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| Last Edited | RBH Jan 17, 2008 01:39pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, January 13, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | An e-mail from Greg Knopp to the MOLP Executive Committee:
"Returning his filing fee would not only be stump-stupid, it would also be at least close to an abuse of power. The state committe voted (by a slim margin) to throw roadblocks in front of John Swenson. It did NOT vote to so sanction Chief Wana Dubie.
If we want press, I suppose that publicly repudiating the MOLP candidate who turned in the best performance in a three-way race in 2006, and who arguably achieved not only the most, but the most positive, publicity for the MOLP in that year, is one way to get it.
I'm not sure why we'd want that kind of press. Then again, I guess I'm a little dense -- I didn't see the value of having our state chair slag his own party's ticket in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, or of having our candidate for lieutenant governor endorse his party's ticket's opponent for governor in 2004, either.
I'm willing to learn from these "responsible Libertarians," though. If the exec comm tries to keep Wana Dubie off the ballot, I'll follow the Sullentrup/Ferguson example and get as much press for the party as possible. If the "Libertarian Party repudiates its best-performing 2006 candidate" hook isn't enough to generate coverage, an aggressive write-in/sticker primary campaign to get the Chief nominated over the gatekeepers' heads might be.
Regards,
Tom Knapp" |
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