From: Rex.Beard@f32.n373.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Rex Beard)
Newsgroups: hsv.general
Subject: Re: Libertairians/Republicans
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 14:42:34 CDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:373/32


 Robert Wood:

From Leah:
->> win, but we are going to run anyway". I am voting for Andre Marou (
->> sp) because he has the BEST danged plan for change I have heard 
->> yet!
     
 RW>      I don't know why the Libs even bother to waste money on 
 RW>  any presidential campaign.  The should concentrate almost all 

* So that people will begin discussing issues and freedom again.
* So that they get *any* media coverage.
* So that people have a way to show their disgust with the distruction of
  our economic and personal liberties.
* So that they will win.
* The Libertarian party is a *national* party. If it loses its national
  cohesiveness it will crumble. America can not afford that. We must
  maintain a national unified effort. The only way to do that is with
  a national campaign, The presidential one.

 RW>  their effort on State and National Congressional races, things 
 RW>  they can acutally win.  At least at the national level, there 

But the Libertarians get vey little local coverage. Think about it.
You know of the national race, but you don't know any local candidates.
YOu must have missed my earlier post.

 RW>  is a fair amount of disgust in both houses of Congress, but 
 RW>  how much has been said about Lib candidates for those 
 RW>  positions?  Not much in the mass media (the only way people 
 RW>  are actually going to be reached).

And whose fault id that? Not the Libertarians. They are running a
full time campaign. They are traveling and meeting people accross the
country. They only get local media where they are at. They *rarely* get
the national attention. Even when they do it is rarely picked up.
There was a recent UPI story on Dr. Nancy Lord (The VP Candidate). Did
either of our local newspapers run it? Even though Alabama is one
of the fastest growing states for the LP. And Huntsville in particular.

Heck the *Republican* running against Bud Crammer isn't getting any
local media coverage!

 RW>      I honestly don't know if there are even candidates in 
 RW>  Alabama.  This is where the focus should be.  Even more so at 
 RW>  the local level. 

See that is why there needs to be a national effort. Becasue there
*are* candidates in Alabama. They have frequently given press releases
to the local media. I do think that this year they will get more
coverage locally... but who knows.

The Republican has already agreed to debate, Mike Seibert (Libertarian
for Congress in this 5th district) Twice! But Bud Crammer won't debate
either one of them.

Perhaps I forgot to post this previously? So..
The candidates that I know about are:

President - Morrou / Lord
Senate    - Jerome Shockley
State Asociate Justice - David Rawls
Public Service Commission - Bill Crew (this one may win??)
US House dist. 5          - Mike Seibert

ALL other Alabama house races have a candidate. I'lll post if anyone wants
their names.

There are also local races like school board and County commissioner.
I don't have all of these.

The Libertarians are a *real* third party. There are over 700 candidates
running across the country and a hundred in office right now.

-rex-
Call 1-800-682-1776 for more info on the LP.

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