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I sent the note below to you at the e-mail address from which you sent a note to me on August 20. Did you get it? Also, I don’t believe we’ve received that donation you promised. Let me know if I can help.
—Wes
————Original Message————Subject: Fwd: Lib head shots -Update
Date: 8/30/2006, 8:24 PM
From: Wes Benedict
To: Joey Dauben

Joey,

Can you get a head shot of Todd Pillippi? He has failed to respond to
repeated requests from the state party.

Thanks,—Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian Party of Texas
512-442-4910
————Original Message————Subject: LP members/Ellis County
Date: 8/20/2006, 3:39 PM
From: Joey Dauben
To: logic@jrlogic.dyndns.org
cc: wesliberty@aol.com

I know I’ve kinda been hard on the third parties publicly
(elliscountyobserver.com), but shhhh, I’m re-joining the party and if
the Republicans here keep screwing around, I’m running in 2008 as a
Libertarian. I’d like to start small, like, say precinct chair and get
my college campus in Waxahachie to elect me.

Or, I might run countywide. I’d really do countywide for the name ID and
to teach the wayward GOP a lesson (and land the Democrats a job).

Actually, I want to do a Ron Paul and be members of both the LP and GOP.

I work at a medium-sized print shop now and my boss is arch-conservative
so he’s willing to help fellow conservative-libertarians get elected
(we’re forming a PAC as we speak), so if you guys are in the hunt for
some connections in the propoganda arena, let me know.

My intent wasn’t to give you a sales pitch, but to tell you of my intent
election-wise, and get some real conservatives recruited and elected.
I’m not going to have the GOP do locally what they have done nationally.
Phil Smart & Todd Phillippi are on the ballot as LPers and are from
Ellis County. Could have had a 3rd one locally if I didn’t F up the
paperwork. But anyway, 2008 is going to be a good year. This fall will
be a barometer to decide where this county wants to go.

So keep me informed and within a few minutes, the LP should have a few
bucks from me.

“If you want to be rich, just find out what everyone is doing and do
exactly the opposite.” – Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Home: 972-617-2183
Cell: 972-639-6059
Work: 817-640-6471
AOL IM: joey75154
Yahoo: joeydauben8
www.myspace.com/joeydauben
www.elliscountyobserver.com

It’s free media people!

And you wonder why Libertarians and Greens and all the other minor parties complain about not being taken seriously. Hell, who would when you have candidates who refuse to answer questionnaires or meet with editorial boards.

Here’s a solution: come up with a very generic press release template and an issues template. Upon sign-up for all paper/real candidates, the party (whichever party that is) should plug in the name (Al Smith) into the press releases. And then give copies electronically to the candidates (keeping one for themselves of course) so that when the major newspapers call (the Dallas Morning News is the largest in the state) or email, you’ll have what you need already done.

It’s more about marketing efficiency than anything. Why would I want to vote for a Libertarian who’s “just on the ballot as a paper candidate?”

I would like to point out that one of the TX LP candidates, Supreme Court candidate Todd Phillippi, is my lawyer and a good friend. He’s also from Ellis County, Texas. So the Texas LP —I believe—will be saved from ballot access petitions the next go-around because of a guy from Ellis County—I’m very proud of this, as you can tell.

I’ve recruited a lot of “paper candidates” in NC. Many remain so, but sometimes they get the bug and turn into very active candidates. My brightest example is Rachel Mills of the “Ladies of Liberty” calendar fame, but other ballot fillers I’ve recruited have gone on to become county chairs and activists for the party.