Cheer Up Charlies
One Vote for the Libertarian Parody
RECEIVED Mon., June 14, 2004
Dear Editor,
Choke, chuckle, spit ... what? Who the hell is Michael Badnarik and why does he use a name that no one will ever get right ["The Sayings of Candidate Badnarik," News, June 11]? OK, so he seems to go for the jugular on all the issues, but I can't help but feel like I'm reading The Onion when digesting his quotes from last week's Chronicle. He starts off saying that he'd rather be jumping out of airplanes and getting drunk and laid than saving America. Sounds like some people I know. That's good ... but wait, is he serious?! No money for planes, trains, automobiles, and schools, affirmative action's like slavery, Lincoln's evil, 9/11's our fault, Roosevelt's worse than Hitler and the Communist Manifesto rules. The Libertarian Party is extreme to the point of parody. It's what everyone wants but no one dares. The media adds to the scare by telling you a vote not-for-Kerry is a vote for Bush. When Bush is shaking his victorious fist in your face on national television come November, remember that I said you're all a bunch of sissies. Here's one vote for the Libertarian Parody.
Choke, chuckle, spit ... what? Who the hell is Michael Badnarik and why does he use a name that no one will ever get right ["The Sayings of Candidate Badnarik," News, June 11]? OK, so he seems to go for the jugular on all the issues, but I can't help but feel like I'm reading The Onion when digesting his quotes from last week's Chronicle. He starts off saying that he'd rather be jumping out of airplanes and getting drunk and laid than saving America. Sounds like some people I know. That's good ... but wait, is he serious?! No money for planes, trains, automobiles, and schools, affirmative action's like slavery, Lincoln's evil, 9/11's our fault, Roosevelt's worse than Hitler and the Communist Manifesto rules. The Libertarian Party is extreme to the point of parody. It's what everyone wants but no one dares. The media adds to the scare by telling you a vote not-for-Kerry is a vote for Bush. When Bush is shaking his victorious fist in your face on national television come November, remember that I said you're all a bunch of sissies. Here's one vote for the Libertarian Parody.
Ivan Cook
