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Libertarian national convention: Richard Viguerie keynotes:



Published: May 23, 2008Send to a friend
Richard Viguerie Tells Libertarian Party Convention: McCain 'Trying to Get Conservative Support on the Cheap;' Conservatives May be Open to Libertarians in 2008 Vote


DENVER, May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In his keynote speech on May 23 to the Libertarian Party National Convention, Richard A. Viguerie, one of the founders of the modern conservative movement, declared today that John McCain is "trying to get conservative support on the cheap."


"Senator McCain has had the Republican presidential nomination sewn up for over three months and has done nothing to convince conservatives to come off the sidelines and enthusiastically support him," Viguerie said.



In his speech, "Conservatives are off the GOP Reservation: Will they find a home in the Libertarian Party?" Viguerie said that Democrats and Republicans have both failed America.


"Republican leaders have treated conservatives with utter disrespect and, in turn, conservatives have lost all respect for Republican leaders. Millions of grassroots conservative activists and donors have left the Republican Party and taken with them their volunteer time, their checkbooks, and their votes," he said.


Viguerie said, "Today, the Libertarian Party has a historic opportunity to provide leadership for America."


A complete text of the speech is posted on ConservativeHQ.com at http://conservativehq.com/news-from-the-front/libertarian-convention.


Viguerie will also be interviewed on C-SPAN's Washington Journal at 7:30 AM Eastern time on Sunday, May 25.


NOTE TO EDITORS: Richard A. Viguerie pioneered political direct mail and has been called "one of the creators of the modern conservative movement" (The Nation magazine) and one of the "conservatives of the century" (The Washington Times). His latest book is Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books), which, Jerome Corsi wrote in WorldNetDaily, is "destined to become a classic of conservative thinking" and "may be the most important conservative book written in the last quarter century."

[ontheway]

Reason TV:


"The Future of Libertarian Politics" featuring Bob Barr, Mike Gravel, Wayne Allyn Root, and Vern McKinley.

Just click below to watch a 10-minute version.

The event drew a good amount of press.




http://reason.tv/video/show/431.html

[ontheway]

Voting at the Libertarian National Convention:

(from Ballot Access News)

Delegates from 49 States and DC Voting at Libertarian Party Convention
May 25th, 2008
For the first time since 1983, the Libertarian Party national convention has delegations from 49 states and the District of Columbia. The one state without any delegates is North Dakota.

Also, in a very unusual move, Michael Jingozian immediately followed his nomination speech by getting back up and nominating Mike Gravel.




First Ballot Reveals Libertarian Party Divide
May 25th, 2008
With no candidate receiving over 25% on the first ballot, here are the results:

Bob Barr: 153
Mary Ruwart: 152
Wayne Root: 123
Mike Gravel: 71
Geo. Phillies: 49
Steve Kubby: 41
Mike Jingozian: 23
Ron Paul (WI): 6
Christine Smith: 6
NOTA: 2

Jingozian and Smith will be dropped from the next ballot. Following the vote announcement, Mike Jingozian spoke and endorsed Mike Gravel. Christine Smith got up and gave an anti-endorsement of Bob Barr



Second Ballot Results of Libertarian Party Presidential Vote
May 25th, 2008

Barr: 188
Ruwart: 162
Root: 138
Gravel: 71
Phillies: 36
Kubby: 32
NOTA: 1

Kubby will now be eliminated on the next ballot. Kubby got up and endorsed Ruwart.



Third Ballot: Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination
May 25th, 2008

Barr: 186
Ruwart: 186
Root: 146
Gravel: 76
Phillies: 31
NOTA: 2

Phillies will be dropped off the next ballot. Phillies got up and declined to endorse anyone.


4th Ballot Results of Libertarian Party Nomination
May 25th, 2008

Barr: 202
Ruwart: 202
Root: 149
Gravel: 76
NOTA: 2

Gravel will dropped from the next ballot.

[ontheway]

5th Ballot Results of Libertarian Party Nomination Vote
May 25th, 2008

Ruwart: 229
Barr: 223
Root: 165
NOTA: 6

Root will be dropped from the next ballot. Even though there are only two candidates left, they must get a majority of delegate votes to be nominated. �None of the above� and write-ins are included in the total.

[ontheway]

Root just endorsed Barr and said he hopes to be the VP candidate.

[ontheway]

6th Ballot: Libertarian Party Nominates Bob Barr
May 25th, 2008
The final total:

Bob Barr: 324
Mary Ruwart: 276
NOTA: 4

[ontheway]

Libertarian Party picks Barr as presidential candidate
By STEVEN K. PAULSON � 22 minutes ago

DENVER (AP) � The Libertarian Party on Sunday picked former Republican Rep. Bob Barr to be its presidential candidate after six rounds of balloting.

Barr beat research scientist Mary Ruwart, who [sought the party's presidential nomination] in 1983 and [tried for the vice presidential spot], in 1992, by a vote of 324-276 on the final ballot.

Barr endorsed Wayne Allyn Root, who was eliminated in the fifth round, to be his vice-presidential nominee.

Barr left the GOP in 2006 over what he called bloated spending and civil liberties intrusions by the Bush administration.

The former Georgia congressman said he's not in the race to be a spoiler.

"I'm a competitor and I'm in this to win. I do not view the role of the Libertarian Party to be a spoiler and I certainly have no intention of being a spoiler," Barr said.

Barr said he expects the party to be on the ballot in at least 48 states and perhaps all 50 if the party can qualify in West Virginia and Oklahoma. Barr said he also expects to be invited to the national political debates by qualifying with poll support of 15 percent or more of registered voters.

Sunday's election also marked the end of the latest chapter in the political career of Mike Gravel, a former senator from Alaska who recently dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.

"I just ended my political career," he said. "From 15 years old to now, my political career is over, and it's no big deal. I'm a writer, I'm a lecturer, I'm going to push the issues of freedom and liberty. I'm going to push those issues until the day I die."

Gravel left the Democratic Party after he was excluded from some Democratic debates because he failed to meet fundraising or polling thresholds. He said the Democratic Party no longer represented his values because it continues to sustain Iraq war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism.

[Cornfed]

I thought Bob Barr supported the War on Drugs. What the hell is the LP thinking of?

[Tiger Beer]

Mike Gravel was also in the running? From the Democratic race directly into the Libertarian race?

How did Ron Paul get on the ballot? I guess those were write-ins. I think I've read of him specifically saying he wasn't going to run for anything but the Republican Party.