-=> Quoting John Perz to All on 05 Aug 96  22:30 <=-
 Re: Buchanan 
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 JP> The United States Taxpayer's Party is holding it's convention later
 JP> this month in the same city as the Republicans, with the hopes that
 JP> many disenfranchised party faithful will stay in San Diego.  They are
 JP> expecting hundreds, but will settle for one: Pat Buchanan.
 JP> Howard Phillips is listed as the presidential candidate for the US
 JP> Taxpayer's Party, a conservative party formed in 1992.  But he says
 JP> he's only a stand-in needed for the ballot petition process
 JP> nationwide, and hopes to step aside in favor of Pat Buchanan if the
 JP> firebrand conservative commentator bolts from the Republican Party
 JP> The party hopes to be on the ballot in 40 states.

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 JP> My comment:  **IF** Buchanan runs third party, he will siphon off
 JP> most of the gun owner protest votes that MIGHT have gone to Harry
 JP> Browne.  It will dash any hopes the Libertarians have to get more than
 JP> the 300,000 or so votes they got last time.
 JP> Because of Buchanan's positions on free trade & protectionsism,
 JP> libertarians would cut their own throat before they vote for Buchanan,
 JP> so the gun-owners vote will be split three ways.
 JP> Irish Curse:  "May you live in interesting times"
As of today, there are 5 parties certified to be on the Texas ballot: the 
major parties, Libertarians, Taxpayers' Party and the Natural Law Party. 
Plus Ross Perot - not certain what happens there if Lamm or someone else 
becomes the candidate of the "Reform Party".
While Pat sounds moderately good, he won't go anywhere in this state. 
Texas still likes free trade. Not that they wouldn't like to see some 
modifications to it, but they certainly don't want "protectionism".
Steve
... Exercise your rights before the government exORcises them
--- GEcho 1.00
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