Dear fellow Libertarian,
A lot of former Libertarian Party
members have campaigned for Ron Paul for the Republican Nomination for
President.
Thousands of potential LP
supporters have campaigned for Ron Paul’s nomination.
We have a huge opportunity before us to
get them to join, and rejoin, the Libertarian Party. And we need your help now.
The gallant efforts of Ron Paul
supporters to clinch the 2012 Republican nomination for president will soon
come to an end – at the Republican Presidential Nominating Convention in Tampa,
Florida at the end of August.
As Ron Paul himself has said, he will
likely fall short of the delegates he needs to win the GOP nomination.
When it’s over, where will his
supporters go?
God forbid they go to Republican Mitt
Romney, Democrat Barrack Obama or any of the many “conservative” or “liberal”
organizations that give lip service to liberty – while working to destroy it.
We have an opportunity to attract these
true Ron Paul, liberty supporters to the Libertarian Party. But we must act today.
Several Ron Paul events are planned for
August 24-26th in Tampa in conjunction with a major rally organized by Ron Paul
himself on Sunday, August 26th, just before the GOP convention which begins on
the following Monday.
The Libertarian Party has an opportunity
to have a presence at these rallies. Our presidential nominee, Governor
Gary Johnson, is already booked to speak at one on Saturday.
We want LP advertisements, banners and
promotional materials at booths, on stage, and everywhere we can get them at
these festivals. We want additional LP speakers so that everyone who attends
hears the message that the Libertarian Party is the place for them to be.
To do this we must buy a sponsorship
package and commit to participate. But the window for this opportunity may
close any time in the next few days. Which is why we must raise funds and
commit to buying a sponsorship immediately.
This will be a golden opportunity for
the LP to get our message out and show Ron Paul supporters that, should he not
win the GOP nomination, the Libertarian Party is the bar-none, highest
leverage, best way possible to keep the flame of liberty alive right through the
General Election in November - and beyond.
The Libertarian Party is the only party
that for forty years:
·
has fought to end the Federal
Reserve and reckless fiscal policy
·
has fought to draw down high
taxes and high government spending
·
has fought to get the U.S. out of
foreign wars
·
has fought to end the destructive
War on Drugs
·
has cleared the mine field and
made it safe for others to stand up for the right of consenting adults to marry
whomever they choose.
·
has fought against the Patriot
Act and other infringements of civil liberties.
Ron Paul supporters have embraced these
ideals and goals – ones that the LP has been fighting for since Day One, forty
years ago.
The establishment parties and their
candidates give lip service to these ideals – but they betray their supporters
when it comes to casting votes.
Why they need us – and we need them
Whereas Ron Paul supporters have taken
the battle for liberty inside the GOP establishment, the Libertarian Party has
been the all-important outside competitive threat that helped to make their
success possible.
Without outside competition, the GOP has
no reason to listen to liberty candidates and Ron Paul supporters within their
own ranks.
Just like the free market, competition
is the essential element that makes change possible.
The Libertarian Party threat limits what
Democrats and Republicans can get away with. We force them to listen to the
liberty factions within their own parties.
The notable successes that Ron Paul
supporters have achieved this year – winning a majority of Republican delegates
in Iowa, Maine, Minnesota and Louisiana and winning key positions in Republican
states committees such as in Iowa, Alaska, Nevada, Colorado and Massachusetts,
to name a few – would not have been possible without the Libertarian Party.
Without the possibility that LP
candidates could spoil an election for a Democrat who promises to stay out of
war – and then escalates war – the Democrats will continue to keep us at war.
Barrack Obama’s partial withdrawal from Iraq may never have occurred without
the LP.
Without the possibility that LP
candidates could spoil an election for a Republican who promises to cut taxes
and spending – who then raises them both - the Republicans will spend us into
oblivion. The fact that real spending cuts are finally being talked about may
never have happened without the LP.
The competitive threat of the
Libertarian Party is one of the biggest forces to stop outright tyranny in the
United States today.
Ron Paul supporters need to know this.
They need to understand this dynamic – lest they get swept away by forces
within the Democrat and Republican parties that are trying to scare them into
voting for the “lesser of two evils."
Ron Paul supporters need the Libertarian
Party. And the Libertarian Party needs them.
We need this vital energy, this rising
tide of supporters and voters, to grow the LP and grow that outside competitive
threat until the day comes when we can reverse today’s Big Government. End
wars. Dramatically cut government spending and taxes. Restore civil liberties.
We need to be at these festivals. We
need a wide and unmistakable presence that gets our message across to every Ron
Paul supporter who attends -- and to the wide range of media that will be
covering these festivals.
Will you help?
We need to raise $20,000 immediately to
buy a sponsorship package, create materials for this event, get speakers there
and to advertise.
The more we raise, the greater our
presence will be, and the more Ron Paul supporters we can attract.
But we cannot wait. We must commit ASAP
to our participation in these events, or our opportunity for a sponsorship will
be lost. We need your donation today.
We need one $5,000 donor. Will you be
this person?
We need five $1,000 donors. Could you
please help today?
We need twenty $250 donors. Will you be
one?
And we need forty $125 donors. Will you
be one of forty $125 donors?
Every donation of any size will help.
Let the R3VOLution CONTINUE – and let it
energize the Libertarian Party in 2012!
With your help, we’ll take liberty to
the General Election and make the Libertarian Party a driving force in politics
for years to come.
Yours in liberty,
Carla
Howell
Executive Director
National Libertarian Party
