Just to clarify this discussion, my original proposed resolution did not "encourage Ron Paul TO run for President", it encouraged his candidacy AFTER he had already announced his plans to run. That is why my original resolution was to "endorse his candidacy". The Manhattan LP Convention took my original resolution langauge and amended it by sloppily replacing "endorse" with "encourage". Unfortunately, you can't get good English writing just by playing around with words and punctuation like a jigsaw puzzle. We should have spent more time on discussing the wording of this resolution, but the entire Convention was being rushed and pressured by the presiding officer, which deprived the meeting of significant contributions on other items as well. Here is the final language of the resolution as passed by the Manhattan LP Convention:
"The Manhattan Libertarian Party Annual Convention of 2007 encourages the candidacy of Ron Paul for President of the United States in the campaign of 2008."
Again, I strongly feel the Convention should have stuck to my original language including the word "endorse", but we all know only too well that any group of Libertarians couldn't survive one day without arguing or disagreeing about SOMETHING.
Nic Leobold www.ManhattanLP.org www.LibertyDollar.org Get your silver Liberty Dollars from me: nleobold(at)msn.com Special Offer: Get a Liberty Dollar WalkBuddy FM Radio for only $5.99 plus $2 S&H when you place your first Liberty Dollar order!
Re: Ron Paul/Manhattan LP: Just to clarify this discussion
"encourage Ron Paul TO run for President", it encouraged his candidacy AFTER
he had already announced his plans to run. That is why my original
resolution was to "endorse his candidacy". The Manhattan LP Convention took
my original resolution langauge and amended it by sloppily replacing
"endorse" with "encourage". Unfortunately, you can't get good English
writing just by playing around with words and punctuation like a jigsaw
puzzle. We should have spent more time on discussing the wording of this
resolution, but the entire Convention was being rushed and pressured by the
presiding officer, which deprived the meeting of significant contributions
on other items as well. Here is the final language of the resolution as
passed by the Manhattan LP Convention:
"The Manhattan Libertarian Party Annual Convention of 2007
encourages the candidacy of Ron Paul for President of the United States in
the campaign of 2008."
Again, I strongly feel the Convention should have stuck to my original
language including the word "endorse", but we all know only too well that
any group of Libertarians couldn't survive one day without arguing or
disagreeing about SOMETHING.
Nic Leobold
www.ManhattanLP.org
www.LibertyDollar.org
Get your silver Liberty Dollars from me: nleobold(at)msn.com
Special Offer: Get a Liberty Dollar WalkBuddy FM Radio for only $5.99 plus
$2 S&H when you place your first Liberty Dollar order!