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GenThePerservering

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42. They're falling apart, being raided by the right wing

Sat Apr 20, 2024, 12:53 AM

Apr 2024

and in any case remind me of Charles De Gaulle's joke "How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?" None of them, at least the ones on my bike racing team who used to pester me about it (for some reason the sport attracts liberatarians and some really conservative people so I got to hear all about it) seemed to agree on anything, because everything would impinge on SOME kind of liberty for someone.

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Why aren't Libertarians included in polling? [View all] Enquiring_Mind Apr 2024 OP

Probably comes down to name recognition. Pretty Fly Apr 2024 #1

Kennedy announced in the past few days that he is not interested DemocraticPatriot Apr 2024 #24

He must feel confident he'll get on state ballots then. Pretty Fly Apr 2024 #25

So far he is 'officially' on ONE-- Utah---- with claims to be DemocraticPatriot Apr 2024 #36

It all depends on... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #2

While there are some deliberately biased polsters, it's ridiculously conspiratorial to imagine all or most... Silent3 Apr 2024 #4

There's a lot at stake, and big money involved... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #5

Show me the investigative reporting of the payoffs Silent3 Apr 2024 #6

Speaking of teaching statistics,.... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #7

What does that have to do with justifying a conspiratorial view of the majority of polling? Silent3 Apr 2024 #9

Well, is it really just a conspiratorial view if... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #10

All I am trusting is this couldn't be wide-spread without *something* tangible leaking out... Silent3 Apr 2024 #12

Uh-huh.... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #13

Show me the collection of articles that say that their is *widespread*, deliberate manipulation... Silent3 Apr 2024 #14

I have not jumped through your hoops, correct. Think. Again. Apr 2024 #15

That's an intellectually dishonest rhetorical technique Silent3 Apr 2024 #16

Please note too that I have done you the courtesy... Silent3 Apr 2024 #17

mmmm.... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #18

But you're tacitly admitting that you don't know how to defend that position. Silent3 Apr 2024 #19

You're just gaslighting me now. Think. Again. Apr 2024 #23

I think you don't understand what "gaslighting" means Silent3 Apr 2024 #32

Just keep walking AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2024 #29

Do post the pages where this eminent textbook NanaCat Apr 2024 #21

You've completely missed my point. Think. Again. Apr 2024 #22

I've taken statistics at two different schools PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #28

You're in the minority. Think. Again. Apr 2024 #34

Why do I doubt that? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #37

Because they're lying with statistics? NT AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2024 #39

Maybe you should do a poll of people who've studied statistics... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #40

They need to name a candidate womanofthehills Apr 2024 #3

+1 H2O Man Apr 2024 #11

They don't have a candidate yet. Their nominating convention isn't until May. brooklynite Apr 2024 #8

They don't have a nominee yet Polybius Apr 2024 #20

Because they only care about their own interests bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #26

Have you MET Libertarians? ismnotwasm Apr 2024 #27

They have the luxury of never having to back up their zany claims Orrex Apr 2024 #31

Yup ismnotwasm Apr 2024 #33

Because "Libertarian" is a less polite term for "asshole" Orrex Apr 2024 #30

Not true. They are always nice when I check out and return books. Wonder Why Apr 2024 #35

You're a bad person for posting that. Orrex Apr 2024 #41

The Libertarian party still has nine viable candidates in the running for the party's presidential nomination. LudwigPastorius Apr 2024 #38

They're falling apart, being raided by the right wing GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #42