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City: WORCESTER
State: MASSACHUSETTS
Country: US
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February 9, 2008 - Saturday
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Support George Phillies
Fellow Libertarians! Please circulate this message further:
I know that many of you have been postponing your decision about supporting a Libertarian Presidential nominee.
One reason to postpone just went away:
http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/02/08/ron-paul-rules-out-3rd-party-run-scales-down-campaign/
If you want to work for liberty, you have only one answer: The
Libertarian Party Answer.
You need a Presidential campaign that will stand up for real libertarian values, one that will reach every American, and that will leave our Libertarian Party stronger in 2009 than it is in 2007.
I'm George Phillies. Phillies 2008 is here to give you that choice. My campaign is already up and running. I've spent the last two years building up the foundation for an effective, hard-hitting campaign. We're ready when you want to join us. If you want to volunteer, my support and training materials are ready to be mailed. I'm already advertising on radio, Adwords, and Facebook. My press releases already go out to 16,000 media outlets. My direct mail and personal support have already raised nearly $100,000.
And I promise:
I'll give you a Real Libertarian campaign with a Real Libertarian
candidate. Libertarianism is about peace, liberty, and prosperity! I'll talk about issues Americans care about in ways they'll understand and support.
I promise to end the Iraq War as swiftly as possible. We will be out of Iraq in three months and home from Kuwait in six, less if possible.
I will restore civil liberties. Warrantless wiretaps and torture are
felonies, and I will appoint an army of special prosecutors to see that justice is served.
I stand for equality in marriage, adoption, and military service for all Americans.
I stand for keeping government entirely out of the abortion question. I respect your personal beliefs.
I would ask Congress to end the complex tangle of national and racial quotas on immigration.
I stand for ending the worst tax of all, the 'grandchild tax', the
funded and unfunded national debt. For young people, the national debt is the moral equivalent of your parents going on vacation to Bora Bora and sending you the bills.
I propose to open opportunities for private and home schooling in ways
that benefit every child, poor or rich.
I stand for taking seriously the challenges of peak oil and global
warming. I reject socialist solutions that make every life poorer.
I'll ask Congress to end Federal laws that drive the price of health
insurance through the ceiling.
To volunteer for my campaign, please contact Jake Porter
jdporterconsulting@gmail.com
To donate to my campaign
https://secure.donortownsquare.com/SSL/donate.aspx?sgst=-1&amt=0&ai=343&qs=F96JG
To read my web pages http://selectgeorge.com (as you read, we are migrating to a new ISP.)
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February 2, 2008 - Saturday
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Missouri Newspaper Endorses Phillies For Libertarian Primary
Rolla, Missouri|February 1, 2008
During the last few days, the Editorial panel of the Rolla Daily News has been assessing the candidates and has come up with endorsements for Republican, Democratic and Libertarian party candidates.
Libertarian:
George Phillies. Not a "mainstream" candidate, Phillies took a little more research. Phillies, 60, is an educator, who attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in physics and in life services as well as a MS. His background includes a postdoctoral fellowship in the UCLA Chemistry Department. In 1985, Phillies moved to the presigious Worchester Polytechnic Institute, where he rose to the level of professor of physics. He is a bachelor, who rents a townhouse in Worcester, Mass., a block from the WPI campus. Phillies was a Republican until the late 1980s. He left the Republican Party because of its inactions on the increasing deficit. Phillies' immediate relatives live in the Buffalo area, including his mother, Clara, younger brother, Gregory, and nephew.
His views:
Abortion: We "should not encourage or discourage abortion," according to Phillies' Web site, meaning he favors a woman's right to choose.
Iraq war: "There is only one good time to end the war in Iraq," Phillies writes on his Web page, "Already.... End the War on Iraq and bring our troops home to defend America."
Gun rights: People should have "the right to keep and bear arms, in defense of person..."
Notables: "Uncle Sam is 9 trillion dollars in debt. In Fiscal 2006, the on-budget Federal Budget Deficit was $484 billion. General Accounting Office simulations show that by 2040 interest on the national debt will consume the bulk of Federal taxes. If we go on like this, we will become a third-world banana republic."
Click here to read full article
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February 1, 2008 - Friday
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Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday
We need your help. On February 5th George Phillies will be on the primary ballot in California and Missouri. Additionally, the Arizona Libertarian Party will be holding an online primary election at: http://lpelection.com/
Why this is important:
While Libertarian Primary Elections are non-binding, they are a great way to promote our party and organize volunteers to develop a very strong Libertarian Presidential campaign.
How you can help:
You may not reside in Arizona, California, or Missouri, but you can contact your friends in those states and ask them to vote George Phillies in their state primary.
You can also volunteer to assist the campaign by making phone calls to voters in California. We will supply you with a list of people to call, their Telephone numbers, and a 'script', a statement that you can read or use as a starting point. You do the rest.
The campaign has been advertising in Arizona, California, and Missouri, but we need help to do additional campaigning to get out the vote in these final few days before February fifth.
After February 5th we will still need additional help. Our national convention is less than four months away. We need volunteers to distribute campaign materials, organize local events, fundraise, help with ballot access, become delegates to the national convention, etc.
If we wait too long, we will not have the time to build a strong campaign for the general election. Please let us know that you want to help us bring the Libertarian message of Peace, Liberty, and Prosperity to the American people. To volunteer contact:
i-volunteer@phillies2008.com
Jake Porter
Chief of Staff
Phillies For President
http://phillies2008.org/
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January 18, 2008 - Friday
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Outright Libertarians Endorses George Phillies for LP Nomination
I recently saw a message from Log Cabin Republicans entitled "Who Can Log Cabin Endorse for President?" The article described how this may be the first brokered GOP convention in 60 years, and that Log Cabin would be working to see that the lesser of evils with respect to gay rights would win the GOP nomination.
In contrast, we at Outright Libertarians have had an embarrassment of riches this year, with three of our candidates getting a perfect score on our scorecard, and the one who differed with us on marriage at least matching Clinton and Obama (and surpassing all of the Republicans) by supporting civil unions. We had a serious debate in our Executive Committee as to whether we ought to make any endorsement at all prior to the LP nominating convention in Denver.
But in the final analysis, there was only one Libertarian with a perfect score on our scorecard who was actively campaigning (for himself, not for some major-party candidate), who had a truly national campaign, who was receiving media attention (including magazines and television), and who has continued to receive FEC-reportable campaign contributions that are better than any Libertarian candidate in recent history.
For these reasons, the Executive Committee of Outright Libertarians voted on January 16 to endorse George Phillies for the 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination.
From his interview in The Advocate magazine, to his one-liner response to a marriage equality question at a debate in socially conservative Fresno, California -- "We've already solved that problem in Massachusetts" -- we can tell that Dr. Phillies would never try to rationalize anti-LGBT bigotry as a way to "grow" the Libertarian Party. He recognizes that Liberty is impossible so long as the boot of big government remains on the neck of any disfavored minority group.
Outright Libertarians proudly supports George Phillies and calls on all of our members and allies to attend the Libertarian National Convention in Denver this May and cast their nominating vote for Dr. Phillies. Posted by Rob Power at 10:02 AM
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December 18, 2007 - Tuesday
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Phillies Campaign Expands Lead Staff
Category: News and Politics
George Phillies for President 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2007 Phillies Campaign Expands Lead Staff The Phillies 2008 Campaign announced the appointment of Charles Wilhoit as Campaign Chairman, Jake Porter as Chief of Staff, Jeff Wartman as National Mobilization Facilitator for Volunteer Operations and Carolyn Marbry as National Mobilization Facilitator for Electronic Operations. "For more than a year and a half," said George Phillies, "I have been doing the extensive early development that is crucial to building a strong campaign, and that hard work is paying off. What started in April 2006 with two has expanded to an army of volunteers and a few part-time paid staff, working every day to build the campaign and bring my message of peace, liberty and prosperity to all Americans." From its beginning with no more than the candidate himself and a treasurer, the campaign now has a large core staff, state coordinators and close to a hundred volunteers. "There's plenty of work still to be done. We can always use more volunteers," said Carolyn Marbry. "But at this point, we are well ahead of any of the 2004 campaigns." Jake Porter agreed, "The campaign staff and volunteers continue to prove that we are running a well organized and credible campaign not only for the Libertarian Party nomination, but for the general election." "The two large parties may have more campaign volunteers," added Dr.Phillies, "but my volunteers are Libertarians. They do more than volunteers in other parties. What's more, they are competent. Just as Libertarians, if elected to office, will be competent." -30- Contact Information: Carolyn Marbry, Press Director pressdirector@phillies2008.org (510) 276-3216
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December 4, 2007 - Tuesday
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Phillies Education Plan Will Revolutionize American Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 27, 2007 National Poll Proves: Phillies Education Plan Will Revolutionize American Education Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies has a Christmas present for every child in America. It's a tax credit of $5000 a year for each school-age child to pay for better education. A core issue for the Phillies campaign since 2006, the idea is starting to gain acceptance in Congress with the introduction of H.R. 1056. The Phillies 2008 Presidential campaign polled Americans on the Phillies Education Plan, and the results were amazing. 76% of Americans say their children did or will go to public school, while 13% went to private schooling and 5% are homeschooled. With the $5000 a year offer, private schooling soared from 13 to 41% of American children, while 7% would be homeschooled. "The plan is especially appealing to young people and minorities, according to the poll results," said Phillies 2008 Press Director Carolyn Marbry. "Fully 51% of 18-19 year olds would send their children to private schools. While only 37% of white parents would send their children to private schools, preference for private schooling climbs to 44% among African-Americans and 59% among other races." "Poor people don't pay five thousand a year in taxes," Phillies said. "That's why my tax credit goes to the child, regardless of the parents' income or tax liability." The telephone survey of 1000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research on November 8 and 11. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC, is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC. --30-- The questions: 1. Did or will your children go to public school, private school or were they home schooled? Children Did or Will Go to... Public school 76%
Private school 13%
Home school 5%
Not sure 6%
2. If you had an extra $5,000 per year tax-free to help pay for educating each of your children, and they were in school today, would you prefer they go to public school, private school or would you home school them? If You Had Extra $5K Children Would Go To... Public school 50%
Private school 41%
Home school 7%
Not sure 3% To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://phillies2008.org/donation today.
Contact Information: Carolyn Marbry Press Director pressdirector@phillies2008.org (510) 276-3216
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November 18, 2007 - Sunday
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Phillies 2008 Commissions Scientific Poll
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Phillies 2008 Commissions Scientific Poll
For the first time in living memory, a Libertarian Presidential campaign has commissioned a complete scientific poll of the general voting public. Past Libertarian campaigns have commissioned individual questions or blocks of questions, but for this election cycle, the George Phillies Libertarian Presidential campaign paid for a full poll with complete control over the entire question list.
The telephone survey of 1000 Likely Voters ("LVs" in the poll results) was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research on November 8 and 11. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC, is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC.
George Phillies believes this is a major step forward not only for his campaign but for the Libertarian Party. "My good friend, the late Bill Bradford, lamented that Libertarians did not poll with any frequency on basic support issues," Dr. Phillies said. "In honor of his memory, I give you my first poll question and its response. I also polled, as a final question, about two vs all-party debates."
The first poll question: There are many political parties in the United States with that have various beliefs on each issue. Generally speaking, which political party do your views come closest to.... the Republican party, the Democratic party, the Libertarian party or are you truly independent?
a. Republican
b. Democrat
c. Libertarian
d. Some other political party
e. You are truly independent
f. Not sure
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LV's Male Female
Republican 31% 34% 28%
Democrat 37% 31% 44%
Libertarian 6% 8% 4%
Some other
political party 8% 10% 5%
You are truly
independent 16% 16% 15%
Not sure 3% 1% 4% | ..>
We Americans are about as unanimous as we get. By more than 3 to 1 (75 to 22) we want all-party debates. The exact question and its response:
Recent elections have featured television debates limited to the Democratic and Republican Party Presidential candidates. In 2008, would you prefer only a two party debate or do you prefer debates between all candidates?
a. Two-party debates
b. Debates between all candidates
c. A mixture of both
d. Not sure
Response: Debates Should Be....
Two-party debates 22%
Debates between
All candidates 64%
Mixture of both 11%
Not sure 3%
Phillies 2008 hope that you have found these answers interesting. We'll have more of them as the week goes on. Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!
To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://phillies2008.org/donation today.
Contact Information:
Carolyn Marbry, Press Director
pressdirector@phillies2008.org
(510) 276-3216
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November 11, 2007 - Sunday
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Phillies Condemns Mandatory National Service Proposal
George Phillies for President 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, November 11, 2007 Phillies Condemns Mandatory National Service Proposal Wanting to reinstate the draft is bad enough. Now Democrat John Edwards has made mandatory service for all young people part of his campaign. "One of the things we ought to be thinking about is some level of mandatory service to our country," said Edwards in a recent interview, "so that everybody in America not just the poor kids who get sent to war are serving this country." "Who does he think he's kidding?" said George Phillies, front-running candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination. "Mandatory service is a euphemism for conscript labor. If America wants more teachers or nurse's aides or people cleaning local parks, it should try paying them an honest wage. That's not a minimum wage so small that no one can live one it, either. "National Service supporters claim service doesn't mean military service. They dodge the word 'draft,' " Phillies said. "That's because National Service is worse in many ways than the military draft. You can claim that you can't always pay people to agree to risk death. I guarantee you can pay people enough to read to pre-schoolers or help old people go shopping or build public service projects. "America's young people are free citizens, not the property of John Edwards. A century and a half ago, half a million Americans gave their lives to end slavery, the belief that some people can be required by law to give their labor to their masters. Now southern Senator Edwards wants to bring back forced labor. "Mandatory national service has no place in the land of the free and the home of the brave. If you want young people to work for you, you should try paying them. Or ask them to volunteer! Volunteerism works for my Presidential campaign, and it will work across America." -30- To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://phillies2008.org/donation today.
Contact Information:
Carolyn Marbry, Press Director pressdirector@phillies2008.org (510) 276-3216
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November 6, 2007 - Tuesday
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Phillies: End Draft Registration
George Phillies for President 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, November 03, 2007 Phillies: End Draft Registration Not long after the United States entered the war in Iraq, Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to reinstate the draft. At the time, many felt that the legislation was more as a political stunt than a plan to generate more troops. Now the army has begun its year with fewer recruits signed up than any year since 1973. In response, Congress has proposed giving citizenship to illegal immigrants to volunteer for the Army. The State Department has deployed in Iraq a host of mercenaries, hired guns infamous for shooting with abandon at our Iraqi allies. Democrats are once again floating the idea of a draft. "It's time to remove temptation from the Bush Administration and Congress," said George Phillies, former Army Reservist and front-running Libertarian Presidential candidate for President. "It's time to end Selective Service Registration and end this notion of a draft before George Bush launches another war." Phillies pointed out the long-time Army position: It will take longer and cost more to build training camps for an army of draftees than it takes to process them. Money spent on Selective Service is money wasted: It should go to training and equipping our fighting army. "Warfare in central Asia is not like World War II, with hundreds of riflemen charging up hills. To capture Osama Bin Laden, we need precision operations carried out by small special operations units. That kind of military requires motivated professionals, not conscripts with no interest in fighting. If the military needs more men and women, it should start by ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and allow openly gay and lesbian soldiers to serve. To some people that's as radical as General Patton's suggestion over sixty years ago that he should put African-American riflemen in the trenches with whites. Patton was right. We should learn from our mistakes. "After 9-11 men and women from all walks of life volunteered in record numbers. They did not need to be drafted. Their good faith was betrayed by their commander in chief and his war in Iraq and now recruiting numbers are down. End the betrayal, end the War on Iraq, and our military's problems will solve themselves. "I unequivocally oppose a draft. The Libertarian Party unequivocally opposes a draft. Vote your conscience. Vote Libertarian. Vote for Phillies." -30- To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://phillies2008.org/donation today .
Contact Information: Carolyn Marbry, Press Director pressdirector@phillies2008.org (510) 276-3216
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October 28, 2007 - Sunday
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NECN News Video-Professor Runs For President
http://www.boston.com/partners/worldnow/necn/landingpage.html?clipId=1859986&topVideoCatNo=83467
According to New England Cable News (NECN) they are "the largest regional news network in the country, serving more than 3.6 million homes in more than 1,021 communities throughout New England."
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