October 2004

I wholeheartedly endorse Jim Henley’s endorsement of the Libertarian Party candidate, who just happens to be Michael Badnarik, for what it’s worth. Radley and Megan must explain (“must explain” in the sense of “need to explain in order to satsify Will Wilkinson’s curiousity”) why Jim is wrong.
I especially like Jim’s point about the direction [...]

A thought: Could it be that the sort of person likely to be “intimidated” out of voting isn’t in general the sort of person who you want to be voting?
A lot of the coverage, both formal and informal, of the forthcoming apocalypse in Ohio strikes me as implicitly accepting a really quite stupid bit of [...]

This is the sort of annoying my-party-is-pure-as-the-driven-snow their-party-stinks-of-sulfur attitude that I was complaining about below.
Lindsay bitches about GOP voter suppression in Ohio. I don’t believe I remember her complaining (correct me if I’m wrong) about DNC voter suppression (successful or not) in every state in which they tried to cripple democracy by sueing Nader off [...]

The left likes to wax elegaic about the “sanctity of democracy” and the “integrity of the democratic process,” especially when Republican schemes to supress the minority vote are afoot. Yet, in terms of the sanctity of democracy, the Democrat’s concerted assasination of the Nader campaign is no better than stationing a Klansman, an INS officer, [...]

Luka points me to this LAT article on the possibility of Badnarik as spoiler. NPR Morning Edition also discusses this tantalizing possibility.
Now, to repeat, the fact that Badnarik, despite his nuttiness, is in any position whatsoever to screw Bush simply highlights how much the LP botched it this year.
In other news, Jeff Jarvis recommends [...]