In the latest LP news release, the following “Quick Fact” was noted:
Libertarians won four out of the five (80%) Michigan elections in which they participated
What this actually means is that 4 of the 5 candidates won the office they were seeking. Three of the four were reelected. The fourth person was a long-time LP member involved with his community. His election comes as no surprise (at least not to me).
The surprising part of this is that while I and a handful of others tried to build this culture of community participation and hard work as a means to success, the national Libertarian Party (and their Republican-lite cohorts) have engaged in a campaign of voodoo.
For the last few years, they have been running around claiming that if we would only gut the platform and drive out the purists, success would surely follow. They advocate a belief in voodoo — you don’t need knowledge, you don’t need money, you don’t need hard work — just a platform that says nothing.
Wrong! Success can only be obtained through hard work.
If the LP were filled with people who believe in a strong work ethic, people like Martin Howrylak (who also had a BIG electoral win Tuesday night) and I, might still be supporters of the Libertarian Party. Instead, we are politically homeless.
So let’s do a little analysis of how in-touch the national Libertarian Party leadership is with the states. The national Libertarian Party pays Sean Haugh $1200 per month to operate a system they call “Candidate Tracker.” Candidate Tracker was tracking 17 candidates (Libertarians nationally had 81 candiates according to their press release). The press release also said 13 of the 81 candidates won.
How many of the 13 winning candidates do you think were tracked in “Candidate Tracker?”
Three. That’s right, the vast majority of the Libertarian Party’s winning candidates weren’t even covered in “Candidate Tracker.”
Next Question: How many of the candidates listed in “Candidate Tracker” were not mentioned in the Libertarian Party’s “Election Night Coverage” page on their web site?
Two. They are:
- Robert Underwood - Running for Springfield City Council in Massachusetts.
- Jim Iannuzo - Running for Phoenix City Council District 3 in Arizona.
On the “Election Night Coverage” page, under Massachusetts and Arizona it says “No known candidates.”
I think the Libertarian Party has been wasting $1,200 per month. Wake up national chair Bill Redpath, wake up national director Shane Cory. I’m sure you can find a better way to spend $14,000 per year.