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"During the past election, Redwood City Councilmember, Jim Hartnett, sent a hit piece opposing Libertarian candidates for school boards, and supporting the College and Sequoia H.S. bond measures." Jack Hickey, LP San Mateo County, California. 2001-11-13. Scan of mailing at archive.org [http://tinyurl.com/2m95vv], which quotes the Platform regarding "drugs" and "sexually explicit materials". | "During the past election, Redwood City Councilmember, Jim Hartnett, sent a hit piece opposing Libertarian candidates for school boards, and supporting the College and Sequoia H.S. bond measures." Jack Hickey, LP San Mateo County, California. 2001-11-13. Scan of mailing at archive.org [http://tinyurl.com/2m95vv], which quotes the Platform regarding "drugs" and "sexually explicit materials". | ||
"several citizen panelists agreed that they found the anti-government platform of His Libertarian party too extreme". Philadelphia Daily News, 1997-10-20. | |||
The Other Party In The Presidential Race - "The Libertarian platform calls for the abolition of child labor laws (they inhibit the freedom of children), of income taxes, highway speed ..." Miami Herald, 1992-10-25. | |||
Essay - The Fourth Man. "[...] a little extreme? you ain't heard nothin' yet on civil liberty: decriminalize drugs and prostitution, forget gun control or abortion limitation, eliminate Federal agencies, settle environmental clashes in court, permit open immigration [...] if taken literally, The Libertarian platform is so far out of The mainstream as to be high and dry [...]" New York Times, 1992-10-22. | |||
"Extreme Views Doom Libertarian Nominees [...] Standing foursquare against things is the Libertarian Party's specialty. Its platform calls for government to cease and desist from almost everything [...]" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1992-07-13. | |||
Libertarians? No, US Needs A Legitimate Fourth Choice - "Standing against things is the Libertarian Party's specialty. Its platform calls for government to cease and desist from almost everything except the repealing of laws (Social Security, the Post Office, you name it) ..." Chicago Sun-Times, 1992-07-09. Ran the same day as: | |||
Consider a Libertarian?; Get Serious. Washington Post, 1992-07-09. | |||
Libertarians Stew On Fringe. San Jose Mercury News, 1992-07-09. | |||