YO NH, look out for moving trucks. Incoming Libertarians !

[im4edwards]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/free.state.ap/index.html

Seems that they have selected NH over Whyoming (yeah I know its wrong) to become the "Free State". They hope to colonize the state and make it a haven for limited govt and a poster child for the Libertarian model.

Forewarned is forarmed !

[maxanne]

1. one thing we are in NH

is armed!

[blm]

2. This is a typical campaign move to effect the Dem primary.

The GOP has its nomads who will move into close districts to assure GOP wins. Disgusting.

[maxanne]

7. ha

the close districts are too densely populated. They'll be stuck moving to the cold north - where it's nearly impossible to make a living.

These are the future WalMart employees of the north - they just don't get it yet.

[blm]

10. The GOP has done this in other states over the years,

including Florida.

[maxanne]

12. they don't need to do it here

NH is GOP through and through. We haven't given in to the concept of a 2 party system, especially here in the north. In the 2002 state elections, in my district there were Democrats on the ballot for the first time in 10 years.

[cprise]

13. This has been in the works for a while-

http://www.freestateproject.org/

Yes, it's full of nutcases that insist responsibility stops at the individual (thus, social responsibility is anathema). But it should be taken seriously.

[leftofthedial]

3. more trailers than trucks

is the climate in NH conducive to growing marijuana?

After all, a libertarian is a republican who smokes pot, is one not?

[im4edwards]

5. they don't agree with that description, wouldn't know about the pot

or NH climate. I was under the impression it was cold there.

[maxanne]

8. a libertarian

is a Republican who makes no pretense about lacking a social conscience.

[alonso_quijano]

4. Libertarian motto:

"People won't mind living under feudalism if they've got enough pot!"

Actually, that's the capital-L Libs. I have a great deal of sympathy for and agreement with lowercase-l libertarians, but the right-wing nutbar types who consider taxation level as an absolute measure of freedom, and the ability to bully the economically weaker as a birthright of the rich, disgust me.

[clar]

6. I thought they'd pick a

Northeastern state. Better NH than VT. (Sorry New Hampshirites) I think they made a serious mistake though. Clearly they won't make any hay in Southern NH, which is more or less a Boston suburb. That leaves Northern NH, a part of the state which wields far less political influence.

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Must be big news. Here's a similar thread:

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=14045

[cprise]

11. Isn't NH where you go

...so your taxes won't be spent on people with dark skin?

Or to avoid them almost completely?

[maxanne]

14. actually for you flatlanders

it's where you come to buy beer on Sunday. :P

I'll ignore the offensively racist implications in your post, at least for the moment.

[cprise]

15. Oh please do

Ignore the subject entirely.

[maxanne]

17. your offensively racist comments

were deliberate, then?

[cprise]

18. I hit a sore spot

And calling an anti-racist sentiment "racist" is a Right-wing tactic.

[SteveG]

16. since we were on the list.....

Delaware was one of the options...we lost.... never have I been so proud of our state.