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May 23 2020 01:31pm
Jacob Hornberger speakers are up now
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May 23 2020 01:59pm
Great speech by Hornberger.


Gary Johnson endorsed his former running mate Jim Gray.
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May 23 2020 02:15pm
Does Hornburger expect that other nations are lining up to reciprocate in this free trade and tariff free world?
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May 23 2020 02:17pm
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Does Hornburger expect that other nations are lining up to reciprocate in this free trade and tariff free world?


No. Some will some won't.

Escalating trade wars and punishing Americans is not productive policy.
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May 23 2020 04:03pm
Round 1 results should be in very soon. Set to be released state-by-state any minute now.

Just an FYI, My expectations for the results of subsequent rounds are actually quite low.
I mentioned earlier Hornberger angered a significant amount of people by criticizing Amash.
There are also a lot of slimy unprincipled people/lefties in LP leadership positions that will oppose him and engaged in disinformation campaigns against him and the Mises caucus that endorsed him.
The Mises caucus was partly intended to bring more principled small l libertarians into the party, replace some bad party officials, and to push actual libertarian principles instead of flaky republicans and democrats like Bill Weld, Barr etc. Guys like comedian Dave Smith, Scott Horton(anti-war podcast host) and Tom Woods(author/podcast host) are involved in that movement.

Its going to be a battle for who will secure the votes of delegates whom initially preferred other candidates.
JH will likely need a significant portion of the early delegate votes to be in a good position to win the nomination.

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Round 1 results should be in very soon. Set to be released state-by-state any minute now.

Just an FYI, My expectations for the results of subsequent rounds are actually quite low.
I mentioned earlier Hornberger angered a significant amount of people by criticizing Amash.
There are also a lot of slimy unprincipled people/lefties in LP leadership positions that will oppose him and engaged in disinformation campaigns against him and the Mises caucus that endorsed him.
The Mises caucus was partly intended to bring more principled small l libertarians into the party, replace some bad party officials, and to push actual libertarian principles instead of flaky republicans and democrats like Bill Weld, Barr etc. Guys like comedian Dave Smith, Scott Horton(anti-war podcast host) and Tom Woods(author/podcast host) are involved in that movement.

Its going to be a battle for who will secure the votes of delegates whom initially preferred other candidates.
JH will likely need a significant portion of the early delegate votes to be in a good position to win the nomination.


Who's the candidate of the unprincipled/left-leaning people?
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May 23 2020 04:22pm
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Who's the candidate of the unprincipled/left-leaning people?


Thats split up into different factions.
The prags endorsed JoJo I believe. She seems to have a lot of support.
Many also supported Jim Gray, but he appears to be on the short end of things right now.
Supreme has the far-left and people who like his shtick. He had a fairly successful recruiting drive to get people into the party to support him, many of whom are socialists.

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May 23 2020 04:41pm
Sounds like it's divided in-between hippies, gun nuts, and ... Small business owners who have a psychological issue with taxes.
None of them seems ready to handle the responsibility of protecting their country.
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Sounds like it's divided in-between hippies, gun nuts, and ... Small business owners who have a psychological issue with taxes.
None of them seems ready to handle the responsibility of protecting their country.


Not sure how you figure that one.
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May 23 2020 05:00pm
Round 1 results:

Hornberger 236
Jorgensen 248
Supreme 171
Monds 147
Gray 98
Kokesh 77

+random stuff

Kokesh eliminated.
Another round of voting will occur after he speaks
He refrains from making an endorsement

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