A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Fortunately Not Near Here....
Uberblogger and hardcore conservative AlGoreSucksEvenIfHeDidSaveOurAssesOn9-11 revealed today that Libertarians had arguably cost George Bush the Election. Consider:
Florida: As we all know, Florida barely went for Gore on the 17th recount by a mere 27 votes. However, if Libertarians had voted Republican at only a 55%-45% margin, Bush would have won Florida by 1500 votes.
Oregon: Pat Buchanan and Harry Browne got 14,000 votes between them; Bush would have needed about 11,000 or about 79% of those votes to go his way to have stolen seven electoral votes from Gore.
New Mexico: Gore won by a mere 366 votes out of almost 600,000 cast. If Bush had gotten 60% of the libertarians to vote for him instead of Gore, Bush would have won five more electoral votes.
Wisconsin: Buchanan and Browne combined for 18,000 votes; Bush lost by 5,700. If Bush had gotten 2/3rds of those voters, he would have beaten Gore.
Yes, folks, if it hadn't been for those damn libertarians (and Pat Buchanan), Bush would not only have been president the last few years, but he would have won handily.
At this point, operatives from the FBI, moving under authority from the Patriot Act, arrested the proprietor of AlGoreSucks... FBI Head Janet Reno credited alert local librarians with assembling the case against the website operator...