You should have been there in Seattle. It was quite a convention. You could almost say it was the high point of all-time for the Libertarian Party.
There were even some celebs that showed up like WA State Senator Jack Metcalf (later a Congressman), and even Radio Host Dr. Demento. Anyway, the Nominating part was hugely exciting. Balloons, Videos and all. All of it carried live on C-SPAN. Many of us didn't know right away that Ron had won of the first ballot. It took us about 3 minutes to figure it out. Boy, was that a tense 3 minutes. I really miss those days of the LP. They were truly the glory days of the Libertarian Party. It's a crying shame how low the LP has shrunk in the last few years. Crying shame! --- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "terry12622000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric, thanks for clearing that up. I put it in a form of a question > because I was trying to recall the info I had read in Russel Means > book Where White Men Fear To Tread, Its been awhile since I have read > the book and I have put it away in storage with some other books so I > can not quote what Means said, he made have said what you are > saying, then again he was pretty bitter about losing the nomination > so he may have said or lead readers to think Paul won by only 2 > votes. > Best I remember he also reported that Paul's family members made > the 2 votes.--- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Dondero > Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No. You are absolutely wrong. This is a very common mistake made > by > > individuals who do not know their libertarian movement history. > > > > However, I do understand your confusion. > > > > He won on the first ballot by 2 votes. In other words the vote was > > 295 to 225. Ron needed 293 votes to avoid going to a second > ballot. > > > > So, you could say he "avoided the need for a second ballot by two > > votes." > > > > > > > > > > --- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "terry12622000" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Didn't he only beat Russel Means by 2 votes?--- In > > > Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "J R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm starting a drive to get Ron Paul to decide to run for > > President > > > > as a > > > > > Republican. The CPD effectly eliminates voices not of the > > duocracy, > > > > so I > > > > > believe this would be the best way to get the Libertarian > > message > > > > out to the > > > > > general public. We know Bush hates Ron Paul. > > > > > I'm just wondering what you think of this idea and hoping we > can > > > > promote the > > > > > concept. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > J R aka Vjklander > > > > > > > > I doubt that Paul would get the Republican nomination. It was > not > > a > > > > given in '88 that he would get the LP nomination. > > > > > > > > $ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
