Henry Herford running for Congress!
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If I were in the Democrat party, I'd consider throwing the LP candidate some money too, just to split the GOP vote.
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Oh, he's running LP.
Operating within the GOP proved to be hazardous for his health.
i like this new strategy. Ditch this 'take over' bullshit and go libertarian.
The GOP needs to die, and all these GOP hardliners that cheated, assaulted, and ram rodded their agenda, rolling over all those with the bold idea of taking over the GOP were successful. Its clear that taking over the party is a worthless idea.
Time to switch gears Collins.
Libertarian or go home.
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If the GOP isn't running anyone decent, why would it matter if the vote was split?
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If he really was intent on sticking it to those few that harmed him, he'd be taking them on directly in a primary. I realize this is a special election but usually there's a primary prior to that. Also, we had the convention hall stacked with our peeps so those folks would've hopefully been a great help for him to primary his opponent. I have no incentive to force a democrat victory here just because the GOP nominee is being cast under the same light as the guilty state chair. The only way the GOP goes in a libertarian direction is when the likes of Rand and Amash have high profiles and plenty of foot soldiers like us involved in bolstering their status in the party. I'm certainly not going to financially reward backing out when there are more than enough races for our peeps that need money with chances to win and help our Aces in Congress.
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Those who dont know history are doomed to repeat it.
There has never been a viable 3rd party in the US, and likely never will.
Fortunately Ron and Rand disagree.
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3rd parties have 2 uses:
1- spoiling elections (can be a good thing)
2- raising issue awareness
1- spoiling elections (can be a good thing)
2- raising issue awareness
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Yeah, I don't blame him, but still, if we split up, the big government crew has won.
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Yet you would have folks continue to slam their heads against the wall trying to change the GOP.
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Yet you would have folks continue to slam their heads against the wall trying to change the GOP.
Crazy, huh?
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Yet you would have folks continue to slam their heads against the wall trying to change the GOP.
Thing is, our guys have become the GOP in several states and are in the leadership positions. THAT is how it is changed and the only reason we should care at all about doing that is to make it easier to get our guys elected.
We could do this all over the country if we really wanted to and it would really give a leg up to our candidates.
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The true test will come very soon...whether the GOP will allow anyone to get any further than a Congressman or a Senator. For me, party doesn't matter as much as issues and the candidates who support those issues. If the GOP rejects someone who supports liberty and that candidate then wants to run in the LP, I will continue to support them there. In Mr. Herford's case, he was very publicly rejected (and assaulted) a little more than a year ago. I certainly won't cry for the GOP if he spoils their party in this congressional race. In fact, I pray he will.
It really depends on how many liberty supporters we have on the local and national GOP central committees.
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