Frank R. wrote in part: >these guys today? Barry Goldwater is dead. Where, other than >Ron Paul do we find a viable Libertarian presence in the US >Congress today?
Dana Rohrabacher & Jeff Flake. Nowadays they're not "movement" types who rouse the rabble of libertarians, but they're EFFECTIVE. They quietly move the GOP in Congress in a more libertarian direction, and they help move marginal votes. >I would honestly like to hear more from you on a couple of >things. First, namely, why do you believe that lying is the best >way to get elected for expediency's sake to get elected to a >Party label for the purpose of really promoting Libertarian >causes? I don't think lying is necessary for one to succeed in a political party in which one is in an ideologic minority. First of all, in most places the larger parties welcome participants regardless of ideology; mostly they're looking for people who are competent and willing to work. Second, I've seen here in NYC a striking case wherein a Conservative Party member I'm friendly with was nominated as civil court judge by the Democrats thru their primary (and elected in the general election) even though the party leadership was very vexed by that development. I have no problem working in the Conservative Party, and have gotten into poisitions of considerable responsibility thereby, although everyone recognizes philosophic differences I have with others therein. You can always find points of common interest with practically any political party, sufficient to make yourself welcome there. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
