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* "Non-Libertarian candidates in my county have used quotes from the LP platform against Libertarian candidates and Non-Libertarians candidates who accept contributions from known Libertarians." Jack Tanner, LP Florida. 2006-08-04 [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/1749] | * "Non-Libertarian candidates in my county have used quotes from the LP platform against Libertarian candidates and Non-Libertarians candidates who accept contributions from known Libertarians." Jack Tanner, LP Florida. 2006-08-04 [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/1749] | ||
* "During the past election, Redwood City Councilmember, Jim Hartnett, sent a hit piece opposing Libertarian candidates for school boards, and supporting the College and Sequoia H.S. bond measures." Jack Hickey, LP San Mateo County, California. 2001-11-13. Scan of mailing at archive.org [http://tinyurl.com/2m95vv], which quotes the Platform regarding "drugs" and "sexually explicit materials". | * "During the past election, Redwood City Councilmember, Jim Hartnett, sent a hit piece opposing Libertarian candidates for school boards, and supporting the College and Sequoia H.S. bond measures." Jack Hickey, LP San Mateo County, California. 2001-11-13. Scan of mailing at archive.org [http://tinyurl.com/2m95vv], which quotes the Platform regarding "drugs" and "sexually explicit materials". | ||
* Two Political Parties Plenty, Thanks - "The Libertarian platform is a prescription for anarchy." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2000-07-14. | |||
* Libertarians score victory by securing place on 2000 ballot - "Some espouse extreme views Like the cessation of all taxation, public education and government regulation." Dallas Morning News, 1998-11-08. | |||
* "several citizen panelists agreed that they found the anti-government platform of His Libertarian party too extreme". Philadelphia Daily News, 1997-10-20. | * "several citizen panelists agreed that they found the anti-government platform of His Libertarian party too extreme". Philadelphia Daily News, 1997-10-20. | ||
* Is "Libertarian politics" an oxymoron? - "to these mainstream issues the Libertarian Party platform adds Such problematic esoterica as jury nullification, a reliance solely on tort law and 'strict liability' to govern pollution, and the right of individual political secession. When libertarianism is presented as an all-or-nothing bargain, interested voters are more likely to leave the whole package on the table." Reason, 1996-07-01. [http://reason.com/news/printer/29963.html] | |||
* Libertarian Candidates Wants To Do Away With Much Of Government - "other parts OF the Libertarian platform call for eliminating most government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service. ..." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1994-08-14. | * Libertarian Candidates Wants To Do Away With Much Of Government - "other parts OF the Libertarian platform call for eliminating most government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service. ..." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1994-08-14. | ||
* The Other Party In The Presidential Race - "The Libertarian platform calls for the abolition of child labor laws (they inhibit the freedom of children), of income taxes, highway speed ..." Miami Herald, 1992-10-25. | * The Other Party In The Presidential Race - "The Libertarian platform calls for the abolition of child labor laws (they inhibit the freedom of children), of income taxes, highway speed ..." Miami Herald, 1992-10-25. | ||