Wow, that sucks about your experience. I used to get asked why I didn't run for anything here and my response was "because I inhaled. A lot", lol.
Back then the LP was far more libertarian, for sure. On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 9:44:29 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > That was a "Brand" of Libertarianism that most Libertarians didn't support > or even acknowledge really.... > > Back in the very early 1990s, (and yes, I was formulating a political run > for office in North Carolina); I had been very active in the Republican > Party; I had, "Paid My Dues"; and when I got ready to run for a fairly > significant (City of Charlotte) office; I was asked to manage the mayoral > campaign of a fairly significant politician....I ran into "Issues" with my > business, (and the federal government) and my political career was doused > in a matter of a couple of days, but a story for another night....(*See* > Pat McCrory). > > To make a very long story short, I ended up leaving the Republican Party > for several years; and joined the Libertarian Party of North Carolina, > wherein I learned the real definition of, "Clusterfuck".....I did have the > opportunity during that shor duration of befriending Neil Boortz, which I > don't regret at all.... > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:38 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> I realize the war on drugs has been a monumental failure. But the >> Libertarian's idea that it would be ok to see heroin and morphine at 7-11 >> was something I could never get behind. Other than that, I was far more >> libertarian than anything else. All those partisan quizzes out there showed >> me to be one. >> >> But yeah, the people they nominate and most you talk to who *claim* to be >> staunch libertarians aren't libertarian at all IMO. >> >> On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 7:52:51 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> All true Libertarians joined the Republican Party decades ago, and >>> formed think tanks and foundations.....(Me included).....*See* Ronald >>> Reagan >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 7:42 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Interesting that it took Gary Johnson at the top of the Libertarian >>>> ticket for him to realize the LP was dead. Governor Weld was not remotely >>>> Libertarian either. >>>> >>>> How could a Libertarian not realize they were dead in 2008 when Bob >>>> Barr - the author of the Defense of Marriage Act as a republican >>>> congressman - was their presidential nominee? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>> >>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
