Let me try to explain why I will never give in to this extortion and sign the insepid pledge. For starters, I did not sign a pedge when I came into this world, my Liberty is not effected by it. It was designed as a phoney show piece, by some nannies, to, some how, show the world they are not some kind of wacko. I am here to work with people in a political party, who are interested in controling government, not other people, by electing people to office who will advance Liberty by returning the government to Constitutional order, not to attempt to create a utopia. I am not a exclusionist, nor wish to join a fraternity, society, club, brotherhood, religion or cult, which is based upon exculsiveness I think it is non-libertarian to make reqirerments that limit other people from participating, there are too many control freaks prevent any effective organization, now. I believe the pedge would be very much a part of a conservitive party, not one that's based upon the natural rights of man. jal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bo Shaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jeffrey Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Rand Fanshier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lpco-Platform" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jerry Van Sickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:04 PM Subject: Pledge V: the saga
> While I was thinking up the bullet point list of reasons why anyone would > not wish to sign the pledge I suddenly thought of why someone would, or at > least should. I was too undiscriminating. > > A person who seeks office should have a strong bond to their party's ideals, > and all others (voters) should know what that is. A Libertarian person > seeking office is a candidate who must be a member of the organization; a > dues paying member. Dues paying members are more likely to be involved in > the organization than non-dues, just plain registered libertarian folks. > > Someone whom is not a dues paying member the Libertarian Party (local or > state) can still gain ballot access through petition. They can also be > appointed to complete someone else's term. In any case where they are not > confirmed at the state convention, they still may become candidates or > appointed to elected office. > Without signing the pledge. > > Candidates confirmed at the state convention that are from within the party > and its ancillaries, will be dues paying members and will have either signed > the pledge or provided a letter of similar context with LPCO executive > approval. > Thus they are members and have pledged not to do the exact thing that > candidates and politicians do every waking moment of their lives. Initiating > force. > > So the flip of my wanting to be rid of this stinking liberty limiting > pledge, is that every LP candidate for office should bring focus to it. All > candidates should think about the pledge and how it applies and be trained > by speaking it every day. Complete brainwashing. Could be a good thing. > > Paul Tiger > > > > >
