat would spend vs. what a hypothetical Libertarian would spend, I don't see how dragging a Republican into the mix refutes my statement. Your statement is irrelevant in the context of what was said.
I'm not going to argue against your point (in fact, I think it's quite valid!), just point out that it doesn't address what was under discussion in the thread you're quoting. Julia On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > this is quite illogical what democrat has spent more than the present > republican president? > Check this out at a price of $10 to $15 billion dollars a month there > you have it---your more than $700 billion dollars short fall. Cum on > yall I'm sure yall can count and think better than the crew you keep > putting in control over the wealth which the people create--give me a > break! > -------------- Original message from Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -------------- > > >> >> >> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote: >> >>> Julia Thompson >>> >>>> Well, on my ballot, if I were to not vote for the incumbent in a lot of >>>> the state & local races, that left me with a choice between a Democrat and >>>> a Libertarian in all of the cases where I was left with a choice of 2 >>>> non-incumbents. The Democrats would be more likely to spend more. Which >>>> is why I came to the conclusion I did. >>>> >>>> I guess your ballots are somewhat different from mine, then, in terms of >>>> how heavily any given party is represented, and how likely a candidate >>>> from a particular party is to beat one from another particular party. >>> >>> I wish there were as many libertarians in the top 3 on my ballots as there >>> were on yours! You must live in a libertarian-friendly area. >> >> North of Austin, TX. >> >> Texas is somewhat interesting that way in some places.... >> >> Julia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l