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October 24, 2008
The Wrong Parties
It should probably be the "wronged parties", but then we would be talking about citizens. Which will come up eventually but not quite in that context. And what is the context? Obviously some one is getting it. What the heck am I gibbering about? The inevitable political season wheeze that "we need to punish a given political party by seeing it defeated" in order to make it live up to its principles. Radley Balko is the latest purveyor of this trash. Which brings me back to why the Republicans need to get throttled: A humiliated, decimated GOP that rejuvenates and rebuilds around the principles of limited government, free markets, and rugged individualism is really the only chance for voters to possibly get a real choice in federal elections down the road.What Radley fails to take into account is that it is the voters who choose the candidates. If you are trying to win in a conservative district you had better be running conservative candidates. (See Democrats, Blue Dog) So Radley, we don't have a government of the Parties. We have a government of the people. Want better candidates (according to your lights)? Get better people. Radley: for good or ill we get the government we deserve. And for the Radleys of the world the answer is always the same: we need a better party. The Libertarians have been improving their party for 30+ years. So far the results are minimal. I propose a different tack. A long march through the institutions. Work to get a libertarian people. The libertarian government will follow shortly thereafter. OH, yeah. Palin has more libertarian tendencies than I have seen in any other politician currently on the national scene. I'm voting McCain/Palin to give her a chance to show her stuff. And for those of you who are a little short of love for the Republican ticket may I suggest: I think people who try to steal elections (ahem, ACORN, hem) ought to be denied a victory on principle. It sets a bad precedent. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 10.24.08 at 10:21 AM
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darelf, Hard to say at this point how she compares to Fred. I was a Fred head. And Fred says he likes her. I guess that makes two of us. In any case Fred made one totally unforgivable error. He didn't get nominated. And that means Fred's time has passed. Palin win or lose or the future. She is not going away. I hope she does well. M. Simon · October 24, 2008 03:46 PM Post a comment
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Palin has more libertarian tendencies than Fred Thompson? Really? That's a ... unique perspective, I guess.
Although she certainly has more than the other three on the tickets.