I'm not interested in running for president in 2008 and neither is Badnarik. He and I are both in unusual situations, and he's genuinely got a good shot at winning. He's got a large staff and 10 times more money than I can even hope to raise with no real campaign experience. I wish him the best.
--- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wish you all the best Paul. Kidding all aside, if I was in your > District, I'd probably vote for you. > > Question though. Let's say you do pretty well. Maybe garner 3 to > 4%. > > You know Michael Badnarik is running for Congress here in Texas in a > diehard Republican District that stretches northwest of Houston all > the way to Austin. > > Badnarik told me without flinching that he was "going to win." > > Nice guy and all, but truth is he'll be lucky to get 3 to 4%. My > prediction, more like 2%. > > If you do better than Badnarik, doesn't that qualify you to run for > President on the LP ticket in 2008? After all, I'd be much more > inclined to say that a candidate who gets 4% in a Congressional race > is far more qualified as the LP's standardbearer than some guy who > got less than 2. > > Wouldn't you agree? > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul" <ptireland@> wrote: > > > > [ 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! 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