US Midterm Election 2018 Megathread- It's Kavanaugh

[San Lumen]

Id gladly vote for a socialist over a literal Nazi.

And I’m going to vote for the Libertarian candidate...if there is one. If not, I’m not going to vote at all.

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

[Washington Resistance Army]

And I’m going to vote for the Libertarian candidate...if there is one. If not, I’m not going to vote at all.

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

That's democracy for you, isn't it a great system?

[Shrillland]

And I’m going to vote for the Libertarian candidate...if there is one. If not, I’m not going to vote at all.

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

Libertarians take votes away from Republicans more often than Democrats. We should be boosting Libertarians at every chance we get.

[The Parkus Empire]

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

Libertarians take votes away from Republicans more often than Democrats. We should be boosting Libertarians at every chance we get.

Not anymore. No one who strongly supports open borders and living document will be voting Republican regardless

[Shrillland]

Libertarians take votes away from Republicans more often than Democrats. We should be boosting Libertarians at every chance we get.

Not anymore. No one who strongly supports open borders and living document will be voting Republican regardless

Not necessarily true. There are still old-style Republicans who believe in small government and unfettered free enterprise, and a lot of them voted Libertarian back in 2016. Remember, Gary Johnson did manage to get around 5 million votes, many of them from disaffected Republicans who stood on principles yet didn't want to be caught up in the Trump malaise. And who said that Libertarians believed in the living document?

[The Parkus Empire]

Not anymore. No one who strongly supports open borders and living document will be voting Republican regardless

Not necessarily true. There are still old-style Republicans who believe in small government and unfettered free enterprise, and a lot of them voted Libertarian back in 2016. Remember, Gary Johnson did manage to get around 5 million votes, many of them from disaffected Republicans who stood on principles yet didn't want to be caught up in the Trump malaise. And who said that Libertarians believed in the living document?

Libertarians believe in a bigger Federal regulation of state government. No paleolibertarian would touch the Libertarian Party

[Valgora]

Not necessarily true. There are still old-style Republicans who believe in small government and unfettered free enterprise, and a lot of them voted Libertarian back in 2016. Remember, Gary Johnson did manage to get around 5 million votes, many of them from disaffected Republicans who stood on principles yet didn't want to be caught up in the Trump malaise. And who said that Libertarians believed in the living document?

Libertarians believe in a bigger Federal regulation of state government. No paleolibertarian would touch the Libertarian Party

How do libertarians believe in more federal regulation of state governments?

[The Parkus Empire]

Libertarians believe in a bigger Federal regulation of state government. No paleolibertarian would touch the Libertarian Party

How do libertarians believe in more federal regulation of state governments?

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

[Shrillland]

How do libertarians believe in more federal regulation of state governments?

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

No, to Libertarians, it means less federal interference and a restoration of 10th Amendment principles concerning states' rights since, as they see it, it is not in the federal government's purview to manage these kinds of things.

[The Parkus Empire]

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

No, to Libertarians, it means less federal interference and a restoration of 10th Amendment principles concerning states' rights since, as they see it, it is not in the federal government's purview to manage these kinds of things.

The LP doesn't actually stand for that anymore, claiming they are more concerned with individual rights than states' rights. Right-libertarians, in other words, are not really represented by the LP

[Washington Resistance Army]

How do libertarians believe in more federal regulation of state governments?

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

Why are you so against the 14th amendment?

[Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol]

No, to Libertarians, it means less federal interference and a restoration of 10th Amendment principles concerning states' rights since, as they see it, it is not in the federal government's purview to manage these kinds of things.

The LP doesn't actually stand for that anymore, claiming they are more concerned with individual rights than states' rights. Right-libertarians, in other words, are not really represented by the LP

Wrong, the Libertarian party supports state rights in regards to gay marriage and abortion. Just because someone personally supports abortion rights and gay marriage does not mean they want to abolish state rights.

[The Parkus Empire]

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

Why are you so against the 14th amendment?

I'm against "living document" interpretation of it

[The Parkus Empire]

The LP doesn't actually stand for that anymore, claiming they are more concerned with individual rights than states' rights. Right-libertarians, in other words, are not really represented by the LP

Wrong, the Libertarian party supports state rights in regards to gay marriage and abortion. Just because someone personally supports abortion rights and gay marriage does not mean they want to abolish state rights.

LP supports the rulings in question iirc

[Washington Resistance Army]

Why are you so against the 14th amendment?

I'm against "living document" interpretation of it

It's not really a living document interpretation to take it as it's written.

[The Parkus Empire]

I'm against "living document" interpretation of it

It's not really a living document interpretation to take it as it's written.

No indeed, that would be very right wing and limit "protection" to just that.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

The LP believes in retconning the Constitution to force same-sex marriage and abortion and so forth on the states. This is a complete break from paleolibertarians like Ron Paul.

Why are you so against the 14th amendment?

A lot of conservatives have historically despised the 14th amendment ever since it was ratified, probably because it's too pro-freedom, renders state-level oppression unconstitutional and something-something equal rights are bad.

[The Parkus Empire]

Why are you so against the 14th amendment?

A lot of conservatives have historically despised the 14th amendment ever since it was ratified, probably because it's too pro-freedom, renders state-level oppression unconstitutional and something-something equal rights are bad.

No one would have supported it if they knew it would be completely repurposed as it has been.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

A lot of conservatives have historically despised the 14th amendment ever since it was ratified, probably because it's too pro-freedom, renders state-level oppression unconstitutional and something-something equal rights are bad.

No one would have supported it if they knew it would be completely repurposed as it has been.

I don't remember the constitution having asterisks.

[San Lumen]

A lot of conservatives have historically despised the 14th amendment ever since it was ratified, probably because it's too pro-freedom, renders state-level oppression unconstitutional and something-something equal rights are bad.

No one would have supported it if they knew it would be completely repurposed as it has been.

It literally says no state shall deny any person the equal protection of the law or due process of the law. How is it been misinterpreted or repurposed?

[The Republic of Fore]

And I’m going to vote for the Libertarian candidate...if there is one. If not, I’m not going to vote at all.

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

Don't worry, he won't. Lipinski is going nowhere. Plus, It's a federal election so one person doesn't matter. You can probably count on one hand the number of times one vote has mattered.

[San Lumen]

Then dont cry or complain when someone like Arthur Jones wins the election

Don't worry, he won't. Lipinski is going nowhere. Plus, It's a federal election so one person doesn't matter. You can probably count on one hand the number of times one vote has mattered.

If enough people decide not to vote because the Democrat isn't liberal enough for them thats how he could win. I do not view any election as written in stone anymore.

One vote decided control of the Virginia House of Delegates last year.

[The Republic of Fore]

Don't worry, he won't. Lipinski is going nowhere. Plus, It's a federal election so one person doesn't matter. You can probably count on one hand the number of times one vote has mattered.

If enough people decide not to vote because the Democrat isn't liberal enough for them thats how he could win. I do not view any election as written in stone anymore.

One vote decided control of the Virginia House of Delegates last year.

No, he won't win. This is a district no republican has held in over 40 years. Enough of the fear mongering. This happens everytime we get a candidate who's a terrible person. First comes the media coverage, then the endless freakouts and insistence he's totally going to win. Then he gets trashed. I seem to remember certain people on this forum insisting Don Blankenship would win. How'd that prediction work out? Also, I said federal election. Last time I checked the Virginia house of delegates is not a part of congress.

[San Lumen]

If enough people decide not to vote because the Democrat isn't liberal enough for them thats how he could win. I do not view any election as written in stone anymore.

One vote decided control of the Virginia House of Delegates last year.

No, he won't win. This is a district no republican has held in over 40 years. Enough of the fear mongering. This happens everytime we get a candidate who's a terrible person. First comes the media coverage, then the endless freakouts and insistence he's totally going to win. Then he gets trashed. I seem to remember certain people on this forum insisting Don Blankenship would win. How'd that prediction work out? Also, I said federal election. Last time I checked the Virginia house of delegates is not a part of congress.

They said Trump would never win either.

[The Republic of Fore]

No, he won't win. This is a district no republican has held in over 40 years. Enough of the fear mongering. This happens everytime we get a candidate who's a terrible person. First comes the media coverage, then the endless freakouts and insistence he's totally going to win. Then he gets trashed. I seem to remember certain people on this forum insisting Don Blankenship would win. How'd that prediction work out? Also, I said federal election. Last time I checked the Virginia house of delegates is not a part of congress.

They said Trump would never win either.

Yeah, but Trump was running against someone who's a proven loser. Different scenario.