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I was wondering if there are a larger number of Libertarians who are poker players. I'm a Libertarian, but this is not an Ad for them, im just curious.

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I'm a Marxist.

Which is to say, I follow the wisdom of Groucho Marx, who stated, "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I identify more with the Libertarian party than I do with the Democratic or Republican parties, but I am not as strongly libertarian and have only voted libertarian as a protest vote, not as a serious endorsement of the candidate on their ballot. In fact, I am not philosophically tied to libertarianism -- it is just that the current options are all worse, so I'd prefer the philosophy that does the least.

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marxist

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Leftist Libertarian according to this.

Southeast of Ghandi oddly (or maybe not so I guess) close to anarchist.

Registered Dem only because they made me do it to vote in a the '04 Primary. An no, my guy didn't win because the majority of the voting public aren't voters at all. They are sheep that do what the RNC/DNC tells them to so that they can be just like the Jones sheep who live next door in the bigger house with the nicer car.

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No official affiliation, so that's what I voted in this poll. But I'm an anarchist at heart, and therefore Libertarian within our current political system.

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Keep this relatively bashing free please

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The poll is ok, but I can tell you what it will show regardless of the votes. It will skew slightly democratic because the avg age in here tends to skew towards college age which traditionally is a liberal demographic. Someone once said (paraphrasing)....if you are young and not liberal, your not alive. As you get older and aren't conservative your just plain stupid.....something along those lines. Back to my original point.

This will basically show that poker players are a representative sample of the USA....we are not defined along party lines, rather we are defined by our love of the game. This is why this is such difficult legislation to pass IMO. The Republicans can pander to the conservative right but they risk losing their moderate base (where I sit) if they push to hard. My hope is that this is all just political posturing and that it dies a slow death like many other issues that show up in election years.

If my political leaning is of any interest, I am a tick right of center overall, but tend to be a fiscal conservative and a social libertarian. I am obviously in therapy.

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"so that they can be just like the Jones sheep who live next door in the bigger house with the nicer car."

Get in touch with reality, please ... Why do you think that is not a reasonable goal for people to aspire to .... a nice place to live and a nice car ? If supporting the RNC or DNC get them that from politics, why shouldn't they do so ? Are you complaining because, by voting as they do, they get what they want ?

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Winston Churchill

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This conversation is drifting away from the purpose of this forum, which is to discuss poker legislation. There is a different forum to discuss politics in general, and the closer we adhere to that division, the better off the discussion will be in both forums.

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71 votes and it is relatively equal with republicans in the slight lead. I find it interesting.

FWIW I would be considered very conservative (except for playing online poker)

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I'm a member of the Deomcratic Socialists of America.

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It will skew slightly democratic because the avg age in here tends to skew towards college age which traditionally is a liberal demographic. Someone once said (paraphrasing)....if you are young and not liberal, your not alive. As you get older and aren't conservative your just plain stupid.....something along those lines.

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The actual quotation is:

"If you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If you're not conservative when you're older, you have no brain."

Winston Churchill is commonly given credit for this although no official record of him saying it has been found.

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It will skew slightly democratic because the avg age in here tends to skew towards college age which traditionally is a liberal demographic. Someone once said (paraphrasing)....if you are young and not liberal, your not alive. As you get older and aren't conservative your just plain stupid.....something along those lines.

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The actual quotation is:

"If you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If you're not conservative when you're older, you have no brain."

Winston Churchill is commonly given credit for this although no official record of him saying it has been found.

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Thanks. He says it far better than I could ever say it. The funny part is that the older I get the more true this statement becomes.

I don't think this thread needs to be taken elsewhere. Its a fun little look into the minds of the people interested in this legislation. I appreciate the efforts of the mods, but a little dance outside the normal issues should be allowed on occasion.

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I'm a member of the Constitution Party.




















BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! j/k

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"This conversation is drifting away from the purpose of this forum, which is to discuss poker legislation."

Actually i asked the question because of poker legeslation. The Libertarian Party is the only one (besides maybe Green) that will always and consistently uphold the poker player's right to play free of legeslation. That's why i thought there may be more libertarians than other groups among gamblers in general.

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"If you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If you're not conservative when you're older, you have no brain."

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If you want the government to intrude economically, you're a liberal. If you want the government to intrude socially, you're a conservative. If you want the government to intrude everywhere, you're a moderate. If you want the government not to intrude at all, you're an extremist.

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Actually i asked the question because of poker legeslation. The Libertarian Party is the only one (besides maybe Green) that will always and consistently uphold the poker player's right to play free of legeslation.

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The only difference is the green party would tax it.

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I'd be okay with them taxing it (you are already paying taxes on your poker winnings anyways, right?). Just don't make it illegal. I don't need a babysitter.

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I'm a Libertarian, but this is not an Ad for them, im just curious.

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And why the hell not? [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Seriously, any thoughts on the '08 Presidential race? I know and like George Phillies -- my abortion stance might cause me to support someone else for the nomination, but only if they're as serious a candidate as George. He's done a great job organizing locally and would be an asset to our cause if he gets the nomination.

Also, I want to urge all Libertarian-friendly people to get out and help whoever your candidates of choice are in the grass roots. It's nice to sit around and debate what the laws should be, but getting like-minded people on the ballot and elected is what makes change.