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<blockquote data-quote="Calvinist Dark Lord" data-source="post: 69699492" data-attributes="member: 8096"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">Been that way since the 1940 election, when the Repukelicans selected former Demonrat Wendall Willkie to run against FDR. There was no real difference between the two of them.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">There have been some exceptions, Goldwater in 1964 for the Repukelicans, and McGovern in 1972 for the Demonrats. However, it's usually just two wings of the same bird following the same flight path.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">i have my problems with Johnson however. He's a bit 'squishy' to me, and selecting Bill Weld as his running mate is a problem. He's Bob Barr all over again, only not as solid and a very late convert. Austin Petersen or John McAfee would have been better running mates.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">i was impressed with McAfee despite his supposed 'baggage'. Petersen needs some seasoning before he's ready for the top spot, but the kid is pretty bright and has a future under the Libertarian banner. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">i'm worried about what has become of the party as of late. When Barr won the nomination in 2008, there were some shenanigans with the guy who became his running mate, Wayne Allen Root. i happen to think that Mary Ruwart would have been a better candidate than Barr, and she was leading until Root, running in third place threw his support to Barr.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3">i hope we're better than the shenanigans that the major parties play.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"><span style="color: #5900b3"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic SANS MS'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvinist Dark Lord, post: 69699492, member: 8096"] [FONT=Comic SANS MS][COLOR=#5900b3]Been that way since the 1940 election, when the Repukelicans selected former Demonrat Wendall Willkie to run against FDR. There was no real difference between the two of them.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#5900b3]There have been some exceptions, Goldwater in 1964 for the Repukelicans, and McGovern in 1972 for the Demonrats. However, it's usually just two wings of the same bird following the same flight path.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#5900b3]i have my problems with Johnson however. He's a bit 'squishy' to me, and selecting Bill Weld as his running mate is a problem. He's Bob Barr all over again, only not as solid and a very late convert. Austin Petersen or John McAfee would have been better running mates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#5900b3]i was impressed with McAfee despite his supposed 'baggage'. Petersen needs some seasoning before he's ready for the top spot, but the kid is pretty bright and has a future under the Libertarian banner. i'm worried about what has become of the party as of late. When Barr won the nomination in 2008, there were some shenanigans with the guy who became his running mate, Wayne Allen Root. i happen to think that Mary Ruwart would have been a better candidate than Barr, and she was leading until Root, running in third place threw his support to Barr.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#5900b3]i hope we're better than the shenanigans that the major parties play. [/COLOR] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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