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Re: Not the Green party...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 22:06:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, William R. Ward writes:
> "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> writes:
> > What the?!
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> > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/10/02/candidate.blue.skin.ap/
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> > I like a candidate who knows a nostrum when he sees it! If Browne can't do
> > it, maybe blue can!
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> > Dave!
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> I'm sorely tempted to make a wisecrack about what this says about the
> intelligence of libertarians, but I will refrain.
Good. Because if you go down that road it opens up a whole topic about
crackpots... in every party... which I think we can skip, ne?
However I think there IS an interesting topic in there, which is this, where
should a smaller party draw the line?
Given a limited budget, how much background checking is appropriate or even
possible?
How do you prevent things like Howard Stern hijacking your nominating
process (happened in the NY governer race)?
If you have a goal of running candidates in certain races and no one really
great steps up to run, what should you do?
What should you do when you find things out later? The LP has repudiated
candidates in the past (even after they had been petitioned on the ballot,
at great expense) who were not true to the ideals of the party, but hasn't
had the luxury of being able to turn away candidates merely because they're
eccentric.
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| (...) This is a real interesting question. It's crystal clear to me that the parties should have a lot of say over how their name gets used. On the other hand, perhaps the parties should not "own" positions on the ballot. So, let's say a Republican (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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