"Wait, wait! Dude, you ran for office?"
Hey, I don't call this "all politics is local" for nada. Yes, I ran for the Texas lege as a Libertarian candidate. To be more accurate I was one of four Lib candidates who filed for the same slot. Since I only filed because at the 11th hour the slot appeared to be open, I quickly withdrew (well, I waited a bit) to let the other 3 slug it out.
Withdrawing also allowed me to leave the Lib Party fold briefly and do something I hadn't done since 1984 or so: vote in a GOP primary. Then I went back that night and was selected as a delegate to the county convention (along with everyone else who showed up) where I was supposed to go and put forth Ron Paul approved platform requests. See, I am part of the Ron Paul Revolution: we're gonna starve the Beast and restore the 9th and 10th Amendments. I'm not on board with all the RP positions (abortion, gold standard, for two) but his number one goal is to shrink the fed govt and restore some state power, Founder style. Good on him for that, as the late Progressive Molly Ivins would say.
I'd like to think the strain of my campaign did not cost me my marriage. And I'd be right. The ankle, however...
posted by quash @ 6:53 PM
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Broken ankle = bad
Divorce = worse
Voting Republican =
I see a trend here.
Was this typical with Libertarians, voting for Ron Paul in the primary (ies)? And if so, who was left (no pun intended) to vote in the Lib primary? Or is there even such a thing? Obviously there is, as your race is an example. Can six people make a quorum?
I like asking questions that no one else in the country asks. Of course, that's because no one cares about the Libertarian party.
While I'm no big fan of the power of the federal government, there are plenty of states that I think repeatedly show the need for oversight by a group that is not comprised of mostly like-minded zealots, be they left or right.
And Texas is one of them. And just to show that I'm not biased, you can throw in Oklahoma as well.
I have no doubt that more Libertarians voted in GOP primaries than in Dem ones. One reason I decided to run for the lege was to help draw "none of the above" voters away from the Republican candidate. If yer a conservative and have a choice between the freespending RINOs and a Dem, you might vote RINO; give that voter a Lib option and you've siphoned off a vote.
Texas Libertarians don't have primaries, cuz we can handle all the people who want to come to a county convention. In a fairly small place. Without reserving a room.
I use to think a federalist system was closest to fair. Still do, sorta. If states get some power back there will be old school style differences from state to state. And if your state suddenly sucks you move to Vermont. Or whatever. Sucks if you can't afford to move, but then maybe another state will pay more in welfare benefits and you just need to thumb a ride to it. And then Kansas won't have to secede, the South can teach creationism, and the Chindians will rule the world one generation ahead of schedule.
Go Libertarian Chaos!!
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