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but had to also shake my head at how they twisted into just another plea for contributions from the faithful, rather than attempting to stir up, shall we say, non-financial activism. "The party of principle" is just as opportunist as the other parties.
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And just how exactly do you expect Libertarian candidates to get elected without any funding? It's not the LPs fault that getting elected anywhere requires a ton of money.
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When a Libertarian candidate depletes all of his fiances to lend $1.2 million dollars to his campaign just so he can debate and attract at least a little media attention, there is a problem (
http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/10/04/...edia/#comments).
The Libertarian Party is blocked by the media, not allowed in debates, forced to overcome very unfair ballot access and election rules, lack of money to get their voice out, no venue to defend their positions that are often portrayed as "extreme," arrested for protesting inclusion in debates, etc. We HAVE to ask for money, because at this point money sadly buys power in government. We would love to change that fact, but first we need to get elected.
If you want us to be your definition of "principled" and just be a debate club, we can do that. But if we have any hopes of changing government for the better, money and exposure is the only way we can do it.