The Free View-- weblog of a presidential candidate

Support the good fight(s)

In the spirit of my previous entry, I encourage you to visit the sites of any of the folks or organizations I've mentioned here and contribute whatever you can to help them with their last-minute blitz of advertising. Supporting the pot legalization folks in Nevada would probably be the money best spent, or else the initiative to end the income tax in Massachusetts. Even if you don't live in either of those states, those initiatives could set major precedents if they pass-- and either one of them would end up being one of the major election-day success stories. And they are both close enough to potentially win. The Nevada folks have TV ads they are running, and the Massachusetts folks have radio ads, and both of them will run as many ads as they can afford between now and Election Day. Give 'em a hand if you can.

If neither of those floats your boat, you could throw some support behind Ed Thompson in Wisconson, John Babiarz in New Hampshire, Clyde Cleveland in Iowa (he's a "green Libertarian" like myself), Tara Sue Grubb in North Carolina-- or any of the Ladies of Liberty in North Carolina for that matter.

Or if you prefer to reach out in your home area, you can check your state LP's website and pick a candidate from there.

I know and you know that most of these folks aren't going to win this time around, but they are forging the way for candidates in the future. Progress for a third party comes slowly, but it does come. The Libertarian Party does a little better with each election, and I expect this one to fit that pattern well. The difference made by having talented gubernatorial candidates in the debates is hard to measure, but it can't be overstated either. When people see, election after election, that Libertarians stick to the same principles, and fight for freedom on all fronts, eventually they are going to see the LP as a choice worthy of their support.

So hook these folks up with some dough-- they're fighting for you!