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2004 Election
Watched much of the Democratic National Convention this week. Fortunately, PBS had full coverage (the only non-cable station to have full coverage). One thing that I'm still not sure about is if John Kerry really served in Vietnam. No one seemed to bring this up during the convention.... Actually, even someone who didn't speak any English probably could have figured that out during this convention. Some interesting quotes:
During the Vietnam War, many young men, including the current President, the Vice President and me, could have gone to Vietnam and didn't -Bill Clinton (glad he didn't forget himself)
You cannot run. You cannot hide. We will destroy you -John Edwards (His message to the terrorists in what seemed to be an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation.)
I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty -John Kerry (Very witty opening line)
As someone who is open minded, I'll try to watch all of the Republican Convention. I'm probably one of those who could be best labeled an independent. I have concerns with both parties. I still think it would be good for the nation if there were a strong third party. A party that would include the social liberalism and economic self reliance. The closest thing to such a party is the Libertarian party.
I checked out the website of Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate for President. The website looked good. Plus it had a lot of content. But when I looked through Badnarik's biography, I wasn't impressed. The highest public office that he has held is vice president of his college dormitory. Surely, they can get a candidate with more experience than that. He would be lucky to win a city councilman position in a small city.
I also looked over the campaign websites of several Libertarian candidates for Texas and local offices. Very few had held any public offices. I don't see the Libertarians making any advances this year.
Their best bet for the future would be if Ron Paul would run for President for the Libertarians. He would likely still get fewer votes than Ross Perot in 92. But more people would give him and the party a more serious look.
Also, like Ron Paul, Libertarians should consider running for local positions like city councilman in one of the two major parties. Like Paul, they don't have to give up on their beliefs. This can provide them with important experience and give credence to them as future Libertarian candidates.
The Libertarians do have one plan for a more successful future and that is the Free State Project. This project is trying to get around 20 thousand Libertarians to move to the state of New Hampshire where they could get enough candidates and voters to be able to get into state government. Then they hope to have a serious hand in governing where they can showcase their political philosophies in a real environment. And then they would be able to have presidential candidates with more public office experience than a VP of a college dormitory. It will be interesting to watch.
