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Quote by: underbear1 I don't think a Libertarian will ever gain the presidency, and if by some miracle/tragedy (depending on your view of Libertarians) that occured, he/she would be unable to change much, because neither the Democrats or Republicans in Congress would work to achieve those Libertarian objectives. |
I've been a Libertarian for close to 20 years and I have been saying just that for almost all of those years. He would be a lame duck even before the Diebolds cooled down. The Democrats and the Republicans have the house and Senate and even if a L.P. president proposed a workable plan to solve every problem on Earth he would be stopped at the legislative level. One of my problems with my party is that it doesn't seem to CARE, much less support local and state candidates and THAT is what we need more than a president. A 20-25% of Congress would be nice to have before we even THINK of the White House. With a sizable minority in Congress the L.P. members would have the power to shove a wrench in anything the Republicrats would want to do. Either that of they would show the nation that they ARE actually two faces of the same party when every single thing either side proposes will need to be almost unanimously voted for by BOTH parties just to overrule the Libertarians.
I have often accused my state party of running the state L.P. like a club, and an unrealistic club at that, instead of a real party that wants REAL political power. This is obvious by their emphasis on the presidency rather than realizing the simple truth is that Congress is where the power is.