I’ve been going off libertarianism in recent months. I believe fully in less government involvement in our lives, (and as a Christian believe that I should help others) but the more I listen to Libertarians the more I dislike them.
“Arrogance” is about the best word I can find, along with a strong dose of separatism/purity that would put the most fundamentalist bible basher to shame. The world just doesn’t work that way - you have to compromise to move forward.
So I thought this quote from Lindsay was quite apt.
One great thing about Sir Roger, as I argued recently, is that he’s a conviction politician. But his convictions are not libertarian. If anything, Roger’s return opens things up even more for Libz. Rodney’s born-again soft-cockery and Roger’s compulsionism mean the chasm between Libz and ACT is greater than ever. We are unique.
And no way will ACT get 130,000 votes. They’ll be lucky to get 30,000.
130,000 votes based on 2005 results is about 5.7 percent - 30,000 around 1.4 percent.
I won’t be making any predictions about whether the Libertarianz can get any more than the 946 votes they received in 2005.
