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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Liberal Democratic Party Reply #135 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:39am I think that the Liberal Democratic Party will do well in the Senate in Queensland because some people will confuse it with the Liberal National Party. Well, my wife told me she did.
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Reply #136 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:55pm

muso wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:39am:

I think that the Liberal Democratic Party will do well in the Senate in Queensland because some people will confuse it with the Liberal National Party. Well, my wife told me she did.

I was talking to the Petrie candidate tonight who said he is one spot above the Liberal Nationals candidate. So hopefully people go down the list looking for the word "Liberal" and put 1 in his box, the notice another "Liberal" further down and put a 2 there.

I think a lot of Liberal voters will come to see us as an alternative to the Liberals as they become more disenfranchised with the Liberals. We're the real liberals. They are more like conservatives calling themselves liberals. We are more free market that the Liberals, we will spend less and tax less. I don't know how many Liberal swingers will get in this election but hopefully as time goes on we can get them to swing our way.

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Reply #137 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 10:01pm

BobH wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:55pm:

muso wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:39am:

I think that the Liberal Democratic Party will do well in the Senate in Queensland because some people will confuse it with the Liberal National Party. Well, my wife told me she did.

I was talking to the Petrie candidate tonight who said he is one spot above the Liberal Nationals candidate. So hopefully people go down the list looking for the word "Liberal" and put 1 in his box, the notice another "Liberal" further down and put a 2 there.

I think a lot of Liberal voters will come to see us as an alternative to the Liberals as they become more disenfranchised with the Liberals. We're the real liberals. They are more like conservatives calling themselves liberals. We are more free market that the Liberals, we will spend less and tax less. I don't know how many Liberal swingers will get in this election but hopefully as time goes on we can get them to swing our way.

Hey Bob, have you signed up Sarah Palin for your page 3 policy spread yet!?

I reckon she's right up your alley (or vice versa)...

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Reply #138 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 10:12pm

Equitist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 10:01pm:

Hey Bob, have you signed up Sarah Palin for your page 3 policy spread yet!?

I reckon she's right up your alley (or vice versa)...

Page 3 policy spread? I don't get that.

We Liberal Democrats and Sarah Palin don't see eye-to-eye on a lot. Maybe on gun rights. But she's an aggressive military interventionist and not as free market as I would like. She's also against the legalisation of marijuana and liberalisation of the sex industry. I don't really get a long with Christian conservatives like her. She'd fit in with the Baptists in the country who seem to want the state to carry out God's law. I'm more on the side with some of the Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehova's Witnesses I've talked too out and about who are very anti-government. I like those sort of religious fanatics. The Sarah Palin breed can go to hell with us atheists.

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Reply #139 - Aug 19^th, 2010 at 10:28am

BobH wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:55pm:

I think a lot of Liberal voters will come to see us as an alternative to the Liberals as they become more disenfranchised with the Liberals. We're the real liberals. They are more like conservatives calling themselves liberals. We are more free market that the Liberals, we will spend less and tax less. I don't know how many Liberal swingers will get in this election but hopefully as time goes on we can get them to swing our way.

Ok - well you're singing my tune. I used to vote Liberal all the time until John Howard came along. I am by choice a Centrist because I prefer to determine my own position on issues and see how the political parties match best with those.

Some of my thinking matches up with the Democrats in their heyday. I liked the fact that they had a lot more freedom to express personal opinions compared to the major parties. As long as they quoted something as being a personal opinion, that was ok.

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Reply #140 - Oct 6^th, 2010 at 10:23am

I'm all for liberalism and democracy, but I can not see how your platform would take this country forward. Your policies are more about turning the clock back rather than planing for a sustainable lifestyle and economy. How can giving everyone a gun and going back to 1970 drink driving laws be on a political party's platform if they are serious about progress???

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Sean New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1	Re: Liberal Democratic Party Reply #141 - Feb 25^th, 2011 at 10:29pm Change the party's name to the Australian Liberterian Party or Libertarian Party of Australia.
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Reply #142 - Feb 26^th, 2011 at 6:54pm

Sean wrote on Feb 25^th, 2011 at 10:29pm:

Change the party's name to the Australian Liberterian Party or Libertarian Party of Australia.

I agree. Our name doesn't define us as well as a political party name should, and it's too similar to two existing political party names. I'd prefer the Libertarian Party. But high ranking members are of the opinion that the name is already out there, people are starting to recognise it and we've fought too hard (legally) to keep the name.

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Reply #143 - Feb 26^th, 2011 at 7:51pm

BobH wrote on Feb 26^th, 2011 at 6:54pm:

Sean wrote on Feb 25^th, 2011 at 10:29pm:

Change the party's name to the Australian Liberterian Party or Libertarian Party of Australia.

I agree. Our name doesn't define us as well as a political party name should, and it's too similar to two existing political party names. I'd prefer the Libertarian Party. But high ranking members are of the opinion that the name is already out there, people are starting to recognise it and we've fought too hard (legally) to keep the name.

Dunno about anyone else, but the chance of the LDP being confused with the DLP is quite high...

I wonder how many people made that mistake at the last election...

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boogieman Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 307	Re: Liberal Democratic Party Reply #144 - Jun 29^th, 2011 at 10:06am I think this post should be "un stickied" so it can disappear into oblivion. It's over, he did nothing in the election.
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Reply #145 - Jul 24^th, 2012 at 5:20pm

longweekend58 wrote on Aug 1^st, 2010 at 4:49pm:

Your wish to privatise crown land is monumentally stupid and I do not apologise for that statement. you can try and defend it anyway you like but it remains just that.

and your wish for an fully unregulated market economy is amazingly silly given the causes of the GFC!

This post surprises me coming from you LW

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Reply #147 - Mar 2^nd, 2016 at 9:37pm

BobH wrote on Feb 26^th, 2011 at 6:54pm:

Sean wrote on Feb 25^th, 2011 at 10:29pm:

Change the party's name to the Australian Liberterian Party or Libertarian Party of Australia.

I agree. Our name doesn't define us as well as a political party name should, and it's too similar to two existing political party names. I'd prefer the Libertarian Party. But high ranking members are of the opinion that the name is already out there, people are starting to recognise it and we've fought too hard (legally) to keep the name.

With all due respect, when I first heard about your party everyone in my class (as it was a legal studies class) including myself assumed you to be the sort to side with labour and the greens, as a "democratic" in any party name tends to be "socialist" even if there is liberal in there.
Having said that, it is great that there is a part out there that actually represents my views (generally). Having been a member of the young liberals for a little bit, can I ask if you guys have any similar sort of thing in Melbourne, as I'd love to join.

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