You’d think the LPers would catch on, after the mutltitude of disastrous LP Prez campaigns: Bergland, Marrou, Browne I & II, and Badnarik. You’d think they’d strive for a return to an Ed Clark style campaign.

Eric Dondero wants a candidate who will call for peace and refer to himself on TV as a “low-tax liberal” . Wow!

I’m all for winning local elections where possible. But LP.org is the National LP website. I can imagine the possibility that Joe Voter from Alabama, interested in investigating a different political party, might not be so impressed by a party that appears to feature as its number 2 candidate, Joe Stoner from Missouri for Macks Creek Mayor.

It’s not often that I agree with Wes, but hey, gotta give credit where credit is due. Good point Wes.

BTW I have also personally registered tens of thousands of voters in California, and I have in fact had a small number register AIP on purpose.

But I had WAAAAY, WAAAY more register AIP by mistake. Of the ones I caught in time and asked whether they meant to register AIP or Decline to state, the VAST, OVERWHELMING majority said they meant Decline to State.

Some took the time to do over. Some didn’t.

I’ve registered THOUSANDS of people to vote in California. I NEVER had one person register as American Independent Party on purpose. I had plenty of people who registered as Democrat and Republican on purpose, and I even had people register as Libertarians or Greens on purpose, but NOT ONE PERSON EVER REGISTERED AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY ON PURPOSE.

People who checked the American Independent Party box all did so after seeing the word “Independent” and thinking, “Hey, I’m an independent so I’ll check this box.” After I’d inform them that that is an actual party and that if they want to register as independents in California they were supposed to check the Decline To State A Political Party box they either requested another voter registration form or they said something like, “Screw it, I’m in a hurry.” and just left it as is.

These people are not deep thinkers. They just went through the form really quick and checked the American Independent Party box because it had the word independent in it.

A true measue of how big the party is would be how many of these people are actually dues paying members of the party and how many people have they elected to office. The AIP falls WAY short in both of these more important aspects of how big they are.

What do you have against the CP?

“I am not a “leftwing” radical, and I am here to tell you that CP members are most definitely religious nuts”.

Why should I believe what you say? What is your basis for this statement and is it still true?

March 14th, 2008 at 8:21 am
This myth that nobody in the American Independent Party of California knows that they are in a political party is ridiculous. As a 35 year member of the party I will admit that the party got a little lazy over the years, but the idea that all these people think they are really independent is absurd.”

SOME people who are registered with the American Independent Party do know what it is, like maybe 10% of them.

http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/10/root-straw-poll-results-and-article-in-todays-roll-call/#comments

Historically speaking you are left wing. Think of the origin of the terms in the French Revolution. Your hostility to religion identifies you as such.

-Larry Breazeale, Msgt. (ret.) USAFR
NATIONAL VETERANS COALITION
Constitution party…www.nvets.org

as the leftwing radicals who call all CP members religious nuts.

I am not a “leftwing” radical, and I am here to tell you that CP members are most definitely religious nuts.

Gary, I have been doing a little research on the Internet and I have seen the use of the term “religious bigots” or something similar several times. Even on official looking (I’m assuming they were official) CP statements. This is GROSSLY inappropriate. Reading between the lines, this obviously has something to do with the Christian vs. Mormon tensions in the Party. Is it “bigoted” for a Christian to believe that Mormonism is heretical? Mormons, as alleged recipients of a latter day revelation, obviously believe orthodox (small o) Christians to be in grave error. It is much more advantageous for the Mormons, as the traditional minority, to embrace the liberal concept of “toleration” and act aggrieved. It is possible for people who believe as the Christians and Mormons do to still work together in the same party, but labeling someone a “bigot” based on their religious beliefs is inappropriate for a Party that is supposed to respect faith.

Don’t you think a lot of secularists think the CP platform is “intolerant” and “bigoted” because it acknowledges Jesus Christ? Why on earth do we want to play their game?

Your painting all tolerant people as leftwing radicals is just as “alarmist” as the leftwing radicals who call all CP members religious nuts.