Yes, we have rules here, but this was a death threat against me.
On linkedin.com, on the Libertarian Party list, there appeared someone asking if we would consider re-registering Republican and vote for Paul in the primaries. I am a libertarian. I explained why Paul was not a good candidate -- our lists of not good perhaps do not overlap. And I got back a death threat.
I said of Paul
--an antiabortionist
--an opponent of gay rights
--an advocate of the "states Rights" doctrine that states should be allowed to take away gays' right to marry, women's right to abortion access, and going back within my lifetime the right of African Americans to send their children to the schools their taxes helped pay for, not to mention voting in the elections that chose the school boards that set those policies
--a global warming denier
--a conspiracy theory supporter who hangs with Alex Jones
The threat reads
"As for you George, If I never see you again it will be too soon. If I
do see you again, I only hope it's in the crosshairs of a scope
attached to a high-power rifle - or 50 feet in front of my speeding
pickup truck. "
It's a real death threat.
The threatener claims to be a former LP Illinois Libertarian Party State Chair, Val Vetter, who says he is now in Texas. This is the internet we are talking about, so the author ID could be forged.
Yes, I am a real Libertarian Party supporter. I spent thousands of dollars of my own money, and many hours of my time, getting the Libertarian Presidential candidate on the ballot (in my case, in Massachusetts) in 2008. I then organized the Federal litigation that actually put Barr on the Massachusetts ballot, took the case to the United States Supreme Court, and is now been accepted for hearing by the Massachusetts Supreme General Court.
And now you see the sort of movement that is behind Congressman Paul.
The Full diatribe, which was visible on linkedin.com on the Libertarian Party board at
http://www.linkedin.com/...
but is now under review, reads
<"Val Vetter • There aren't many Libertarian presidential candidates I've
actually been ashamed of - George: your rants here mark you as one (and
the biggest BTW) Another who shall remain nameless (for now) went off on a rant at the 2008 convention about the LP nominee at the time - doing NOTHING for the Party. I didn't like Barr - but since the Convention chose him as the LP's candidate, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and supported his campaign and ballot access in Illinois at considerable cost and investment of volunteer time and miles.
There will always be those who are uniters - and those who are dividers
- Guess who the "divider" is in this thread...
You want Republicans to "run the worst candidates they can find"
Brilliant - and when they do that, either that worst candidate - or
Obama - will be elected.
Face it George, face reality: The best Libertarian candidate available doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of beating even Obama - and certainly not beating anybody the GOP fields in this race.
I love the LP dearly - even with it's quirks, controversies, and endless infighting - but unless and until something changes SIGNIFICANTLY more than it has to date - Americans will never vote for LP presidential candidates in sufficient numbers to show up on election night TV screens.
Back to the question I intended to answer before reading George's rant:
There is no party affiliation in Texas either, so of COURSE I will vote
for Dr. Paul (yes, warts and all George) and then - if the GOP is STUPID enough to nominate someone else, I'll vote for the LP candidate. EVEN though THAT person may not be the best candidate - or even the best libertarian candidate.
Unfreakingbelievable! Ron Paul - LIFE member of the LP; 2-time LP
presidential candidate; the very VOICE of libertarian ideals in
Congress; and running a campaign that "everyday Americans" are
responding to - and George Phillies has to badmouth him here.
Right now - in the 2012 election, Americans have ONE chance - and one
chance only - to try to pull our country BACK from the brink of
disaster. That chance is Dr. Ron Paul.
As for you George, If I never see you again it will be too soon. If I
do see you again, I only hope it's in the crosshairs of a scope
attached to a high-power rifle - or 50 feet in front of my speeding
pickup truck."/blockquote>