[clue-talk] Any feelings on Barr and Libertarian Party?

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Michael Fierro <miguelito at biffster.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 May 2008 7:22:55 pm Jed S. Baer wrote:
>
>> Obama as President. The other argument is that an Obama victory could be
>> shock therapy for the Republican party, which absolutely needs it. But
>> the impact to the country as a whole seems a high price to pay for
>> jolting the Replublicans to pull their heads out. But perhaps the country
>> is already past the point where that matters.
>
> One thing that libertarians, moderates, liberals and progressives seem to
> agree about is that the current administration has made a mess of things.

You failed to add conservatives. Conservatives, however, differ on the
specific aspects of what Bush has messed up.

> The
> nation is much worse off now than it was eight years ago. Aside from the 25%
> or so of staunch neo-conservatives/Bush devotees, everyone is happy that the
> Bush years are coming to an end. I think that, no matter which way the
> election goes, things are going to get better starting in January.
>
> Of course, as one of our groups two progressives, I have to say that I am
> looking forward to an Obama presidency. Obama is poised to do for the country
> what Bill Ritter is doing for the state of Colorado: break us out of the rut
> that politics has been stalled in for decades, and move us onto a better,
> brighter future.

I fail to see any evidence of Mr. Ritter breaking us out of any
political rut. His predilection for executive fiat and
I-never-saw-a-tax-I-didn't-love are pure politics, just another rut on
the left side of the road.

We are seeing this in Colorado, as renewable energy
> corporations are starting to invest heavily in our state under Ritter's
> natural energy initiatives. Obama's policies are on a much larger scale, and
> the impact will be that much larger.

I strongly doubt that we would have seen any less emphasis on natural
energy alternatives if Ritter had lost.

> Of course, I am making the assumption that Obama will be the winner in
> November.
>

You could be right, but I shudder at the thought. You certainly will
not see an economic recovery if Obama is elected, unless of course
you're in one of the "victim" classes he will tax us to promote.

-- 
Collins Richey
 If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
 of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.