Comments on: Daniel Larison changes endorsement, from Barr to Baldwin

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:36:43 +0000

Jeremy,

Peroutka doesnt hold the vote total record–Howard Phillips (2000) does. He had ballot access in California, PA, Texas, and Illinois.

Baldwin is still going to beat it though,because of the Ron Paul supporters.

By: Jeremy Young

Jeremy Young — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:26:20 +0000

Larison’s a big deal.

Trent, I like Baldwin, but how exactly do you see him breaking Peroutka’s vote total record with Keyes stealing all his votes in CA?

By: darolew

darolew — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:30:28 +0000

Walter Block and David Nolan have Wikipedia articles, and Daniel Larison doesn’t. Thus, he’s less notable than them. =P

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:27:31 +0000

We’ve covered the thoughts of David Nolan and Walter Block here—Larison is just as notable.

By: darolew

darolew — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:22:04 +0000

I guess writing for The American Conservative (which I am familiar with) does make him somewhat notable—by IPR standards at the very least. =P

By: AnthonyD

AnthonyD — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:41:55 +0000

“The only good thing is that this is turning out to be such a crushing defeat for Bad Barr that he will probably slink right out of the LP after the election, never to be seen again.”

The only people who are going to slink out of the party after this election are the purists. Chased out, tormented, mortified of what they fear the most: their own irrelevance. Hence, their every desire is to hold the party to a small, pointless debate club that they can still hold sway over.

Well, to quote Col. Troutman from First Blood, “It’s over, Johnny.”

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:34:15 +0000

Danil Larison writes for, and maintains a blog for, The American Conservative–the paleoconservative answer to Reason Magazine.

By: darolew

darolew — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:57:46 +0000

Lol, I admit I was thinking similar to CBttLP. “A Constitution Party member who I’ve never heard of has declared on his blog he plans to vote for his party’s own nominee? Well, OK…”

Though I’m not really involved in paleocon circles, so for all I know Daniel Larison could actually be well-known.

By: Coming Back to the LP

Coming Back to the LP — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:15:10 +0000

A writer who is known by almost noone who writes for a blog known by a handful more than noone, who is an admitted member of the Constitution Party decides to support his own party’s candidate.

This is not only NOT NEWS and not important, there is no evidence that it swings even one single vote to Baldwin.

Even the writer’s own vote was likely going to be cast for his own party’s nominee, no matter what he might have said in some unvisited corner of electronic annonymity.

Net gain for Baldwin.

zero votes

By: Steve LaBianca

Steve LaBianca — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:46:24 +0000

Sivarticus // Oct 1, 2008 at 3:30 am

The only good thing is that this is turning out to be such a crushing defeat for Bad Barr that he will probably slink right out of the LP after the election, never to be seen again.

One can only hope . . .

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:35 +0000

Matt,

With no fundraising, no Ballot Access in California or PA, Chuck Baldwin being sick, and a low base of volunteers this year—I suspect they’re doing what they can, and they’ll break the CP vote total records.

By: MattSwartz

MattSwartz — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:52:12 +0000

Baldwin’s profile is ridiculously low for the election being a month away. What are they doing?

By: Spence

Spence — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:54:06 +0000

Cept of course, the delegates that actually voted him in will probably still remain.

By: Sivarticus

Sivarticus — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

The only good thing is that this is turning out to be such a crushing defeat for Bad Barr that he will probably slink right out of the LP after the election, never to be seen again.

By: Robert Milnes

Robert Milnes — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:09:00 +0000

Hmmmmm, in this particular volley of cyberwit I seem to agree with G.E.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:47:19 +0000

AnthonyD,

Daniel Larison is pretty well respected,by Paleos and Libertarians alike. Universally agreed with? No. But respected.

He isnt a racist, a conspiracy kook, a christofascist—but probably IS a homophobe. The man is an intellectual and an academic–and the Barr campaign should hope this sort of thing doesnt happen too often.

By: AnthonyD

AnthonyD — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:30:15 +0000

Whats the problem? This is great news for anyone supporting Barr!

Hopefully, all the konspiracy kooks/soft-core racists/christofacists/homophobes will follow this paleoconservative endorsement into the Constitution Party and down the drainhole into the sewage of the dark ages.

By: Spence

Spence — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:06:24 +0000

(But of course, not likely. [The LP dying part] ^)

By: Spence

Spence — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:05:59 +0000

If we’re lucky, Barr could get the worst vote totals EVER and the LP would finally fracture and consume itself amongst the largest pieces!!! =]

What a happy day that would be.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:02:56 +0000

“And he makes it clear that he is nothing more than a Paul lemming who will do as Paul tells him.”

Spin all you want pal. This endorsement means sometihng in the paleo community.