Libertarian Party votes down most of their platform

Stunning news from Portland, Oregon, as the Libertarian Party's website reports that all 300 delegates have voted down most of the planks of their platform at their annual convention.

The LP - always the rebel - tells us what was kept in, not what was removed.

However, it appears that that following were the excised bits:

Individual Rights and Civil Order
# THE WAR ON DRUGS
# SAFEGUARDS FOR THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
# JUSTICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
# AMERICAN INDIAN RIGHTS

Trade and the Economy
# THE ECONOMY
# TAXATION
# INFLATION AND DEPRESSION
# FINANCE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT
# TRADE BARRIERS
# UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Domestic Ills
# POLLUTION
# CONSUMER PROTECTION
# EDUCATION
# TRANSPORTATION

I might be wrong since, once again, they go about this backwards.

Of especial note, they've kept in their open borders immigration policy.

(Obligatory joke about libertarians begins)
Next week: coverage of the Star Trek Foundation Universal Government Party convention, which will be held in the same room at the Portland Motel 6. Many LP members well be staying on due to the large overlap between membership in the two parties.
(Obligatory joke about libertarians ends)

Politics · Sun, 07/02/2006 - 09:02 · · Importance: 1