If we want to give state parties which need it fourteen months instead of four to gain it, probably at less expense, and if we want to give our presidential candidate the opportunity to outreach, inform and recruit for ten months longer, yes, we do. I wish you, your family and all Christians reading this a serene, joyous Christmas and I wish all defenders of liberty on this list a healthy, prosperous new year and the restoration of our liberty.
For life and liberty, David Macko ----- Original Message ----- From: "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:53 PM Subject: [Libertarian] Re: No National Convention in 2008! > > The next convention is in '06. Do we really need to anothre a year > later in '07? > > $ Merry Christmas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> So what ever makes you think that the LP is a "unified" party, or > will ever >> become one? >> ;-) >> >> PEACE >> Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer >> Franklin County Libertarian Party >> (614) 891-8841 >> P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 >> >> "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent > revolution >> inevitable" John F. Kennedy >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> > 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 --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/X6CDDD/lzNLAA/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/
