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I am disappointed about how the platform committee interpreted our party bylaws:

“RULE 7: DEBATING AND VOTING — PLATFORM 1. The current Platform shall

serve as the basis of all future platforms.”

They proposed a complete replacement of the current platform. As it stands, We have two proposals, namely the Platform committee proposal and the Restore ‘04 proposal, both of which would strike the 2006 platform. We have almost no amendments available to the current platform.

In my opinion, between those two alternatives, the choice is clear. We need go no farther than:

“Recognizing that abortion is a very sensitive issue and that people,

including libertarians, can hold good-faith views on both sides, we

believe the government should be kept out of the question. We condemn

state-funded and state-mandated abortions. It is particularly harsh to

force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for another’s

abortion.”

And

“We recognize that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can

hold good-faith views on both sides. Taxpayers should not be forced to

pay for other people’s abortions, nor should any government or

individual force a woman to have an abortion.”

The defining difference is the clause “we believe the government should be kept out of the question”. Between these two outcomes I support the side including that clause. I am happy to make it crystal clear that I stand for a woman’s right to choose.

I have therefore endorsed the Restore ‘04 position over the Platform Committee position.

Having said that, if anyone is actually interested in a new Defense plank, I call your attention to the lead column on The Daily Liberty http://www.thedailyliberty.com/ entitled “Defense Policy” , which while doubtless subject to improvement would I believe would be a great improvement over any of the current defense plank proposals.

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Phillies Endorses Restore ‘04 I continue to advise all Libertarians: If we took all the energy we spend on arguing about platforms, and spent it instead on doing politics, we might make a bit more progress. I will also provide some market research. I’ve traveled coast to coast to several dozen venues, presenting my Presidential campaign to Libertarian activists and talking privately with hundreds of people. In all that time, few people have expressed much interest in the current platform fight.

Phillies: End Racist Immigration Quotas

Worcester Mass, March 26: Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today called for an end to national quotas on immigration. “We should not have one rule for people born in China and another rule for people born in Lichtenstein,” Phillies said. ” ‘National quotas’ are thinly disguised race quotas, with rules depending on the color of an immigrant’s skin. All immigrants truly belong to one race: the human race. That’s the Libertarian message.”

“A century ago,” Phillies noted, “Many Americans were afraid of immigration. They were afraid that our customs and way of life would be buried in a torrent of faces that neither spoke our language nor understood what makes Americans American. Thanks to radio, television, and the internet, new immigrants learn our language and laws far faster than even thirty years ago.”

Phillies emphasized that immigration is a great strength of our Republic. “Foreign immigrants enrich our culture, our cuisine, our sports, our science and engineering, and every other positive aspect of American life. By welcoming foreigners to come and live in America, as we now do, we make ourselves richer and better people. It was in great part foreign immigrants that made America a powerhouse of high-technology life. Other countries may produce far more engineers than we do, but when we welcome the best of the best we ensure that their talents will benefit our people.

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FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY:

Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joins Libertarian Party ranks

Believes Democrats are out of touch with American citizens

Washington, D.C. - Mike Gravel, a former Alaskan Senator and Democratic candidate for president, has joined the Libertarian Party.

“I’m joining the Libertarian Party because it is a party that combines a commitment to freedom and peace that can’t be found in the two major parties that control the government and politics of America,” says Gravel. “My libertarian views, as well as my strong stance against war, the military industrial complex and American imperialism, seem not to be tolerated by Democratic Party elites who are out of touch with the average American; elites that reject the empowerment of American citizens I offered to the Democratic Party at the beginning of this presidential campaign with the National Initiative for Democracy.”

Gravel served in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981. Most recently, Gravel was a Democratic presidential candidate, though forced out of national debates by Democratic Party leadership and the media. Gravel officially became a member of the Libertarian Party today.

Gravel is the most recent former member of Congress to switch to the Libertarian Party. In 2006, former Republican Congressman Bob Barr joined the Libertarian Party.

“It is a distinct honor to have another former member of Congress within the Libertarian Party,” says Barr. “Just as Senator Gravel believes Democrats have lost touch with the American public, I too concluded Republicans had lost their core principles, and could no longer associate myself with the GOP. While coming from opposite sides of the aisle, Senator Gravel and I definitely agree on the fundamental need for systemic change in our political system, and that the only way we have of effecting that change is by supporting and working in the Libertarian Party, which is the only political party in America that consistently works in word and deed to maximize individual liberty and minimize government power.”

“We’re honored to have a former member of the United States Senate join our ranks,” says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory. “Senator Gravel has a sincere dedication to empowering the American people and eliminating the corrupting influence of the two major parties. His switch from the Democratic Party, as well as former Congressman Barr’s abandonment of the GOP, shows that the Libertarian Party is truly a big tent organization moving firmly in the direction of Liberty.”

The Libertarian Party is America’s third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.lp.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.