Good evening again, Robert! Robert Goodman wrote, in part, to Frank Reichert...
What I previously wrote was:
these guys today? Barry Goldwater is dead. Where, other than Ron Paul do we find a viable Libertarian presence in the US Congress today?
To which, you replied:
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.
Admittedly, I don't know these people. But I'll take your word for it in any case. Specifically however, I would like to know, on real key issues, how they have made a difference towards a more Libertarian approach or direction.
You wrote:
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 suspect that I am used to 'lying' coming from both the GOP and Democratic Party candidates. I've virtually, *I THINK*, seen it all, or I suspect I've seen the most of it anyway. The thing that I have long admired by real Libertarian Party candidates, is that they usually tell it like it is, and in large measure, really mean what they say. Although sometimes I might disagree with some of them, particularly on right to life issues, and probably security on our borders. I've been pretty outspoken on both issues on this forum for a long time, so no one should be surprised. However, overall, LP candidates seem to have a rather clear message, and might tend to go in such a direction of elected.
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.
Well. Good luck. I do know several candidates and proponents of the Constitution Party, at least here in Idaho. Insofar as the Conservative Party is concerned, I haven't followed that a great deal, and know probably very little insofar as how that Party stacks up on major issues with the Libertarian Party.
I honestly don't know what the answer is anymore, as I am stuck with the fascists and socialists who want to control each and everything we want to do individually, and even with the context of voluntary associations.
We have honestly, become a sick society of becoming comfortable with sound bites, rather than principle and reasonable alternatives to the sordid mess we find ourselves in today. And, right now tonight, I don't have a single clue on how to change much of that.
Maybe I've become too much of an ideologue to make a difference anymore in the scope of things. Who knows?
Kindest regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
