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LIbertarian Convention

by Jerome Armstrong, Sun May 30, 2004 at 11:16:46 AM EST

Third & Final Ballot totals: The Nolan endorsement worked, Badnarik, who had led in only two states in the second ballot, was pushed over the top by an ongoing fued between Russo & Nolan.
Badnarik-423
Russo-344
Russo, in his departing speech, took a swipe at Nolan saying something like, "when I got into this race, I didn't know if it was as much about winning the nomination, as it was about making sure that Nolan didn't get the nomination." Badnarik has no money and no personality, he's from Texas and all but assures that the Libertarian Party in 2004 will be no different than the Libertarian Party in previous elections.
Second Ballot totals: Nolan gets knocked out, and the crowd allows him to speak, and he endorses Badnarik, while shouting down the Russo supporters, here were the second ballot totals:
Badnarik-249
Nolan-244
Russo-285
Russo pulled much higher numbers, with both Nolan and Badnarik dropping a bit.
First Ballot totals: Out of 808 total delegates, with a 405 majority needed for the nomination, the totals were:
Badnarik-256
Nolan-246
Russo-258

The speeches were your typical boring stuff, and the Indy 500 appears delayed by rain, so watching cars race in a circle wasn't an option to watch yet... but the voting was tight the whole way through. The best line by the state representatives was by Missouri's, who stated "Now you see why we voted for the dead guy?" It brought down the house.
After the next ballot, one of the above candidates will be knocked off, and the runoff will proceed with the top two candidates.
I'll try and make some updates as this proceeds. There's also a blogroll of "Liberty blogs" on Aaron Russo's blog.

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Why the Libertarian Party Sucks, Exemplified (5.00 / 1)

Badnarik?!? This nomination embodies everything that's wrong with the Libertarian Party: a bunch of rigid ideologues apparently not too interested in building a broad pro-liberty movement. When Aaron Russo appeared on the scene I was hopeful that 2004 might be different, that they might actually nominate someone with the potential for broader appeal... someone who has charisma and understands the need to emphasize the issues that resonate with people disgusted by both major parties. In other words, someone who Gets It.

Apparently, though, the Libertarians are happy to remain a fringe party stuck in their less than 1% voting range. Talk about opportunity squandered. Well, this pragmatic, libertarian-leaning voter has lost interest. I will probably throw some money at the Kerry campaign (was planning on doing so anyway), since the thought of four more years of the Bush cabal in power ('compassionate' fascism, anyone?) scares the crap out of me. When the election rolls around, I plan to write in Ron Paul for Prez since I live in Bushistan -I mean- Texas and my vote counts for squat.

by Anonymous Citizen on Sun May 30, 2004 at 04:46:19 PM EST

right on (none / 0)

you said my sentiments exactly. I actually came out of that experience of watching the convention with a gladness that the Democratic Party didn't have a brokered convention. Badnarik held a majority in only 2-3 states for the first two rounds, and one of them was Texas, his homestate. Russo gave a great sppech at the end, too bad it's his last as their voice.

by Jerome Armstrong on Sun May 30, 2004 at 08:44:12 PM EST
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Why YOU Suck, respectfully (none / 0)

Go to the www.badnarik.org page

watch the 'meet michael badnarik' section, and see how he stands of the issues as well as how he handles the stage. Tell me if there are things you disagree with, like what he says about halliburton or healthcare, and then tell me how little his candidacy means. meanie>>>

Later

suckee
ps, with no media coverage, how the hell do they get so amny followers???

by Anonymous Citizen on Wed Jul 21, 2004 at 10:12:30 PM EST
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Libertarians (none / 0)

Let's get our bearings here: Is the Libertarian Party convention the one where everyone is sporting Spock ears and learning to speak in Klingon, or is it that other one where the conventioneers are somewhat less in touch with reality?

by Anonymous Citizen on Sun May 30, 2004 at 05:10:25 PM EST

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