Tue, 03 Oct 2006

Stronger Libertarians?

Stronger smelling, perhaps. This is why I can no longer vote or support the Libertarian Party: we now have "Libertarian" candidates who are in favor of retaining drug laws and locking up hookers. Some support the war in Iraq and are against a woman's right to choose abortion as an option for an unplanned pregnancy.

These are not "libertarian" in any sense of the word. They've become "Republican Lite" - less filling, perhaps, but but with the same old nasty aftertaste, especially in the area of civil liberties. An old libertarian joke referred to the two major parties as "Tweedle-dee" and "Tweedle-dum". And the only thing I can see changing with the growing "maturity" of the Indiana Libertarian Party is that we'd better add "Tweedle-doo" to the litany, as we will soon have three virtually identical parties to "choose" betwixt.

The fun factor provided by candidates who want to eliminate all drug laws and set up prostitution zones throughout Indianapolis may be gone, but the more sober-minded Libertarians of 2006 are helping their party emerge as a credible alternative.

(link) [Indianapolis Star]

via Indiana Blog Review

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On 10/3/2006 10:28:57
Thorolf wrote

On 10/3/2006 20:20:52
Thud wrote

On 10/3/2006 20:28:20
Stephen Williamson wrote

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