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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:44:09 -0700, Voice of freedom wrote:

> Osama & socialists working to throw the election to Kerry!
> http://melissasliberty.blogspot.com/

This kind of hysterical crap is one of the many reasons why libertarianism
is still considered a bad joke by the vast majority of Americans.  While
Kerry ain't no libertarian, he's not Lenin either, and the
characterization of every Democrat who comes along as that serves no
purpose.

Incidentally, I was reading some of this Melissa Liberty person's blog,
and she (he?  I bet it's a he.  Only dudes, by which I mean certain kinds
of internet dudes write like this) Godwinned like, within seconds of me
starting:

"From what I heard on Fox News today, Michael Moore is in Miami Beach
inciting democrat protesters to intimidate Republican voters, and it
nearly came to a street fight and riot at one point!

I can't believe this guy! Is he a follower of Karl Marx and Lenin? These
sound like similar tactics to what Hitler used!"

http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/fwdr5.html

That's you.  Or maybe it isn't.  For someone to so vociferously attack
Kerry without devoting equally deserved venom for George Bush, I have to
wonder if you even know what libertarianism is about.  But I'll give you a
hint.  It's not about like, you know, the government spying on what books
people read.  It's not about like, you know, invading other countries on
the taxpayer dollar.  It's also not about like, you know, ballooning
deficits.

You say also (I doubt you're even reading this, but for my own edification):

"From the polls today, it appears that the undecided voters are swinging
in Kerry's direction and I'm very concerned that if he wins it will
signify the success of the socialist conquest of the United States. I
think we'd see a scenario unfold that's right out of "Atlas Shrugged", in
fact there have been many signs of it already in this country."

IOW, the sky is falling.  Reading this is like watching a Three's Company
rerun, except with libertarians.  Might I encourage you to add multiple
exclamation points to every sentence you post in your blog just so no one
gets confused about what they're reading.

           -Quag7