At Saturday night's meeting of Greene County Libertarians we also discussed the idea of preventing someone from being a Libertarian candidate who did not present a good public image for the party. It is libertarian to keep someone from running as a libertarian? Or does the LP have the right to decide who will represent the Party?
Given our disagreements on the subject of immigration, what issue-filters would be appropriate? What kind of dress code should be required? Should candidates with certain tatoos be prevented from running as Libertarians?
Should LP candidates be required to sign some sort of pledge?
Even among the small number of Greene County Libertarians present at Saturday night's meeting, there was probably not a single issue, party platform plank, or policy vote that we would all agree on, even though we constituted the crème de la crème of Libertarian Party candidates. Why, Councilman Doug has already even voted for -- yes, for -- a tax! Many Libertarians who consider themselves strong opponents of gun control would flinch at legalized bazookas. Most of the best LP candidates are not consistent opponents of government. This makes construction of a universal libertarian candidate filter very subjective and difficult.
But not for this reason something we should not work for.
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