Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Libertarian is a synonym for...

Christopher Pellerito @ Samizdat has and excellent post about the Libertarian National Convention. Needless to say it was a joke.

One delegate tried to put a good face on the effort:

"I don't think anyone expected the audience reaction to Badnarik's comments, myself included. If we could have the intellect of Badnarik, the polish of Nolan and the fire of Russo, we'd have the perfect candidate."


You can view the C-span coverage via Real Player here.

Let me summarize a few of their arguments:
  • Bring our soldiers back home right now
  • Quell the leaking jobs that are going overseas
  • We had no reason to invade Iraq
  • Stop the government from regulating Television
  • America has no place in Israel
  • George Bush must go
  • George Bush is a fiend
  • George Bush is our main enemy

    Sound familiar?