Libertarian Party Fights Back Against NEW Republican Party Attacks

[Bob Hubbard]

Libertarian Party Fights Back Against​ NEW Republican Party Attacks​ Tuesday, October 9, 2012​ Dear Fellow Libertarian, Today, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Senior Judge James Gardner Colins is expected to rule on the Republican Party’s final attempt to nullify the Libertarian Party’s hard-won ballot status for 2012. How did the Republicans try to nullify LP ballot status? They falsely claimed that we falsified thousands of petition signatures. The truth? According to legal testimony and documents filed with Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, Pennsylvania Republicans hired Reynold Selvaggio, “a private investigator to pose as an FBI officer and visit people who had gathered signatures for the Libertarian Party, offering them $2,000 in exchange for saying in court that the petitions they had gathered were falsified.” Bribery? Suborning perjury to knock the Libertarian Party off the ballot? That’s what we’ve been up against. That’s what we have to overcome. Do you think that’s the end of the Republican Party’s Dirty Tricks to undermine and sabotage the Libertarian Party during this 2012 Election? Not hardly. Republicans have mounted a targeted stealth campaign to neutralize, compromise, and con our voters into staying home – or voting for Mitt Romney. Which voters? Libertarian Party members, Ron Paul supporters, fiscal conservative independents, and True Blue Tea Party loyalists in razor-close Tipping Point states – New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Colorado – and even Montana. Hundreds of these stealth Republicans, pretending to be Libertarians or Ron Paul activists, are regularly calling into Talk Radio shows, and telling listeners why they just can’t, can’t let Obama win – why they must, must vote for Mitt Romney. These Republican Judas Goats are trying to use ‘Social Proof’ – a manipulation strategy – to trick liberty lovers into voting for Big Government Mitt Romney for President. We have reports from Colorado and Montana of boiler room telephone operations – with fakers, counterfeits, and imposters pretending to be ‘tormented,’ ‘struggling,’ and ‘torn’ over whether to vote for Gary Johnson or Mitt Romney and deciding that they must, must vote for Republican Mitt Romney. Are YOU torn between voting for Libertarian Presidential candidate, Governor Gary Johnson – and Republican Mitt Romney? Me neither! Then there’s the direct mail flood from “Libertarians” for Romney, “Ron Paul Activists” for Romney, “Tea Partiers” for Romney. All trying to wear you down. Trying to convince us that Big Government Mitt Romney is really on our side. Trying to plant doubts, undermine our resolve, weaken our efforts – so we give up and stay home, or, vote Republican. Talk Radio, phone calls, direct mail – and, of course, all over the Internet and Social Media. Lies, half truths, and cons to talk our supporters out of voting Libertarian. To shut us up, grind us down, and demoralize us during these last 4 weeks before Election Day. Republicans are working hard to drive down voter turnout for Libertarian Party candidates up and down the ticket. The Mitt Romney Republicans will say anything and do anything to silence your voice for liberty. Your vote for liberty. And the votes of everyone that you and I win over to the cause of freedom. Especially to push down the votes and turn out for our Libertarian Presidential Ticket: 2-Term Governor Gary Johnson and 25-Year Superior Court Judge Jim Gray. Fight back. Help us fight back. We only have 28 days left. Are you able to donate $10,000 or $5,000 to help us cancel out the Republican lies to Libertarian voters? Will you please step forward and donate now? Or, are you a libertarian who can contribute $2,500 or $1,000 to help us revitalize Libertarian supporters and voters this election? Will you please donate it now? Or, do you have a budget that would allow you to give a one-time $500 or $250 donation now to make sure that hundreds of thousands of Americans hear our freedom message? Will you, please? Or could you possibly give $150 or $85 or $50 or $25 today – to take advantage of this only-once-every-four-years opportunity? Please either click and donate now or mail your donation to the address below with "Fight Back 2012" in the memo. Thank you. Yours in liberty, Carla Howell, Executive Director Libertarian Party P.S. Don’t let the Republican Dirty Tricks Gang get away with it. We only have 28 days. Please help our Libertarian Party candidates get publicity, get news coverage, and get votes - NOW. Will you please donate $25 or $50 or $150 or $1,000? Your donation is our budget. ​ ​ [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Paid for by the Libertarian National Committee 2600 Virginia Ave, N.W. Suite 200, Washington D.C. 20037 Content not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.[/FONT]​

 

[WC_lun]

In my mind, it is disgusting when someone tries to mess with people's access to be on a ballot or vote. This is pretty much an admission by the Republicans in PA (and other states this nonsense is going on) that thier canidate is not strong enough to win if Gary Johnson is on the ballot. Those Republicans trying to influence the vote and the ballots are trying to actually undermine the voting principles of this country. Very un-patriotic and perhaps even treasonous. That they can do this then say with a straight face that anyone not Rupublican are bad for America is the hiegth of hipocracy.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

If you attempt to win by silencing the voice of the opposition, you're evil and must be destroyed.

The GOP is the Taliban of America.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

If you attempt to win by silencing the voice of the opposition, you're evil and must be destroyed.

The GOP is the Taliban of America.

:roflmao:
Seriously though, do they really expect this to work? "I'll get extra votes if I forcibly get rid of their(libertarians) ability to vote for the candidate of their choice, then magically convince them to vote for me."Hmmm something about this plan seems flawed to me....

 

[WC_lun]

It is short sighted thinking, but yeah, I think that is the thought process.

 

[arnisador]

Haven't been following this--is there any truth to the allegations?

At this point the LP is big enough that it deserves default ballot status.

 

[WC_lun]

Not that has been found by the election board yet.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

I just don't understand how they can say that the libertarian party, who are about the same size as the green party, can't be on the ballot but the green party can..i get that it's a problem if the petition was faked (which it most likely wasn't), but why even need the top 4 parties to need a petition to be on the ballot? As arnisador said, those four should have default ballot status

 

[Bob Hubbard]

They can't be allowed on because then people might think they have a choice and real issues might be brought up.

 

[WC_lun]

Some Republicans believe Gary Johnson's posistions are close enough to conservative ones that some conservatives will vote for him rather than Mitt Romney, who seems to take every side to a position. They believe that will siphon of enough votes from Mitt Romney so that he will not be elected. Instead of strengthening thier canidate, they try to game the system by keeping Gary Johnson off the ballot. It is starting to look like a trend, especially in battle ground states.

 

[cdunn]

I just don't understand how they can say that the libertarian party, who are about the same size as the green party, can't be on the ballot but the green party can..i get that it's a problem if the petition was faked (which it most likely wasn't), but why even need the top 4 parties to need a petition to be on the ballot? As arnisador said, those four should have default ballot status

Florida, 2000. 800 kinds of ****ed up, on both sides, but the final certified count of the top three:

George W. Bush (W)	2,912,790	48.847	Republican
Al Gore	2,912,253	48.838	Democratic
Ralph Nader	97,488	1.635	Green

If even 1% of Nader's votes had turned up Gore's, the most likely fall back, had Nader not been available to vote for... Well, if wishes were fishes, we'd all eat damn well. But, the Republican's democracy stiflers honed their art from those lessons. People are going to turn out to vote, and a portion of the people who vote third party will vote for one of the big 2 if they believe that's what best represents them from the available choices.

 

[Rich Parsons]

I wish the bullying would stop.
Every vote counts.

If you like a person or party please go vote for them.
If you are in a red state and want to vote blue then do so.
If you are in a blue state and want to vote red then do so.
It you want to vote third party then do so.

Just go vote.

If everyone did who said their vote was wasted it might change things. But you will never know if people bully you into not voting or voting for a different party or person than you want.

 

[arnisador]

The debates would be much better with a 3rd party there, I'd wager.