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2016 Postmortem

elleng

(130,974 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2013, 02:27 AM Oct 2013

Reposting from LBN:

Most U.S. Libertarians Do Not Identify With Tea Party: Survey

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/10/29/world/americas/29reuters-usa-politics-libertarians.html?hp

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Reposting from LBN: (Original Post) elleng Oct 2013 OP

I have NEVER met a Libertarian that has EVER voted for Democrat DontTreadOnMe Oct 2013 #1

Maybe you haven't met enough Libertarians. beerandjesus Oct 2013 #2

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)

1. I have NEVER met a Libertarian that has EVER voted for Democrat

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 05:28 AM

Oct 2013

... so you have a two wings of the Rethug Party that always vote the same.

beerandjesus

(1,301 posts)

2. Maybe you haven't met enough Libertarians.

Reply to DontTreadOnMe (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:59 AM

Oct 2013

Anyway, this is a good thing. There is nothing libertarian or Libertarian about the teabaggers.

Self-identified Libertarians tend to be young, and too smart to fall for the teabag bullshit for to long. If they don't identify, things are going in the right direction--and that's a good thing.

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