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Old May 23rd 04, 06:16 PM
Wdtabor
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Perhaps your Libertarian party has some good ideas but at this time it is
not a serious contender and I don't see it as being one in the forseeable
future (there are many reasons for this and this isn't the appropriate place
to go into that discussion). The only thing you can hope for is that some
good ideas and concepts are adopted by one of the two big parties.


I agree that we are not serious contenders for the forseeable future in terms
of winning national elections. (However our local Libertarian candidate for
mayor of VA Beach came within 4 percent of unseating an 18 year incumbent
Democrat) and I look at the LP as more of a vehicle for introducing the
American ublic to some quaint ideas like freedom, self governance and personal
responsibility.

But if we get the FairTax through Congress, working with the GOP and a handful
of Democrats, we will be serious contenders from that time on.

Still, though I have to work with the GOP to get things done, I feel a lot
'cleaner' for being a Libertarian.

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Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
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Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG