[611] in libertarians
Re: Harry Browne for President
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Obear)
Tue Feb 7 21:42:06 1995
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 21:39:52 -0500
To: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU> (by way of Derek Rose <rosed@world.std.com>)
From: chris@shore.net (Chris Obear)
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
> A candidate who wins
>because of a split vote is weak. Clinton prooved that. He had nothing
>to work with in congress and it showed. Who cares who's in the White
>House if the congress is still GOP (or libertarian, or whatever) and
>pushing the other way?
Because so many influences are led by the presidency, including the entire
"Justice" Dept., the import denials, and all the firearms destruction in the
DoD, and hell, even the assault weapons ban isn't being considered as
readily because of Clinton's stated intent to veto.
> Gramm may
>get in office but will have a hard time getting the support since
>few will be more extreme than him. Thus, he becomes only slightly
>better than a Dole once in office.
SOmeone who holds some lines isn't better than one who holds none? I'm not
getting sucked into the LP vs. GOP/whatever, but your statement is wrong.
Whoever leads via the Presidency wields tremendous power, albeit far from
ultimate power.
Chris
