The Libertarian Party should not have a National Convention in 2008! Now that I have your attention, let me assure everybody who is reading this message that I am not a neocon saboteur hellbent on destroying the Libertarian Party. I recommend that we hold our National Convention to nominate a presidential candidate for 2008 in 2007. This was our practice from 1976 until 1996. The arguments for the change seemed plausible at the time, including more publicity in an election year. Since then it has been proven conclusively that the establishment media is our enemy and will not give us fair coverage. The most blatant proof of the media bias is the fact that if two presidential candidates had been arrested in Russia, Iraq or Iran it would have been front page news and covered by all the networks. Yet when Michael Badnarik and Green Party candidate David Cobb became the first presidential candidates in American history to be arrested while campaigning, not to mention that they were handcuffed and jailed for attempting to commit free speech, even Libertarians without access to the internet did not know about this atrocity for weeks. Nominating our candidates a year before the convention would give them more time to campaign with unified party support. It would make petitioning easier in many states with more time and less expense for paid petitioners where necessary since there is less competition in odd-numbered years. Now is the time to promote this return to our original practice through all available media, including LP News.
For life and liberty, David Macko For life and liberty, David Macko [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/g0CDCD/tzNLAA/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/
