I've donated to my own campaign and to others and spent years as an activist doing outreach booths. You're right though that the LP needs people who do instead of just talk. What have you done besides talk Chuck?
I'd like to see the LP get someone at high levels that gives candidates more than a handshake and a smile when they run. How about at the very least giving them a list of the current members without charging for it? That seems like the very very very least we should be doing if not giving them free ads in our own newsletter, having party sponsored candidate training, etc. What are you doing to build this kind of support structure? --- In [email protected], "Chuck Moulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We need both thinkers and doers. Principle without action, and > > action without principle, are both dead ends. > > Perhaps. But I see a whole lot of talkers and very few doers. > Talking in circles without any action is a collosal waste of time. > We're topped off on principle... it's time to act. > > Eric is a doer. He travels around the country helping on campaigns > and encourages others to get off their asses to volunteer and donate > along with him. I don't agree with Eric on some philosophical things > (like the Iraq war, George W Bush, etc.), but I have a lot of respect > for him and we agree on libertarian issues a lot more than we disagree. > > There are 740 members on this list. How many of them have donated > money to libertarian campaigns? How many have volunteered time? If > that number is more than 25, I'd be astounded. > > My LNC colleague and friend Hardy solicited this list for help getting > Libertarians elected to the state legislature in Vermont. It's not a > pipe dream... it's realistically achievable with only a few thousand > dollars. How many people donated? > > http://www.vtlp.org/news/blog02.asp?ProdCode=351142992006 > > I asked this group to volunteer 10 minutes each to help me organize > college groups all over the country through Facebook. Want to know > how many of you volunteered? Zero. > > http://www.facebooklibertarians.org/ > > LP headquarters has been soliciting volunteers for months to make > phone calls to voters through the ballot base software. How many of > you helped? > > http://www.ballotbase.org/ > > Talking accomplishes nothing without action. I know all of you want > to be the talkers hoping someone else will take the action. Well, it > doesn't work. YOU need to take the action. > > Every minute you spend debating philosophy here is a minute you're not > spending helping Libertarians get elected and a minute you're not > spending moving public policy in a libertarian direction. > > Eric got the quote wrong. What I actually said was: > "I'd rather have 1 Eric Dondero out walking polls for libertarian > candidates and petitioning for libertarian initiatives than 1,000 Paul > Irelands arguing about who is the purest libertarian." > > And I stand by that statement. > > Everyone has either time or money they can donate to the libertarian > movement. Some people have both. I respect that not everyone can > donate money, but it saddens me to see people argue because it clearly > demonstrates they have time they could be donating but prefer to squander. > > Please keep in mind the following libertarian mantra (10 words, 2 > letters each): > If it is to be, it is up to me. > > Chuck Moulton > Vice-Chair, Libertarian National Committee > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
