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    RW>> Right, but that federal funding might help, even though, as   
    RW>> staunch libertarians any candidate who accepts it is   
    RW>> compromising his own stated principles.   
      
   BK>>  Ah, yes. Adhere to principle and lose, or compromise on   
   BK>>  principle to have a chance of winning.   
      
    RW> Indeed.  I've been an advocate for campaign finance reform   
    RW> though just because that would give qualified people   
    RW> without deep pockets a real shot.  That's why even as a   
    RW> person holding libertarian views for the most part I don't   
    RW> fit the label .   
      
    Anyone who even tries to fit a label too much is surrendering   
    his right to think for himself.   
      
   BK>>  Only, the only way you can win is by not being worthy to win.   
      
    RW>  Have seen that kinda thing before.   
      
   BK>> ... Is there really such a thing as a strict libertarian?   
      
    RW> Good question, even if used as a tagline.  I definitely   
    RW> don't fit.  Some would like you to believe they do.   
      
    Long ago someone quoted a libertarian writer as saying, "I have   
    been told two libertarians agreed on something somewhere, I am   
    not one of them."   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... Is there really such a thing as a strict libertarian?   
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