Gloves come off in Libertarian primary race
HOLLYWOOD — In the run-up to the 2008
presidential election, two of the heavy-hitters of one of the United States’ top-four-ish political parties appear to have removed the gloves. Steve Kubby, a Californian seeking the Libertarian Party nomination, has asked Christine Smith, a candidate from Colorado, to issue an apology.
Smith got actress Goldie Hawn super drunk, after which Hawn eventually paid Smith $45 to go away. In 1998, when Kubby ran for governor of California on the Libertarian ticket, he had annoyed Hawn out of $45.
“That’s Steve-o’s territory, man,” said a Libertarian insider who wished to remain anonymous because the last time Kubby ran for office his family home was raided for marijuana and a little peyote. Read the rest of this entry »