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DEL.ICIO.USA third party for real
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When the Georgia Libertarian Party gets together for its convention this Saturday at the Holiday Inn on Howell Mill Road, it can celebrate 20 years that it has consistently maintained ballot access requirements for statewide candidates. That’s saying something, in a state where a high bar is set for third parties.
This year it looks like Garrett Michael Hayes, who carried the flag for the party in 2002, will again be its nominee for governor. Here’s a list of the rest of the party’s ticket.
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By Rod
April 20, 2006 06:24 PM | Link to this
So, they’re having their convention at the Holiday Inn? Which room? Is that a suite?
By PinestrawGuy
April 20, 2006 08:27 PM | Link to this
I’d consider the Libertarian Party if they weren’t so ‘open borders’. I prefer the Constitution Party. At least they still have a clue as to the word ‘sovereignity’. Nothing I can think of is more important than the right of citizens to decide their own future. I hate globalist slave-masters!
By Hunter
April 21, 2006 08:21 AM | Link to this
As a libertarian, I was a member of the LP for several years, but after years of no sizeable gains, and their unwillingness to alter 2-3 platform issues, I have said goodbye to them as well…They have had the best chance in America to rise above the elitist DEMO-PUBLICAN ruling class, and have not performed. Very sad when you consider that 82% of Americans self identify with libertarian values of individual freedom and responsibility. At least Georgia still has the LP on the ballot, North Carolina, perhaps the most BALLOT OPPRESSIVE state, banished the LP from participation, so 13,000 NC Libertarians are officially without their right to vote. The corrupt demopublicans in NC ARE being SUED over this however. NC is WAY more corrupt that Georgia could ever figger out how to be….NC is completely ruined by democrakkks.