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LP Monday Message: Help us Oppose Health Care Plan

November 2, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, The Republicans had control of the federal government for years, and they used their power to greatly increase the size, scope, and burden of government. Now the Democrats are in charge and they’re doing it too. Their health care plan currently in the works is a serious threat […]

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More Bailout MADNESS!! Are you fed up enough to run for Congress?

I can’t believe Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants to hand out billions more bailout money to GMAC! And who knows if we’ll be able to stop the Obama government health care takeover? We couldn’t stop Bush and the Republican Congress from passing the $400 billion (later $1.2 trillion!) Medicare drug plan. Are you mad enough […]

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Libertarians pleased by new federal marijuana policy

For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 20, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party (LP) today expressed its approval of the Obama administration’s new, more laissez-faire policy toward medical marijuana. The policy appears to end the practice of federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients and providers in states where medical marijuana is legal. Wes Benedict, LP executive […]

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LP Monday Message: Separation of Church and Signs

October 19, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, First, I wanted to send a big thank you to the new Monthly Pledgers who signed up for recurring monthly donations online. We added this very convenient feature about a week ago and sent an announcement last Friday. So far, over 20 people have signed up for recurring […]

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Join William Redpath at Cato Institute book forum

Dear Friend of Liberty, Libertarian Party chairman William Redpath invites you to join him at a book forum sponsored by the Cato Institute. It will be held in Washington, D.C. this coming Tuesday, October 13, at 12:00 p.m. The featured book is Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and […]

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LP Monday Message: LNC members are on the trail

October 5, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, I’ve been serving as the LP’s Executive Director for about ten weeks now. While I do spend some time on visible things like blog postings or writing email broadcasts like this one, I’ve also spent a lot of my time on unseen things like database improvement and fundraising. […]

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LP Monday Message: Reagan not serious about cutting government, says Redpath

September 28, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, During the 2008 primary, many Republican presidential candidates claimed to be like former President Ronald Reagan. This was apparently intended to mean that they supported small government. I recently listened again to this speech promoting free enterprise, which Ronald Reagan gave in 1977 (before he was elected president).

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