As far as “right wing” goes, the two “reformers” I immediately think of when that word is used are Carl Milsted (who calls for an “upper left” party, advocates a “citizens dividend,” etc.) and ecolibertarian/geolibertarian Brian Holtz. Hardly “right-wing” by any traditional definition.

I was at the 2006 convention. It took a lot more than several members to delete all those bloated and out-of-date planks. It took 50% of the delegates to toss them, and if I recall many planks were tossed with much more than 50% of the vote.

Just like a bloated government grows, the platform grew from 2700 words and 27 planks to over 14,000 words and 62 planks over the first 24 years of the party.

Just like government it needs a good house cleaning. The delegates understood this and they gave us a chance to do so.

The proposed platform is about 2300 words and back to 27 planks. It is composed of recycled language from all of our previous platforms. I think the platform committee members did a good job at crafting this new platform.

I’m on the platform committee. While I would have my own preferences for what I think the platform should be, I do think this proposed platform is very good.

- Hardy

I couldn’t say it better myself. Restore ‘04!

2006 came along and several right-wing members of the party decided it was time to scrap principle so we could play politics.

I cannot find it in me to describe any of the members of the Reform Caucus as “more right-wing” than the people who want the ‘04 platform back. If anything, precisely the opposite seems true to me.

Stop with the damned ad hominem bullshit! I was never going to sign any petition to abolish the ‘06 revisions — I happen to find simplification and streamlining to be in-line with the idea of a libertarian agenda — but now I certainly just got that much deafer to any arguments that might have swayed me.