Is Charlie Crist a 'libertarian-leaner' in the same way as Ron Paul? If so, he has my support.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Dondero Rittberg Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Elect a Libertarian Democrat: You Can Help! What the writer doesn't tell you is that Charlie Crist, Republican candidate for Governor, and a solid libertarian-leaner who just appointed a "free marketeer libertarian" as his running mate, is polling over 20 points ahead of the Democrat Jim Davies. Florida is now a solidly Republican state. Katherine Harris is gaining, and I predict she will come close to winning with an outright shot of winning the race. In short, Florida is not the state to be pinning your hopes on anybody on the Democrat ticket. --- In Libertarian@ <mailto:Libertarian%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, Logan Ferree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In thirty one days, people will be going to the polls across the > nation. In many races, there won't be a fundamentally libertarian > option. There are exciting opportunities for Libertarian Party > candidates to win in races like the Texas 22nd, but let's not forget > libertarian candidates within the two major parties. In one month, it > is my hope that the voters of the Florida 21st will vote to kick Bush > Republican Lincoln Diaz-Balart out of office and elect libertarian > Democrat Frank Gonzalez: http://www.electfra <http://www.electfrank.org/> nk.org/ > > Frank Gonzalez is without a doubt a strong libertarian candidate who is > focusing his campaign on civil liberties and free markets. Opposed to > the Patriot Act, he supports all of the Bill of Rights against attacks > from the warmongerers in Congress. He wants out of Iraq and supports a > foreign policy based on non-interventionist. He opposes corporate > welfare, which has exploded under this Republican Congress. If elected, > I am certain that Frank Gonzalez will join Ron Paul as being a maverick > who will not be controlled by the leadership of either party but will > instead vote consistently for liberty and freedom. > > He needs your support now. Please donate to him at his our ActBlue > page: http://www.actblue. <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank > > When Frank Gonzalez ran in 2004 as a Libertarian, he was at a > significant financial disadvantage--as most third parties are. This > didn't stop him from out performing the only previous Democratic > candidate to run in the gerrymandered district in both raw votes and the > percentage. This year, he's running as a Democratic candidate. He has > a higher profile and the endorsements of the National Taxpayers Union > and the Democratic Freedom Caucus. In a district where John Kerry > received 43% of the vote, I feel confident of his ability to hit at > least 40% when you consider Bush's dropping approval. > > With our support (http://www.actblue. <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank), I believe > Frank Gonzalez even has a shot at winning. > > The district, while dominated by Cuban-Americans, is actually only 40% > Cuban-American. Another 30% is made up by various non-Cuban Hispanic > groups, and the rest are non-Hispanic White (21%), Black (7%) and other > groups (2%). According to recent surveys > (http://www.ndn. <http://www.ndn.org/hispanic/memos/Cuban-Exile-Poll.pdf> org/hispanic/memos/Cuban-Exile-Poll.pdf), Cuban- American > community in South Florida is almost 70% Republican, yet currently has > only a 51% approval rating of George W. Bush. It is my calculation that > Cuban-Americans provided half of George W. Bush's vote in that district > in 2004, with the non-Cuban-American voters almost splitting equally > between Bush and Kerry. There should be no problem in holding onto the > Kerry voters in the non-Cuban-American community, in fact it is very > likely that Frank will outperform Kerry given today's political > climate. If Frank Gonzalez is then able to split the Cuban- American > vote with Lincoln Diaz-Balart, he will win! > > But he needs our help: http://www.actblue. <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank > > Given that Bush's approval is lagging in the Cuban-American community, > that Republican Katherine Harris is going to loose by a landslide and > drag down the Republicans in Florida, and that the Florida Republicans > are particularly tarnished by the Mark Foley (R-FL) scandal, I think > that the political winds are in favor of Frank Gonzalez. On one of his > major issues, ending the travel restrictions to Cuba, the Cuban- American > community is largely split: 49% favor it and 45% oppose it. I don't > think he can win the Cuban-American vote, but Frank doesn't have to. He > just has to split it, and hold onto the Democratic vote elsewhere. And > everything is coming together to help him do that. > > We can do this, we can elect a libertarian candidate just one month from > now, but please help: http://www.actblue. <http://www.actblue.com/page/electfrank> com/page/electfrank > > <><> > Logan Ferree > [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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! 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