May 25, 2003
The Campaign "Elevator Pitch"

I am serious in my presidential ambitions. I started my campaign in 1994, and I decided to devote most of my life to it. Within the next year I'll start touring the country, and will be doing so for most of the next 5 years. I intend to win the Libertarian Party's nomination in 2008, and to combine their 50-state ballot access and large body of supporters* with my own supporters -- college students, Green-libertarians, netizens, homeschooling families, and other constituencies. For the most part, I plan to target the "other" hundred million eligible voters -- the people who are sick of both the Democrats and the Republicans, and who have just about given up on the whole system. For the most part, the "Lesser of Two Evils" voters and party loyalists won't vote for me (or any truly independent candidate), so I'll be targeting everybody else -- which fortunately is a majority of Americans. I intend to offer them a genuine chance to break out of the malaise that (we all know in our hearts) has infected our government and political system.

There's a lot more to the plan, but those are the broad strokes.

* I don't mean to imply that I aim to "take over" the Libertarian Party, like Pat Buchanan did with the Reform Party. I am a Libertarian Party member and local leader, and I am running under their banner because I believe in the LP's goals and values, and I believe that Libertarian principles are the best guideline for America's future. I also believe that the Libertarian Party is the most active, successful, and well-organized third party in more than a century in America. As minor as their successes may seem in relation to the Bipartisans', the LP is the only third party that is anywhere near what could be called national political success.

Posted by Lance Brown at May 25, 2003 03:26 AM
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Lance im behind you 100%. Im watching the "state of the union" right now, and feel that everything this man says amounts to nothing more and does nobody any more good, than a huge steaming pile of shit. ive come to your website for political comfort, and have, once again, found it, in your SANE, intelligent, no bullshit, inspiring views about this fucking mess were in and how to begin to deal with it. How can i know when you might be in this area (Boston) any time in the future? love to hear from you old friend, write back if youre not too busy. old pal, casey ps sorry about the swearing and lack of punctuation etc.....

Posted by: Casey Williams at January 20, 2004 06:59 PM
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