Word: libertarianism
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...another unsurprising result, incumbent Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 garnered 85 percent of the vote. Libertarian Party candidate Carla A. Howell narrowly outpolled Republican dark-horse Jack E. Robinson III, 6.94 percent to 6.76 percent...
Robinson received 14 percent of the vote, while Libertarian candidate Carla Howell received 13 percent...
...Quoth Browne on the Libertarian party web site: "I want to get the federal government completely out of every area where it's made such a mess - health care, education, law enforcement, welfare, foreign aid, corporate welfare, highway boondoggles, farm subsidies. Not only are these programs unconstitutional, they do tremendous damage to our lives...
...Which Al Gore were you going to vote for, the environmentalist or the populist? Which George W. Bush, the tax-cutter or the anti-abortionist? Which Ralph Nader, the government reformer or the economic isolationist? Harry Browne makes it easy. A Libertarian government would hardly seem like government...
...Third parties, since the 1850s at least, have mostly served one function: to stand for something, and force the Democratic or Republican parties (usually both) to co-opt it. No major party will ever co-opt the Libertarian party stance, and arguably, no major party ever should. But the Libertarians make an excellent magnet for both...