The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party “has rounded out its list of candidates for the top of the ticket in this year’s election,” and “substituted candidates for several who qualified for the ballot by the Aug. 8 deadline but later withdrew,” the AP reports. Green Party 2006 gubernatorial candidateMarakay Rogers is the LP candidate for attorney general, while Berlie Etzel is running for treasurer and Betsy Summers for auditor general.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Mike Theodore // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:08 am
Rogers still smells a bit Green.
2) I oppose the state property tax and support a graduated income tax.
4) I support universal health care for Pennsylvania.
5) I support a Pennsylvania living wage
My knowledge of living wage is really slim, but the whole thing smells unlibertarian, even from MY perspective.
2 Mike Theodore // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:09 am
Note: I just realized that is from her Green run. I’m not sure if she changed her position, but that might be unlikely.
3 Fred Church Ortiz // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:11 am
Politics1 lists her as a Green candidate. Odd.
4 Mike Theodore // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:12 am
Smells funky, doesn’t it?
5 Trent Hill // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:14 am
DUH! ITS THE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE! She will magically win the Supreme Presidency of the Milky Way by combinging 1% and 1% to get 34%.
6 Mike Theodore // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:20 am
Oh. Gotcha.
…
I saw the light…
It was…beautiful…
7 sunshinebatman // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:38 am
Attorneys General don’t set tax rates or health policy…
The questoin here is whether Greens and LP in Penn have the same law enforcement priorities… what corporations and people could this guy be prosecuting? Could he try to FREE MUMIA?
8 Mike Theodore // Aug 16, 2008 at 1:42 am
Good point.
9 Ross Levin // Aug 17, 2008 at 12:39 am
Well, John Murphy’s running for Congress here in PA and he has the nomination of both the LP and the GP and the CP. But he’s officially an independent, along with all other third party candidates in Pennsylvania, because of ballot access laws. Not sure if that applies in this case, but it could be something similar.
10 George Donnelly // Aug 17, 2008 at 10:56 am
Oh, WOE is my home state LP. Major woe.
11 George Donnelly // Aug 17, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Here is the rationalization behind the PA LP running a Green for Attorney General:
http://www.lppa.org/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,60/topic,33530.msg35437/#msg35437
So, according this guy, any deviance from libertarianism is entirely excusable because otherwise the LP would not be a political party.
12 Ross Levin // Aug 18, 2008 at 6:11 pm
That seems pretty reasonable. The guy says it perfectly in that quote.
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