Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   @82 –

   Maybe we can ask Root to ask his GOP buddies to lay off the bogus lawsuits against our ballot access

   I think it’s incumbent on Root to provide documentation of his lobbying towards the GOP on this issue.

Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   We’re semi-operational at this point – we got hit with litigation from Alan Woodruff, a guy who wanted to be a candidate because he wanted to show off how smart he is and got bored in retirement sued us – he’s a lawyer and could file motions for $6 a pop, while we had to hire a lawyer at $200 an hour. We ran up 40k in legal bills to fight Woodruff off, didn’t recover a penny in damages, and are still 7500 in the hole. While we were fighting that battle, our volunteer base largely dried up. The Johnson campaign has helped us recover a bit by bringing in new people, but we’re still waiting for the cash flow to improve.

   I’ve talked with our webmaster about improving the site . . .

2. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   At present we’re using Facebook for most of our web operations.

   facebook.com/groups/nmlibertarians/

   facebook.com/groups/lp.of.nm/

3. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   Mark @ 62 –

   I’m not insisting on that 100 / 100 score – I wasn’t there myself when I joined the LP.

   We never before had anyone on the national-level team going around stumping for the opposition’s candidates during a presidential campaign while identifying themselves as part of our national-level team.

   Like I said in the original message – what would you think of a marketing VP from Pepsi who went on TV, said “I’m from Pepsi” and proceeded to make pitches for Coke and Shasta?

   I don’t know if Root has seen this thread or my original message that went to all of the LNC, including him. If he has, he doesn’t seem to care in the slightest what the anyone else in the LP thinks of this series of events.

   Before anyone starts any sort of motions or proceedings against him at the LNC level, I’d like to see or hear his side of it.

4. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   So when the Ron Paul Republicans and RLCers who are pissed-off at being told “Go sit in the corner and shut up – And you BETTER be there when we need you” by Priebus & Co on behalf of Romney come to the LP, and they ask us why our LNCC guy is talking up Romney and Ryan, what are we supposed to say?

   A. “We’re idiots.”
   B. “We’re suckers.”
   C. “We like this – it’s a good plan.”

   The answer I’ll give isn’t any of those choices.

   If my Central Committee caught me going around stumping for Romney and Ryan while presenting myself as an official of the LPNM, I would expect them to remove me from the position ASAP.

   I don’t talk much philosophy at our meetings either – I don’t have to much.

5. Re: LP Members Express Concern that Wayne Allyn Root is Campaigning for Romney –

   Mark / Kevin –

   I’ve been told that I’m one of the harder-core libertarians in the LPNM, and I don’t disown that.

   Still, when Gary jumped over to us on 28 December, I was there at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe with Mark Hinkle to greet him. And we did greet him – enthusiastically.

   A few weeks ago, Tom Mahon and I were there for his speech to the ABQ Hispano Chamber of Commerce and tossed him a few softball questions. While I’m not thrilled about this whole “Fair Tax” bit, Gary is at least pushing in the same direction we are.

   We’ve got another event planned for Gary at UNM here in ABQ (17 Sept).

   In contrast, Mr. LNCC Wayne Root is working against the Johnson campaign by stumping for Romney and Ryan.