{"id":31,"date":"2008-11-05T23:37:57","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T06:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/?p=31"},"modified":"2008-11-05T23:39:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T06:39:45","slug":"time-for-libertarians-to-call-it-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Time for Libertarians to Call it a  Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">I feel the final Presidential numbers says it all, it proves Libertarian are ineffective in getting their message out to <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>the voters especially with significant dissatisfaction with <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>incumbent candidates especially among the conservative Republican base . <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>More telling was here in the First Congressional District where the resignation of Joel Haugen as the republican candidate over the loss of any obligation to support by GOP because of his public camping for Obama left a huge opportunity for Libertarians <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>to capture republican votes as an alternative. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>This opportunity as well as in 2006 by the flame out of Derik Kitts campaign, was left untaken. The problem is Libertarian is a party of pragmatism than principals. Its members are a hodgepodge of conflicting constituencies from anarchist, anti- cooperate socialist, dug users and economic conservative that would spend more time arguing with them selves than govern.. Even today Libertarians are trying to ride the coattails of the Democrat victory than look how to with in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Libertarians it is time for you to turnoff the lights and call it <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>a day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"margin: auto 6.75pt; width: 254pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: margin; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-top: .25in;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"339\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; background: #dddddd; border-left: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Barack Obama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; background: #dddddd; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 20.7pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"28\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapserv.amz.tpa.foxnews.com\/election-tracker.html?addRace=&amp;uid=\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">D\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; background: #dddddd; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 71.4pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"95\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">63,948,169<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-top: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; background: #dddddd; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 88.65pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"118\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">52.43%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-row-margin-right: 43.65pt;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #dddddd; border-left: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; width: 73.25pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"98\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">John McCain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #dddddd; width: 21.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"28\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapserv.amz.tpa.foxnews.com\/election-tracker.html?addRace=&amp;uid=\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">R\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #dddddd; width: 70.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"93\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">56,441,529<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #dddddd; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 46pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-right-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"61\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">46.28%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: transparent; mso-cell-special: placeholder; border: #ece9d8; padding: 0in;\" width=\"58\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-row-margin-right: 43.65pt;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #e4e4e4; border-left: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; width: 73.25pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"98\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Ralph Nader<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e4e4e4; width: 21.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"28\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapserv.amz.tpa.foxnews.com\/election-tracker.html?addRace=&amp;uid=\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e4e4e4; width: 70.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"93\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">659,400<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #e4e4e4; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 46pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-right-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"61\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">0.54%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: transparent; mso-cell-special: placeholder; border: #ece9d8; padding: 0in;\" width=\"58\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-row-margin-right: 43.65pt;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #dddddd; border-left: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; width: 73.25pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"98\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Bob Barr<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #dddddd; width: 21.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"28\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapserv.amz.tpa.foxnews.com\/election-tracker.html?addRace=&amp;uid=\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #dddddd; width: 70.05pt; border: #ece9d8; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"93\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">490,073<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #dddddd; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 46pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; mso-border-right-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"61\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">0.40%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: transparent; mso-cell-special: placeholder; border: #ece9d8; padding: 0in;\" width=\"58\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-row-margin-right: 69.5pt; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #e4e4e4; border-left: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; width: 73.25pt; border-bottom: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"98\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Alan Keyes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #e4e4e4; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 21.05pt; border-bottom: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"28\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapserv.amz.tpa.foxnews.com\/election-tracker.html?addRace=&amp;uid=\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; background: #e4e4e4; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 70.05pt; border-bottom: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 4.5pt;\" width=\"93\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .25in; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">35,108<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 20.15pt; border-bottom: #b1b1b1 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #B1B1B1 .75pt; padding: 0.75pt;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; 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