Libertarians and fellow Travelers need to stop shying away from competition. Market your brand well and the revenue will come in. Stop worrying so much about ballot access with a parties name on the list, market the runner with your parties endorsement well and voters will remember that persons name when they go to the polls.--- In [email protected], doug craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thomas I understand where you are coming from, but > what do you think you can accomplish.We barely get > things done in the L.P.Down here in Ga I get tired of > our state party and their inability to get things > done.I have come to the conclusion that I will only > work on campaigns ,I will not take a position in our > state party.When you think of the other two parties > you think of their candidates not their national > platforms.When I show up at the door of a potential > voter I AM the libertarian party . To them the > platform means nothing.I have run twice for office I > am Ayn Rand type Libertarian maybe even an > anarchists.I received 7 % of the vote and I outspent > the republican.I did receive a hard time about our > parties stance on drugs and prostitution even though > the issues did not apply to my race.I do not care what > the LP platforms are.And it will not change my views > or my fight for true libertarian laws. > Thanks for the fight for liberty and freedom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- "Thomas L. Knapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > 07/05/06 > > P.O.C. Thomas L. Knapp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 314-705-3042 > > > > LIKE IT'S 1773: NEW PARTY IN WAKE OF LIBERTARIAN > > CONVENTION DEBACLE > > > > "Cyberia" (PRWEB) July 5, 2006 - Citing the > > Libertarian Party's > > "abdication of its political responsibilities to the > > American > > people," activists have founded the Boston Tea Party > > (www.bostontea.us) as an alternative, Internet-based > > vehicle for > > libertarian political action. > > > > "For various reasons, the ball got dropped in > > Portland," says Boston > > Tea Party founder Thomas L. Knapp, referring to the > > Libertarian > > national convention, held over the July 4th weekend > > in Oregon. > > "Factional disputes led to a wholesale gutting of > > the party's > > platform -- a muddle in which the party was left > > without a mechanism > > for expressing its positions on several of the > > foremost public policy > > issues facing America's voters." > > > > Rather than setting up the new party as a splinter > > group, Knapp says > > that he thinks of it as a "hopefully a pinch hitter, > > going to bat for > > America while the LP nurses its wounds and prepares > > to get back in > > the game. Until and unless that happens, the Boston > > Tea Party will > > fill in. Americans deserve -- and desperately need > > -- a pro-freedom > > party which forcefully advocates libertarian > > solutions to the issues > > of the day." > > > > Those solutions will be set forth in a program to be > > put together by > > the new party's organizational convention, to be > > held online, Knapp > > says, in the next 30 to 60 days. > > > > -30- > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
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