[ ModeratorNote: While the topic of who iz or iz not a REAL 'libertarian' would normally be off-topic in this forum, an exception is made here for this candidate for public office if any want to coment. -TLP ]
I spoke to the Secretary of State and the ROV and they said the Republican candidate was issued papers the day before the election, but he didn't get them back before the deadline. He won't be on the ballot. This means we'll have 4 candidates in the 35th district race... Maxine Waters - Democrat (25 year incumbant who won her last election in 2004 with 80.53% of the vote and 85.36% of the vote in 2000. A flaming socialist who happens to be on the libertarian side of some social issues like abortion, the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, etc. but who is economically retarded) Carl McGill - Democrat (Former LAPD who ran as a Republican last time and calls himself a "conservative democrat" as if there were such a thing.) Got 11% of the Vote in 2000 as a Republican Gordon Mego - American Independent (Has run in the last several elections and represents a whacked out psycho party that wants to mix church and state, use government force to prevent abortions and gay marriage, etc.) Got 2.4% in 1996 (only 3rd party candidate), 1.66% in 2000, and 2.2% in 2004 (beat the Libertarian candidate Charles Tate by 13 votes) Paul T. Ireland - True Blue Genuine Libertarian who, like all real libertarians, is against the war in Iraq, against the Patriot Act, Against all laws which mix church and state or prohibit consensual acts like gay marriage, gambling, drug use or sales, polygamy, suicide, etc. The ONLY candidate who would actually reduce the size, scope, cost, and intrusiveness of government, and the most likely candidate to garner the "conservative" vote (not that there is much of a conservative vote in the 35th congressional district) After the primary, Carl McGill will obviously be out of the race because the incumbant will win. That will leave 3 of us. I'm fairly confident in the fact that if I can get someone to host a debate with me, Maxine Waters might accept the invitation. As if that weren't good enough news, I also looked at the random drawing to see which order we'd appear on the ballot in the primary and I will go first (assuming they go by last name). My main goal now is to try to raise money. I'm very inexperienced at this and don't have any campaign staff so any actual help (other than a handshake, advice, and well-wishes like the LP gives us) would be appreciated. I want to seriously buy signs, bumper stickers, business cards, magnets for the side of my car, and perhaps tri-fold pamphlets to hand out. I'd also like to host a barbeque this summer with a mariachi band so I can meet my hispanic constituents and talk about how I'm very much against H.R. 4437 and how I think we should allow an unlimited number of people from any country on earth to come here to seek opportunity. Buying these kinds of materials isn't cheap and I'm not wealthy. If I could just get 250 people to give $25 or more, I'd have a decent shot of shocking a lot of people with a very high percentage of the vote. My race is unique because so many dislike Maxine Waters in my district (including the police) and because there's no Republican running. We could send a big message. It could be the largest percentage of the vote a Libertarian has ever gotten in a federal partisan race within California. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
