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Question: Which party's members on this forum would you most prefer to have staffing an entire U.S. administration (this is RANDOMLY SELECTED - you don't get to pick who has what position)
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Lunar
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« on: November 21, 2008, 08:17:04 PM »
Yes, that means you could have the crazies as president.
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Lunar
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2008, 08:26:05 PM »

You would classify as a Democrat since your avatar is Red
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Lunar
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2008, 09:58:56 PM »
We're talking about the posters.  I don't think internet liberals are stuck in the Clinton years...
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Lunar
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2008, 11:55:17 PM »

Glad to see I'm not the only one to cross party lines here.
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Lunar
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2008, 12:12:10 AM »
That's not what the topic is about.

It's about posters.  Forum posters are not the same as current party leaders.
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Lunar
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 03:00:42 AM »
I should have included independents.

This thread is mostly to observe people weho cross party lines rather than those who stick to them
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Lunar
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2008, 03:16:15 AM »
« Edited: November 22, 2008, 03:21:34 AM by Lunar »
I don't know, I'm a registered Libertarian and there a lots of different types of us.

Just because someone is economically conservative and socially liberal (in the American sense) and registers in the closest party to that, doesn't mean they are anarchists.  It just means that they (we) think if we can't trust the Post Office to deliver a letter then we probably don't trust other aspects of government bureaucracy to kill the right people or to wiretap only when its properly justified.  Largely this skepticism of government efficiency is not necessarily derived from theoretical love of the free market but rather pragmatic experiences in contemporary America.  Honestly, if you can't trust the U.S. government to deliver a letter on time, would you trust that same agency with your mother's life?  I think you're too quickly dismissing Libertarians as "anti-government" as if it is something weird or fictional.

There are differing degrees of Libertarians.  Are there any hard-core Ayn Rand Objectivists on Atlas's forums?  I don't know.

But just because someone combines mainstream ideas from the GOP and combines mainstream ideas from the Democrats, I don't see why that makes them outlandish.
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Lunar
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2008, 03:29:42 AM »
Quote from: Alcon on November 22, 2008, 03:26:29 AM
The Libertarian candidate this year was hardly the standardbearer for the anarchist wing, anyway.

lol Barr

Totally made my vote so easy.  Barr was too pathetic to even warrant a protest vote

Not voting for Barr was easier than breathing for me.  I voted Libertarian for my Congressional race though
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Lunar
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2008, 03:46:47 AM »
« Edited: November 22, 2008, 03:48:24 AM by Lunar »
I'm the leader?

I'm "in the tank" for Obama, but I don't know about leading for him.

My ballot itself was 33% Republican, 33% Democrat, and 33% Libertarian.
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Lunar
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2008, 04:23:32 AM »
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Lunar
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2008, 02:22:30 AM »
Quote from: Mint on November 23, 2008, 02:13:56 AM
A lot of the D-regulars like JSJourner, Lief, jFern, GMantis, etc. trend towards the HARD left economically. They're basically 'Social Democrats,' self-identified or not. Plus this forum is significantly to the left of the american discourse in general. In some ways that's great, in others not so much.

Yeah I hate Obama supporters, all being economic leftists and all
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Lunar
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2008, 06:26:06 AM »
Before you were all bored in your bread line but nowadays you can listen to your iPod.  mmf gigga umpf yeah bread
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