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If you were a Libertarian in Georgia
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:08 pm
How would you vote in the Senate race this November? Would you go with Perdue, someone who's never held office but on the Republican ticket, or would you go with the Libertarian that nobody's heard of ( Amanda Swafford) for idealogical purposes?
I'm inclined to go with Boortz's "If you're starving, you don't wait around for the perfect chef" analogy. Since there's such a large Libertarian presence on this board, I thought I'd throw this out there.
I'm inclined to go with Boortz's "If you're starving, you don't wait around for the perfect chef" analogy. Since there's such a large Libertarian presence on this board, I thought I'd throw this out there.
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:14 pm to TerryDawg03
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"If you're starving, you don't wait around for the perfect chef"
Thats awesome
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:18 pm to TerryDawg03
Does Perdue have any actual positions that are anything other than stock conservative? That is to say, is he a Rand Paul, where there are actually issues on which he deviates from conservative orthodoxy, or is he a Ted Cruz, a stock conservative I'm expected to suck off because he uses small government rhetoric?
I don't expect the Republicans to nominate Gary Johnson, but for the "perfect chef" analogy to apply, the candidate has to be offering me something other than leftovers (i.e., what they were going to offer anyway as a Republican). Show me some libertarian give on one issue in the social policy or foreign policy spheres. Just one. I'm not difficult.
If it's just the same old "I'm a Republican, take it or leave it," then I'd leave it. Libertarians have done that one-sided waltz with Republicans for 40 years, to little effect on their policies.
I don't expect the Republicans to nominate Gary Johnson, but for the "perfect chef" analogy to apply, the candidate has to be offering me something other than leftovers (i.e., what they were going to offer anyway as a Republican). Show me some libertarian give on one issue in the social policy or foreign policy spheres. Just one. I'm not difficult.
If it's just the same old "I'm a Republican, take it or leave it," then I'd leave it. Libertarians have done that one-sided waltz with Republicans for 40 years, to little effect on their policies.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:33 pm to TerryDawg03
I can see it now:
Perdue 49.5%
Nunn 49.5%
Swafford 1.0%
And thus would begin a 9-week Perdue-Nunn runoff.
If the national result going into that January 6th election (with LA's runoff included) is GOP 50 and Dems 49, damn near every political reporter in the country will be spending at least the final month in Georgia, and being thankful they're not in North Dakota.
Perdue 49.5%
Nunn 49.5%
Swafford 1.0%
And thus would begin a 9-week Perdue-Nunn runoff.
If the national result going into that January 6th election (with LA's runoff included) is GOP 50 and Dems 49, damn near every political reporter in the country will be spending at least the final month in Georgia, and being thankful they're not in North Dakota.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:43 pm to TerryDawg03
I'll be voting for Swafford.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:50 pm to CatFan81
quote:
I'll be voting for Swafford.
But if there is a Perdue-Nunn runoff in January, and write-ins are prohibited, do you choose one or stay home?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:08 pm to NHTIGER
And if the dumb arse tea partiers had any common sense then we would have a republican governor in Virginia instead of one of comrade Obummers biggest fund raisers.
Grow a brain people. It ain't love but it ain't bad.
Grow a brain people. It ain't love but it ain't bad.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:12 pm to TerryDawg03
What issues from the libertarian perspective matter more to you? Does the federal government soaking up more and more power over the economy, healthcare and other sectors, as well as infringements on the 2nd Amendment, matter more to you? Or do drugs and abortion matter more to you?
I think depending on how you answer that question, you have your answer. Swafford is not going to win, so there's no sense in wasting your vote. The only candidates that can win are Perdue and Nunn, so it makes sense to vote for one of those people.
I would recommend Perdue.
I think depending on how you answer that question, you have your answer. Swafford is not going to win, so there's no sense in wasting your vote. The only candidates that can win are Perdue and Nunn, so it makes sense to vote for one of those people.
I would recommend Perdue.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:14 pm to mallardhank
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It ain't love but it ain't bad.
I think that's going to be my take. I need to look more closely at Perdue's views on some issues, but if a non-vote for Perdue is effectively a vote for Nunn, I'll be damned if I'm letting that happen.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:18 pm to TerryDawg03
Bingo, brother.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:28 pm to maine82
quote:Because every time libertarians have thrown their lot in with conservatives to get them back in power, they have steadfastly held to their small government principles and stopped those things from happening.
What issues from the libertarian perspective matter more to you? Does the federal government soaking up more and more power over the economy, healthcare and other sectors, as well as infringements on the 2nd Amendment, matter more to you?
Wait, no. The opposite of that.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:40 pm to TerryDawg03
There's no virtue in voting for a loser
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:42 pm to CatFan81
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I'll be voting for Swafford.
Based on what? I just took a look at her website and noticed that her biggest accomplishment is being a community organizer...
If she really wanted to win, she would have run as a libertarian republican. Ron Paul did that. Gary Johnson did that. Rand Paul did that.
Her campaign no doubt is being funded by George Soros
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:53 pm to KeyserSoze999
quote:There's also no virtue in voting for a winner. Unless the election is decided by a margin of one, an individual vote doesn't matter. And in practice, any election decided by a margin of less than a hundred or so won't be decided by the actual votes, it will be decided by which campaign was better at precinct-level ratfricking and post-election lawyering. So why not vote for the candidate who best represents your views?
There's no virtue in voting for a loser
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:13 pm to TerryDawg03
If I didn't like the Libertarian candidate enough to vote for them, then I probably wouldn't vote for any of them.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:36 pm to Aubie Spr96
lol, she does sound like a "soros plant"
I vote for Libertarians when the only competition is and "R", which actually happens more than you might think.
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