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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

>It wasn't until mid-way through his
>presidency that the state of Illinois teetered back from the brink of
>bankruptcy.

Yes but I'm sure it was something he inherited. Don't you know, all
republicans "inherit" the fiscal messes that exist during their
presidencies...   ;-)

To answer your question, though it may be obvious, I have not ever
voted Libertarian.

Evan


On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:47:57 -0500, James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> 
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Evan Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > Dude, I hate to break it to you but the reason GB was re-elected was
> > *because* of those voters. It's fine that you don't want them in your
> > party, but the problem is, they're now the majority of the party.
> > As best I can tell, the libertarian party now appears to be closer to
> > the original ideals of the republican party now than the republican
> > party does.
> 
> Except that the Republican Party was originally dominated by people
> opposed to slavery on religious grounds.  The first Republican
> president rode that tide of moral resentment to the presidency, and
> mired us in a bloody, protracted war.  Four years later, his Democratic
> challenger campaigned to end the war.
> 
> Libertarians as such weren't around then, but had they been, they would
> have been appalled at the unheard-of debt levels accumulated by the
> State of Illinois under a spending-spree engineered by Lincoln while he
> was in the state legislature.  It wasn't until mid-way through his
> presidency that the state of Illinois teetered back from the brink of
> bankruptcy.
> 
> PS: Am I in the distinct minority of people on the list who have ever
> voted for a Libertarian presidential candidate?  Or down-ballot
> Libertarians?
> 
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