Will the Libertarian Party Field A Candidate Against Presidential Candidate Rand Paul?

CaptLouAlbano said:
The "libertarian vote" that you reference, I believe would be referring to the hardcore libertarians. The type that place every politician and pundit under a electron microscope to find their flaws and therefore disqualify them from being called "libertarian". In all honesty, from a political standpoint that group is practically unreachable, and furthermore it is such a minuscule portion of the electorate that it is not worth courting.
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there are many tenets of libertarianism...you don't get to define it to suit your sole purpose. But for the record and as I explained earlier I was referring to those who might normally vote LP in keeping on topic.
 
PatriotOne said:
Obviously he wants the libertarian vote. And so do I. He just doesn't want the "libertarians" who smoke a joint in one hand while holding a Rand Paul sign in the other. Or like the one that lit up a joint at a Republican meeting while supporting Ron in 2011. Basically he doesn't care about the ones who have an IQ below 80 or the common sense of a rock.
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Your incindiary comments and predjucial viewpoints are rarely worth giving much thought to. Matter of fact I rarely neg rep but you just earned one with your ridiculous blanket interpretation.
 
Carlybee said:
Your incindiary comments and predjucial viewpoints are rarely worth giving much thought to. Matter of fact I rarely neg rep but you just earned one with your ridiculous blanket interpretation.
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Weird because my post was just the opposite of what you claim you neg repped me for.
 
Carlybee said:
there are many tenets of libertarianism...you don't get to define it to suit your sole purpose. But for the record and as I explained earlier I was referring to those who might normally vote LP in keeping on topic.
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The majority of people who typically vote LP, will vote LP regardless of the GOP candidate. On average, they make up less than 0.5% of the electorate. It's not that large of a voting bloc to go after, particularly if Rand would have to compromise his principles to pander to that audience.
 
Carlybee said:
Your incindiary comments and predjucial viewpoints are rarely worth giving much thought to. Matter of fact I rarely neg rep but you just earned one with your ridiculous blanket interpretation.
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PatriotOne called out a certain type of libertarian so it wasn't a blanket statement.
 
CaptLouAlbano said:
The majority of people who typically vote LP, will vote LP regardless of the GOP candidate. On average, they make up less than 0.5% of the electorate. It's not that large of a voting bloc to go after, particularly if Rand would have to compromise his principles to pander to that audience.
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He already compromised his principles when he endorsed Romney and McConnell but I understand those were political tactics...and I never said he should or shouldn't pander to LP libertarians..I said I doubt he wants to. Therefore not sure why you are tilting at windmills here.
 
Carlybee said:
No, you are trying to paint any libertarian who doesn't fit into the box as a pot smoking cretin....thinly veiled.
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lol, no, he simply said that "libertarians" who DO fit into the "pot smoking cretin" box are not people whose support Rand cares to attract.
 
Carlybee said:
He already compromised his principles when he endorsed Romney and McConnell but I understand those were political tactics...and I never said he should or shouldn't pander to LP libertarians..I said I doubt he wants to. Therefore not sure why you are tilting at windmills here.
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So you know more about what Rand Paul's principles are than Rand Paul does? That's a pretty neat trick, how'd you turn it?
 
Carlybee said:
He already compromised his principles when he endorsed Romney and McConnell but I understand those were political tactics...and I never said he should or shouldn't pander to LP libertarians..I said I doubt he wants to. Therefore not sure why you are tilting at windmills here.
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You said "I don't think he wants the libertarian vote". I agree with you, and am showing the reason why. It is an extremely small percentage of the electorate, and would require compromising of principles and/or pandering to get that vote.
 
Carlybee said:
Can you let her/him fight her/his own battles or is this going to be yet another tag team?
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Witnessing people say stupid things is irritating. Verbally punishing people for saying stupid things is satisfying and alleviates some of that irritation.

You do not have the right to say retarded things without being called out for it by multiple people. If you'd prefer not to be the victim of a tag team, you should quit saying stupid shit. Easy game!
 
BlondBeast said:
lol, no, he simply said that "libertarians" who DO fit into the "pot smoking cretin" box are not people whose support Rand cares to attract.
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So it's a he? I thought he was a girl all this time. Anyway...it sounded like he was trying to characterize the libertarians I was referring to as all pot smokers and cretins.
 
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