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LIBERTY PLEDGE NEWSLETTER Libertarian National Committee, Inc Published for the friends and supporters of the Libertarian Party LIBERTY PLEDGE NEWSLETTER Libertarian National Committee, Inc. + 2600 Virginia Ave, NW, Suite 200 + Washington, DC 20037 + Phone: (202) 333-0008 + Fax: (202) 333-0072 www.LP.org May 2012 LP Responses to Atlantic Magazine On May 17, 2012, Atlantic Magazine asked the How do you assess the vote trading strategy as an following questions of LP Executive Director Carla ethical matter? Howell. Here are her responses: Trading votes misses the point. Any vote for a Big It's widely believed that the LP may be more effective Government Republican or a Big Government Democrat at influencing the policy debate than in advancing a - in any state - will make things worse. They move us the candidate to the White House at this time. Do you wrong direction. accept this premise? Many libertarians admire Ron Paul. Will the LP The LP influences elections in several ways: We work to persuade Paul's supporters that they should transform otherwise trivial chatter into substantive instead vote for Gary Johnson regardless of whether political debate, we sometimes cause a Big Government they are in blue, red or purple states? politician to win or lose, and we sometimes win. The Libertarian Party is the natural home for Ron Paul Does party leadership have a preference between supporters who want to advance Liberty candidates. Gary Johnson's two rivals? If it was choice of "the Should Ron Paul not get the GOP nod, we encourage his lesser of two evils," is that Romney or Obama? supporters to carry the torch to Election Day by voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson and by joining us to Howell's Law: The difference between a) Big advance our shared goals of more liberty, peace, small Government Democratic and b) Big Government government, and an end to the Federal Reserve. Republican politicians is LESS THAN the difference between a) what anyone can reasonably predict either From your point of view, what is the most realistic will do if elected and b) what they will actually do if best-case result for the LP? Given the tenor of the elected times, it seems that a "breakthrough" is possible. In other words, if you want more Big Government, Every election, the Democrats and Republicans lose higher taxes, higher government spending, toss a coin to more credibility - while Libertarians gain more approval pick either the Big Government Democrat or the Big by voters. Could 2012 be the year that we see a major Government Republican. The difference is negligible breakthrough? That is certainly possible. and unpredictable. But if you want more liberty, more jobs, lower government spending, lower taxes, less Libertarian candidates have caused Big Government foreign meddling and a stable dollar, vote Libertarian Democrats and Republicans to lose in the past, and for Gary Johnson and Jim Gray. may well again in 2012. The more we cause Big Government politicians to lose, the more they are forced Would the LP disavow or be actively supportive of a to enact substantial spending cuts, cut taxes, stop foreign "vote-trading" strategy designed to boost the GOP meddling and preserve the value of the dollar. candidate in swing states while protecting the LP's overall total nationwide? Voting small government Libertarian is the only way to force the Republican Party to sever its ties to Special The Libertarian Party says: Vote small government Interests and respond to the needs of everyday Libertarian. Every election. Every ballot. Every time. Americans. That's the only way well see an end to the high taxes, recklessly high government spending, and dangerous Voting Libertarian is a far better bet than buying a government meddling that Big Government Democrats lottery ticket - and it's free! A real chance for lower and Republicans are inflicting on America. taxes and more freedom. Liberty Pledge Newsletter - May 2012 2012 Libertarian Party National Convention Coverage Libertarians Pick Former New Libertarians are hopeful Johnson will fare better. They cite his experience as a popular Mexico Governor governor who appealed to Democrats and Republicans in New Mexico and his stances on Taken from The Las Vegas Review Journal, May issues that should have cross-party appeal. 2012 For example Johnson wants to dramatically cut government spending, get the government out of By the time the Libertarian National health care, and he supports gun ownership, which Convention concluded in Las Vegas on Saturday, could appeal to conservatives. He also is in favor of party members had the man they hope can propel same-sex marriage and immigration reform that them to relevance in presidential politics. doesn't Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson emphasize using fences and walls to keep people won about 70 percent of the vote on more than 600 out of the country, stances that tilt left. ballots, finishing well ahead of Libertarian "The Libertarian candidate for president is newsletter founder Lee Wrights. going to be the only candidate talking about gun What it means is Johnson, a former rights and gay rights in the same sentence," Johnson Republican who served two terms as governor from said. 1995 to 2003, will carry the party's torch in a Unity behind Johnson is a far cry from the campaign against Democratic incumbent President 2008 convention in Denver when it took six rounds Barack Obama and presumptive Republican of voting to nominate former Georgia U.S. Rep. nominee Mitt Romney. Bob Barr, another former Republican, for president. Johnson says a "pie-in-the-sky" goal for Barr, before his conversion to libertarianism, himself and vice presidential candidate Jim Gray, an was known as a foreign policy hawk and opponent Orange County, Calif., Superior Court judge and of gay marriage. outspoken critic of the war on drugs, is to generate During speeches at the event Saturday, enough support to qualify for debates on the same Libertarians spoke of Barr as a candidate who stage as Obama and Romney. damaged the party's credibility. "If that happens, anything is possible," "There wasn't this genuine energy for our Johnson said. "I don't think either Obama or candidate in 2008 that there is today," said Joseph Romney are talking about solutions to the Silvestri, state party chairman for Nevada and problems." candidate for the new 4th Congressional District. He's betting a swell of supporters for While delegates such as Silvestri sought to Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will emphasize the party's mainstream appeal, the event shift to the Libertarian candidates once Romney also included its share of iconoclasts. Willy Star becomes the nominee. Marshall, a longtime Libertarian, made national "As much as I would like (Paul) to be the headlines in 2001 when he became the first openly nominee, I don't think that is going to happen," gay mayor in Utah. His earliest acts as mayor of Big Johnson said. Water included repealing his own salary and calling History says a Libertarian probably will not for the legalization of marijuana. be included in the debates. The last candidate who "I'm a Libertarian because I believe in wasn't a Democrat or Republican to participate in a freedom," Marshall said. Major party candidates debate with the front-runners was Ross Perot in "talk a little different but in practice Obama 1992. continues the wars and Republicans expand welfare." Liberty Pledge Newsletter - May 2012 A New Dawn for the Libertarian New and renewing Liberty Pledgers Party and the Obstacles Still In the Paul M. Anderson Jacques R. Lachance Way Kenneth 0. Archbold Trevor A. Lamed Lyle C. Arthur Warren L. Loschky From Reason Magazine (Online), May 9, 2012 Dwight E. Baker Jonathan W. MacCollum Arthur C. Barker Robert Margetin The Libertarian Party has struggled with Jesse R. Bethke Joseph J. Maschak Gabriel M. Blanchard Robert B. Matthews its identity since its founding in 1971. Technically Raymond M. Bledsaw J. Thomas May America's third largest political party, the LP's John R. Boyd Charles McLaughlin political efforts have often made it seem like Patric R. Brock Joan P. Mokray America's Third Largest Debate Club. 2008, the Thomas W. Brockriede Thomas E. Monahan H. A. Cole Dawn R. Moore party broke with tradition by nominating a Roger J. Cooper Shane H. Newcomb carpetbagging repentant drug warrior, former Kenneth Dancer Kate O'Brien Republican congressman Bob Barr, whose Mark E. Darby Mark A. Oldenburg nomination over LP mainstay and perennial Westley F. Deitchler Norman T. Olsen Jeremy L. Dixon Randolph Padal candidate for office Mary Ruwart nearly tore the Mark Duckworth William A. Peddie party in half Logan R. Fleckenstein Gilbert K. Ranney It appears the party has found a balance Shawn D. Fox Thomas Rose with the nomination of former two-term New Nuray Gercek Lawrence K. Samuels Charles E. Glenn Eugenia Sansone Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for president David R. Glueckert Charles Schmid and Judge Jim Gray of California for vice Darrell Goldman Douglas L. Shaffer president. Both men are former Republican Matthew Graham Mark Spikes officeholders with high media profiles, both are Michael Grogan Mark Stockfisch DeWayne Guimond Howard Taylor committed libertarians, and both won their Jim Henriques Scott A. Thomas respective nominations at the Libertarian National Ian Hickey William Tomasek Convention in Las Vegas by large margins and Glen Hilts Alvoryce M. Webb after only one round of voting. Randy D. Hix Daniel P. Wiener Dean S. Hodge Eric M. Witcher Geoffrey H. Hunter Tracey H. Young Sergei Kostenko Sergey V. Zubkov I would like to increase my I would like to make a one- monthly pledge to this level: time donation to the LP: Name: ❑ $2,500 ❑ $100 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ $5,000 $100 $1,000 $50 Address: ❑ $1,000 ❑ $50 ❑ $500 ❑ $30 ❑ $500 ❑ $25 ❑ $250 ❑ $250 Other Other (minimum $10) City, State, Zip: (Please make checks payable to Libertarian Party.) 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