[extropy-chat] Moveon.org

[David Lubkin]

Spike wrote:

>Badnarik is your man, Brent.  I hope some day you
>will join us.  And the world will live as 6 billion.

I've been rather disappointed with Badnarik, even by comparison with some 
of the dubious characters the LP has nominated in other years. The last 
presidential nominee of any party that I genuinely would want to have had 
in office was Goldwater, although I appreciate Ron Paul and was very 
impressed by Nancy Lord.

>I think you said you are from Taxifornia?  Me too.
>We have the luxury of voting for whoever we think is
>best here, without fear of actually effecting the
>outcome of the election.  {8-]

Alas, I live in a small battleground state. If I chose to volunteer for the 
Bush or Kerry campaigns, my personal effort could conceivably decide the 
election. OTOH, the way things are going, Bush will win in a national 
landslide.

Either way, we should encourage people we know in states where the outcome 
is assured to vote for a third-party candidate.

>Surely this is all part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Perhaps the 
>forged documents were planted by some Limbaughian scoundrel, poison bait 
>which DNCBS, the NY Times and the Boston Globe all devoured with glee, 
>from which they are still wretching violently.

If we're looking for conspiratorial explanations, I'm more inclined to 
suspect Hillary's cronies. They need Kerry to lose without leaving their 
fingerprints on the deed, in order to clear the way for a 2008 run.


- David Lubkin.