tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15239925.post113347104701838478..comments2023-08-03T11:05:49.709-04:00Comments on Blog of the Enders: New Libertarians?Robert Endershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15239925.post-1134133142052862692005-12-09T07:59:00.000-05:002005-12-09T07:59:00.000-05:00It's funny, Robert. Hospers used strategy? That's ...It's funny, Robert. Hospers used strategy? That's exactly what us 'new Libertarians' do. We use strategy. And yet, we get grief for it by our purists here at home.<BR/><BR/>Harumph!Mike Kolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15239925.post-1133545652689405742005-12-02T12:47:00.000-05:002005-12-02T12:47:00.000-05:00John Hospers is probably as ideologically pure as ...John Hospers is probably as ideologically pure as anyone else, its just that his voting strategy is different. (Its why we need instant runoff voting.)<BR/><BR/>IT Chick, you don't have to apologize. If you were sincerely worried about the effects of a Kerry victory, and you were worried that Kerry was going to take the state you reside in, then voting for Bush probably looked like a good option for you. Indiana has been going Republican in presidential elections for so long that neither party bothers to do much campaigning in this state. You might see fundraising here, but that's it. (In that case, you might have made a protest vote for Badnarik, since Bush would have won this state no matter what, but contributed money to the Bush campaign so to prevent a Kerry victory.)<BR/><BR/>I consistently vote and contribute Libertarian however. If there is going to be one person waving a plywood sword at the giant windmill called big government, then let it be me. I'm simply trying to illustrate the thinking of people who do not vote for their first choice.Robert Endershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15239925.post-1133474437258839242005-12-01T17:00:00.000-05:002005-12-01T17:00:00.000-05:00Wow- I didn't know Hospers endorsed Bush. I guess ...Wow- I didn't know Hospers endorsed Bush. I guess that means us "new" Libertarians are more "pure" still than the "old" Libertarians. I voted for Badnarik, too.Mike Kolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.com