The Libertarian Party announced recently that it has money to burn, and will not be needing any further donations. Recruitment drives, ballot access, even ad buys for promising candidates are all well in hand. So, thanks everyone, says the LP, we won't be asking you for money ever again.
Hard to believe? Well, what else can it mean when the Libertarian Party joins Kerry and the Green Party to spend $115,000 to recount the Ohio ballots to see if Bush won by 120,000 or only 110,000.
A ruling by a federal judge in Columbus on Friday rejected one county's attempt to stop a recount, avoiding a legal precedent that could have stopped other recounts. Green and Libertarian party candidates have already raised the required $113,600 for a recount.Something only my old senile rich uncle would do, if I had one. So the next time the LP hits me up for cash, my answer will be "Go get it from Kerry and the Greens."
Good point. I've been wondering what to make of the increasingly desperate pleas for contributions I get from the LP every month threatening to close up shop.
Posted by: Xrlq at December 6, 2004 03:21 PMGood lord I'm glad I left the party six months ago. Since then, they have apparently slid all the way from plain nutty (the party for me) to illogical pussy nutty (when I left) to stark raving moonbat insane (siding with the GREENS for Pete's sake.)
Posted by: Phelps at December 6, 2004 04:59 PMJust out of curiosity, since Kerry, the Greens & the Libertarinuts have such an innate desire for an accurate vote count, why aren't they putting any money towards recounts where the vote was even closer, like Minnesota, New Hampshire or Wisconsin? Come to think of it, as long as this insanity is going on, why isn't Bush?
Posted by: Sean at December 7, 2004 06:34 PMI'd say Bush isn't doing it because, well, it makes one look like an idiot. Kerry, it seems, doesn't mind.
Posted by: Kevin Murphy at December 7, 2004 10:07 PM