10 Stupid Assumptions of Progressives Who Always Oppose Alliances with Libertarians
1.) A libertarian president can be elected without a real coalition with progressives.
2.) Progressives in a coalition government would give libertarians complete control of all policy.
3.) The US Senate will automatically have of 60 consistent libertarians if a libertarian gets elected president.
4.) Progressives have no important policies in common with libertarians.
5.) Neither libertarians nor progressives are capable of principled compromises that can move both agendas forward simultaneously.
6.) The progressive agenda can move forward with plenty of funding while increasing the budget of the military industrial catastrophe.
7.) President Obama's re-election will mean that 60 Senators will cooperate with him on a truly progressive agenda.
8.) A libertarian being nominated or dividing the Republican party convention or taking votes away from the Republican nominee somehow harms progressives' goals and benefits the Republican party.
9.) Progressives should never vote strategically to advance their agenda.
10.) The Democratic party is a progressive political organization which promises to elect 60 progressive Senators without any problem..
I would add that the converse is also true:
10 Stupid Assumptions of Libertarians Who Always Oppose Alliances with Progressives
1.) A progressive president can be elected without a real coalition with libertarians.
2.)Libertarians in a coalition government would give progressives complete control over all policy.
3.) The US Senate will automatically have 60 consistent progressives if a progressive gets elected president.
4.) Libertarians have no important policies in common with progressives.
5.) Neither libertarians nor progressives are capable of principled compromises that can move both agendas forward simultaneously.
6.) The libertarian agenda of lower taxes and less government can move forward while continuing to increase the military industrial catastrophe's budget.
7.) Gary Johnson or Ron Paul's election means 60 Senators will cooperate with one or the other on a truly libertarian agenda.
8.) A 2016 progressive being nominated or dividing the Democratic party convention or taking votes away from the Democratic nominee somehow harms libertarians' goals and benefits the Democratic party.
9.) Libertarians should never vote strategically to advance their agenda.
10.) The Republican party is a libertarian political organization which promises to elect 60 libertarian Senators with no problem.
