We can only speculate upon who will be offered up to us as Presidential candidates. Frankly, I'm not sure the names and faces will matter much. Whether they are Democrats or Republicans they represent the same path to tyranny.
So, while reserving our rights to modify our opinions as facts become known, let me explain why this Republican family probably will vote Libertarian.
The Democrats and Republicans have abandoned their heritage. The Democrats have become outright Socialists and the Republicans have become the "me too" party. My family has not left the Republican Party - they have deserted us.
As stated here on TFL, the only differences between the two major parties involve how quickly we become downgraded from "citizens" to "subjects". In our hearts, it's the early 1770s all over again.
We don't trust Bush. He's our governor. He implemented the Concealed Handgun law to "give" us a privilege only reminiscent of our Rights. Tragically, he is his father's son. Blood tells. TFL posts have documented indications that he intends to "compromise" us (pun intended) as his father did.
Most Republicans are truly Democrats or Socialists by nature. The few Republicans who are Americans by nature are not viable candidates against Bush for the Presidency - regardless of how much our hearts are with those few lovers of Liberty.
Other than Bush, Republicans have no viable candidate against Gore. I foresee no acceptable Republican candidate for Vice President. I have so informed the Republican Party - not that they care either. They seem smug and secure that we have no choice but to vote Republican or "waste" our votes.
My family and I don't want to "waste" our votes, therefore we will show our despair, our anger, our Americanism by fighting the Dem/Rep oligarchy and voting for the Libertarian Party.
We were not quite convinced to vote Libertarian until 45King pointed out, "a vote for the lesser of 2 evils is still a vote for evil." Well said. I became ashamed to be a Republican. My family agrees - no longer will we vote for evil.
If many voters desert the Republican party we may experience the horror of Al Gore becoming President. He is a liar, an unindicted criminal, an ego-maniacal would-be dictator, therefore considered a worthy successor to Clinton.
President Gore may be crazy, stupid, or power-mad enough to push us hard enough, fast enough, to awaken America. I hope so.
Elsewhere TFL folks have said it will take a generation or more for Americans to awaken. It is my great and constant fear that this comment might be true.
America must awaken while the veterans of WWII are still here or at least in our recent memories - while the horror of the Holocaust is, if not understood, at least believed. We must understand, "It CAN happen here!" and "Never again!"
In no way do I mean to belittle veterans of "the forgotten war" or "the misbegotten war" or other campaigns where our troops have sacrificed and fought with honor and valor. The problem was never our troops but our government.
We need all our veterans but we especially need the veterans, and their families, from the bygone era when Americans knew why and whom we were fighting. They had a Patriotism, a Unity, a Mission that has not again been equalled. They deserve to see America right itself.
And right itself America may. Al Gore may boil the water fast enough for the frog to realize he's being boiled. Pray God, let it come.
Eventually I will die in any case. Let it be earlier if need be, in the name of American Liberty. Better to forfeit a few years than to survive only to burden our children with the yoke of tyranny. Let it come if it must - if it is inevitable.
Let it come soon, while I may yet myself answer that call of, "If not now, when? If not us, who?"
My family of six will vote against the Eurocrat, the oligarchy, and the evil of tyranny. We will vote FOR the Bill of Rights and the Freedoms and Liberty those ten Amendments confirm and secure.
We will vote for the only American political party that recognizes the intent of our forefathers - the only party of self-reliance - the only party who may permit us to achieve our American Dreams of Freedom and Liberty.
We will vote for our Rights. We will vote for our future and for our children's future. We will vote for the Libertarian Party.
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited May 26, 1999).]
So, while reserving our rights to modify our opinions as facts become known, let me explain why this Republican family probably will vote Libertarian.
The Democrats and Republicans have abandoned their heritage. The Democrats have become outright Socialists and the Republicans have become the "me too" party. My family has not left the Republican Party - they have deserted us.
As stated here on TFL, the only differences between the two major parties involve how quickly we become downgraded from "citizens" to "subjects". In our hearts, it's the early 1770s all over again.
We don't trust Bush. He's our governor. He implemented the Concealed Handgun law to "give" us a privilege only reminiscent of our Rights. Tragically, he is his father's son. Blood tells. TFL posts have documented indications that he intends to "compromise" us (pun intended) as his father did.
Most Republicans are truly Democrats or Socialists by nature. The few Republicans who are Americans by nature are not viable candidates against Bush for the Presidency - regardless of how much our hearts are with those few lovers of Liberty.
Other than Bush, Republicans have no viable candidate against Gore. I foresee no acceptable Republican candidate for Vice President. I have so informed the Republican Party - not that they care either. They seem smug and secure that we have no choice but to vote Republican or "waste" our votes.
My family and I don't want to "waste" our votes, therefore we will show our despair, our anger, our Americanism by fighting the Dem/Rep oligarchy and voting for the Libertarian Party.
We were not quite convinced to vote Libertarian until 45King pointed out, "a vote for the lesser of 2 evils is still a vote for evil." Well said. I became ashamed to be a Republican. My family agrees - no longer will we vote for evil.
If many voters desert the Republican party we may experience the horror of Al Gore becoming President. He is a liar, an unindicted criminal, an ego-maniacal would-be dictator, therefore considered a worthy successor to Clinton.
President Gore may be crazy, stupid, or power-mad enough to push us hard enough, fast enough, to awaken America. I hope so.
Elsewhere TFL folks have said it will take a generation or more for Americans to awaken. It is my great and constant fear that this comment might be true.
America must awaken while the veterans of WWII are still here or at least in our recent memories - while the horror of the Holocaust is, if not understood, at least believed. We must understand, "It CAN happen here!" and "Never again!"
In no way do I mean to belittle veterans of "the forgotten war" or "the misbegotten war" or other campaigns where our troops have sacrificed and fought with honor and valor. The problem was never our troops but our government.
We need all our veterans but we especially need the veterans, and their families, from the bygone era when Americans knew why and whom we were fighting. They had a Patriotism, a Unity, a Mission that has not again been equalled. They deserve to see America right itself.
And right itself America may. Al Gore may boil the water fast enough for the frog to realize he's being boiled. Pray God, let it come.
Eventually I will die in any case. Let it be earlier if need be, in the name of American Liberty. Better to forfeit a few years than to survive only to burden our children with the yoke of tyranny. Let it come if it must - if it is inevitable.
Let it come soon, while I may yet myself answer that call of, "If not now, when? If not us, who?"
My family of six will vote against the Eurocrat, the oligarchy, and the evil of tyranny. We will vote FOR the Bill of Rights and the Freedoms and Liberty those ten Amendments confirm and secure.
We will vote for the only American political party that recognizes the intent of our forefathers - the only party of self-reliance - the only party who may permit us to achieve our American Dreams of Freedom and Liberty.
We will vote for our Rights. We will vote for our future and for our children's future. We will vote for the Libertarian Party.
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited May 26, 1999).]
