Comments on: Sarah Palin Debated Her Minor Party Opponents in 2006

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:07:57 +0000

Palin has always opposed marijuana legalization, since she has been in public life.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:51:32 +0000

Did Palin really support marijuana legalization? I’m wondering what about her is libertarian. A lot of people are self-styled “libertarians” or get called “libertarian” by the press — like MA Governor William Weld, who doubled the size of state government.

By: Idalah Womack

Idalah Womack — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:23:00 +0000

Whether Gov. Palin is Libertarian or Republican she is significantly powerful to get marijuana legalized in the only state to do so.

By: Eric Dondero

Eric Dondero — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:37:27 +0000

Steve, the Phillies vs. Barr battle is so far down the list of importance these days, that it doesn’t even matter.

We are engaged right now in a Huge struggle with the Left who have attacked a libertarian-leaning Vice-Presidential candidate. The whole libertarian movement needs to rally to her defense, and I note this morning libertarian Republican Governor Mark Sanford has done so. (See LR blog link above.)

I hope you’ll join us by attacking the Leftist scumbags at DailyKos and their allies in the MSM.

By: Jake Witmer

Jake Witmer — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:27:47 +0000

Palin is an honest person, the solution to John McCain’s problem. She’s a conservative who is almost libertarian. She supports jury rights, free speech, and gun rights, but is undecided on drug rights (and thus inconsistent and mixed on property rights), and on the right to own one’s own money (taxation), especially regarding the socialization of healthcare (which she at least partially favors).

She is not a Harry Browne, a Lysander Spooner, or an Ayn Rand. Nor does she appear to understand those thinkers’ ideas in great depth (I don’t know whether she’s read them or not).

But she is HONEST. She is not a typical politician. And she does stand up for what she believes is right.

She is certainly the lesser of two evils. If the world was already perfect, I’d never vote for her.

I’ll be voting for Barr/Root, because I like Root, and I want the LP to retain ballot access in the future (after the current crowd of criminals –minus Bill Redpath– is no longer running it).

Good Luck to Sarah in the General Election. The ideal outcome for this election is for McCain to have a debilitating heartattack when he hears he’s won the election, and for the LP to get enough of the vote that they’re on the ballot automatically in all the easy states. Then, President Palin forces them to rescind the ballot access obstacle laws, under the threat of withholding federal funding for their federal elections, etc…

By: Glaivester

Glaivester — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:11:43 +0000

If Barr isnâ€™t on the ballot in NH do I still have to honer my pledge that I made to you to make a donation?

Barr is on the ballot in NH. The quesiton is whether or not Phillies will be on the ballot as well. This is important not because they want Phillies off the ballot pe se, but because they want to preserve the option of substitution.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:05:19 +0000

Eric,

looks like McInsane has out smarted A Dondero?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:31:47 +0000

Eric,
Bonas Noches!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:30:45 +0000

Eric,

Uhm so if Barr doesn’t get on the NH ballot does this mean you arn’t going to go door to door knocking and telling each and every libertarian how un-libertarian Phillies is? And more important… If Barr isn’t on the ballot in NH do I still have to honer my pledge that I made to you to make a donation?

By: Larry Reinsch

Larry Reinsch — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:09:53 +0000

as a former alaskan I wish she was at the top of the ticket , then I would vote for her even though she is a repub but I still will not vote for Obama or MCcain. But Im glad she is there the lesser 48 needs to see the pragmatism of Alaska !!