Good grief, now you're even answering the question I posed him, and I'm sorry, but I don't want your answer, I want his. Like I said, I'm asking what he and the Libertarian Party have in mind to eventually win an election. Would they change their core values, or do something entirely different? Dean showed that you don't necessarily have to abandon core values to get an audience.
Okaaaaaaaaaaaay. That's really more a "straw man" fallacy there,/dev/trash. (In other words, I didn't say what you said I said.)
In 1992, the Libertarian Party got 0.28% of the popular vote; in 1996, it got 0.50% of the popular vote; and in 2000, it got 0.36% of the vote. They did get 1.1% of the electorate in 1980, but that's the highest percentage win I see on record. With that consistently low showing, they can't honestly be mounting each candidate's campaign expecting an honest-to-God win.
Assuming the same, the question then becomes: (a) do they have a long-term strategy to increase those votes, and (b) what are the corollary goals they hold to accomplish during a Presidential run, since winning the election is a longshot?
You're taking my question regarding (a) and interpreting it as "how are you going to change yourselves to increase those votes." That speaks more to your interpretation of their position than to mine. The (a) part could just as easily be interpreted as "how are you going to change the electorate," or "how are you going to change the awareness of the electorate," or a number of other different ways. I leave it to the candidate to interpret the original question as he sees fit.
You twit.
What is the Libertarian Party's long-term plan for actually winning an election?
As you'll see by no doubt many of the less kind replies here, a great majority of the nation does not consider third-party voting viable, although one could argue that inroads were made by Nader and Perot in past elections.
But, to my knowledge, no third-party candidate in the 20th century ever received enough votes, or polled high enough during campaigns, to have been a substantial, suspenseful competitor to the existing two political parties.
Does the Libertarian Party hope to ever be such a competitor? Or (truly, no offense intended) does your presence in a Presidential race merely give the Libertarian Party a public platform from which to more widely disseminate their platform and ideas -- in short, a public relations campaign repeated every four years?
The New York Post is reporting it was spray paint, as opposed to the water-soluble chalk it was. Unsurprising, given it's Murdoch's paper.
If you wish to inform them of their error, perhaps a polite message to their news/online editor, Chris Shaw, might persuade them to correct their article. It'd be good to catch this before other media pick up the same error.
NetNewsWire 2.0 is in the works, and it will have a corresponding Lite version that's freeware. I've been part of the alpha/beta-testing group, and believe you me, it'll blow your socks off. Brent's been working VERY hard on making this a dynamic app. Scan his blog at inessential.com for what he's made public...
The relevant discussion begins on H5348 of the Congressional Record. Each page is its own PDF file, so navigate with the links they provide you... or if you're more technically inclined, you might want to grab a bunch at a time using:
(Ignore the extra space before the quotation mark... I have no idea why Slashcode's putting that in, as I'm not putting it there.)
How did your Representative vote? Check here, or look on H5373 and H5374. (Don't know who your Representative is? Here.)
Those who changed their vote (and the discussion about "when are you going to close the damn vote, you've kept it open past its deadline!?!") are on H5373. Harris, Cubin, Gilchrest, Bereuter, Davis (VA), Bilirakis, Kingston, Smith (MI), Bishop (UT), Wamp, Tancredo, and Musgrave all changed their votes from "yes" (in favor of adding the Freedom to Read Amendment) to "no."
(Amusingly, at one point in the Record, Rep. Nadler acridly remarks, "How much time has elapsed on this vote? Are we going to hold this vote open until enough arms are twisted?")
Have you ever read a math book that was able to carry you through its proofs, heart racing, and make your skin tingle upon reaching its philosophically astounding conclusion?
Let me ask about a particular situation, as it is somewhat marginally on-topic, given AirPort Express' purpose. I have all of my music on a 180 MB LaCie external hard drive, but my iBook is wireless. Is there a way that I can somehow get wireless access to the tunes on that hard drive, so that to listen to my music, I don't need to be tethered to the external hard drive? If I understand how AirPort Express works, it would not be appropriate for that purpose. Would this 'SlimServer' product I'm hearing doing that? Any other ideas? (I am aware that I could purchase a portable external hard drive, but they are several orders of magnitude more expensive than their deskbound counterparts.)
Try Saft. It has a very nice feature (similar to a Firefox extension I've seen) that will let you automatically save open windows upon quit, and restore them upon return. It also has a great deal of other goodies that really make Safari quite nice.
And after all that, your honeymoon included Jar-Jar Binks and a pint-sized Star Wars version of Wesley Crusher. (Sorry, Wil, no offense.) Kind of an anticlimax, wasn't it? Meesa so sorry yousa had to put up wid dat...
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Do you mean that arnie should have been a presidential candidate!?!
No, read what he said again: professional, well-trained actors stand the best chances under that kind of scrutiny.
Celsius 41.11 = Fahrenheit 105.99 = The temperature at which freedom develops a slight fever.
Good grief, now you're even answering the question I posed him, and I'm sorry, but I don't want your answer, I want his. Like I said, I'm asking what he and the Libertarian Party have in mind to eventually win an election. Would they change their core values, or do something entirely different? Dean showed that you don't necessarily have to abandon core values to get an audience.
In 1992, the Libertarian Party got 0.28% of the popular vote; in 1996, it got 0.50% of the popular vote; and in 2000, it got 0.36% of the vote. They did get 1.1% of the electorate in 1980, but that's the highest percentage win I see on record. With that consistently low showing, they can't honestly be mounting each candidate's campaign expecting an honest-to-God win.
Assuming the same, the question then becomes: (a) do they have a long-term strategy to increase those votes, and (b) what are the corollary goals they hold to accomplish during a Presidential run, since winning the election is a longshot?
You're taking my question regarding (a) and interpreting it as "how are you going to change yourselves to increase those votes." That speaks more to your interpretation of their position than to mine. The (a) part could just as easily be interpreted as "how are you going to change the electorate," or "how are you going to change the awareness of the electorate," or a number of other different ways. I leave it to the candidate to interpret the original question as he sees fit. You twit.
Yeah, but one could convincingly argue that that's not feasible any longer. Thus my caveat involving the centuries.
As you'll see by no doubt many of the less kind replies here, a great majority of the nation does not consider third-party voting viable, although one could argue that inroads were made by Nader and Perot in past elections.
But, to my knowledge, no third-party candidate in the 20th century ever received enough votes, or polled high enough during campaigns, to have been a substantial, suspenseful competitor to the existing two political parties.
Does the Libertarian Party hope to ever be such a competitor? Or (truly, no offense intended) does your presence in a Presidential race merely give the Libertarian Party a public platform from which to more widely disseminate their platform and ideas -- in short, a public relations campaign repeated every four years?
The "troll" modifier is going to be used WAY too much in this section.
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If you wish to inform them of their error, perhaps a polite message to their news/online editor, Chris Shaw, might persuade them to correct their article. It'd be good to catch this before other media pick up the same error.
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NetNewsWire 2.0 is in the works, and it will have a corresponding Lite version that's freeware. I've been part of the alpha/beta-testing group, and believe you me, it'll blow your socks off. Brent's been working VERY hard on making this a dynamic app. Scan his blog at inessential.com for what he's made public ...
How did your Representative vote? Check here, or look on H5373 and H5374. (Don't know who your Representative is? Here.)
Those who changed their vote (and the discussion about "when are you going to close the damn vote, you've kept it open past its deadline!?!") are on H5373. Harris, Cubin, Gilchrest, Bereuter, Davis (VA), Bilirakis, Kingston, Smith (MI), Bishop (UT), Wamp, Tancredo, and Musgrave all changed their votes from "yes" (in favor of adding the Freedom to Read Amendment) to "no."
(Amusingly, at one point in the Record, Rep. Nadler acridly remarks, "How much time has elapsed on this vote? Are we going to hold this vote open until enough arms are twisted?")
I have to admit, my favorite musical moment was the inclusion of the theme to "The Greatest American Hero." How appropriate was:
Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
It should've been somebody else.
What would I like to hear if I called your company and was put on hold?
"Hi. Sorry for the wait. We will pick up the phone again in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... "
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"Hi, can I help you?"
Have you ever read a math book that was able to carry you through its proofs, heart racing, and make your skin tingle upon reaching its philosophically astounding conclusion?
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Let me ask about a particular situation, as it is somewhat marginally on-topic, given AirPort Express' purpose. I have all of my music on a 180 MB LaCie external hard drive, but my iBook is wireless. Is there a way that I can somehow get wireless access to the tunes on that hard drive, so that to listen to my music, I don't need to be tethered to the external hard drive? If I understand how AirPort Express works, it would not be appropriate for that purpose. Would this 'SlimServer' product I'm hearing doing that? Any other ideas? (I am aware that I could purchase a portable external hard drive, but they are several orders of magnitude more expensive than their deskbound counterparts.)
Try Saft. It has a very nice feature (similar to a Firefox extension I've seen) that will let you automatically save open windows upon quit, and restore them upon return. It also has a great deal of other goodies that really make Safari quite nice.
And while you're at it - bring back quickies. They were like Fark, but for smart people.
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Hey, quickies are for everybody. Especially in the car, in the lunchroom, in the supply closet
Massive wimps, huh? Never knew there was dark matter at my high school ...
No, no, no. You missed the point. Firefox. Each syllable starts with a 'f.'
... Mozilla Thunderthighs.
So, the obvious one would be to use a word with a similar construction, while not dumping the 'thunder' part.
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And after all that, your honeymoon included Jar-Jar Binks and a pint-sized Star Wars version of Wesley Crusher. (Sorry, Wil, no offense.) Kind of an anticlimax, wasn't it? Meesa so sorry yousa had to put up wid dat ...
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