[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com 2009-10-28 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, no. I still contend that Palin is the closest we'll see.

[identity profile] blueduck37.livejournal.com 2009-10-29 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Because, you know, Ron Paul totally didn't run for President in last year's primary.

[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com 2009-10-29 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
He also wasn't a viable candidate.

[identity profile] blueduck37.livejournal.com 2009-10-29 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If every conservative/Republican in America who claims to be a libertarian had voted for him, he would have been (and, btw, he did kick the ass of 9/11 masturbator Rudy G, who was at point considered the nomination frontrunner).

Your logic is akin to that of Max Baucus saying he can't vote for a public option because it doesn't have enough votes to pass. But it doesn't have enough votes to pass because Max Baucus won't vote for it. And Max Baucus won't vote for it, because etc etc.

[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com 2009-10-29 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If every conservative/Republican in America who claims to be a libertarian had voted for him, he would have been (and, btw, he did kick the ass of 9/11 masturbator Rudy G, who was at point considered the nomination frontrunner).

Best case scenario per Gallup data is that maybe 20% of the nation is libertarian. That ain't enough.

Your logic is akin to that of Max Baucus saying he can't vote for a public option because it doesn't have enough votes to pass. But it doesn't have enough votes to pass because Max Baucus won't vote for it.

Because voting for a Senate bill is the same as a state-by-state primary system.