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I watched our LNC Chair voice false claims relating to the Connecticut ballot access drive that the LNC failed to accomplish.  Redpath claimed I pushed up their petitioning costs.

I was the stand-in in CT, so petitioning could start early. When we reached the right time, the LPCT sent me a letter to complete and return, handing the names over to Barr, and I immediately did sent back the letter.

Redpath's claim that I drove up their costs by being a stand-in in Connecticut are false.

For late November and all of December, the Libertarian National Committee raised $98,498 and spent $108,113, leaving it at the end of the year with $3178 cash on hand and $48,894 in debts, or so its FEC reports say.  Those debts were $9,682 at the start of the reporting period, while cash on hand was $12,793 at the start of the period.

For the corresponding period in 2004, the LNC raised $123,052.

So where did the money go?

Some Libertarians still are on the Barr 2008 campaign effort as Field Consultants.  You might want to take into consideration in evaluating what they are saying about Barr that from late November through to the end of December payments included
    Mike Ferguson  $1250
    Stephen Gordon  $2500
    Andrew MacPherson $1500
    Ashley Petty $967.5

"Donny Ferguson (Washington, DC) wrote
at 7:42pm yesterday
The LP has no official stance on whether all abortions should be legal or illegal. There are many pro-life libertarians, like Ron Paul, and many pro-choice libertarians.

The LP does, however, oppose all forms of government-assisted, government-directed or taxpayer-funded abortion or family planning, which is more than can be said for the Republicans."

To which I answer:

Let me call your attention to our platform:

"1.4 Abortion
Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration."

The following are his personal opinions about ballot access petitioning:

Now that the New Year has started,  I think that it is time to unveil our plan to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot for 2010 and 2012.

One big key to doing this is to START EARLY.  Like RIGHT FREAKIN' NOW!

Whereas, the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts and five other state affiliates of the national Libertarian Party urged the Libertarian National Committee -- in the words of the Libertarian Party of Nevada -- to drop its vendetta against Angela Keaton and -- in the words of the Libertarian Party of Tennessee -- turn its attention to proper and necessary Libertarian Party business such as membership growth, finances, campaigns, advancing public policy in a libertarian direction, and increasing awareness of Libertarianism, and,