[Peace-discuss] Let's draft Carl to primary Rodney

[Robert Naiman]

If Carl's going to primary Rodney, he's going to need some help.

I propose that we start collecting pledges of assistance, to encourage Carl
to run and to show him he won't be "walking alone."

- Money: I pledge $100. What can you pledge?

- Recruits: it would be very useful to have some politically plausible
public helpers, a campaign manager, etc. Ideally these people would have
some Republican credentials. Who are some Libertarian-flavored Republicans
or Republican-flavored Libertarians around here whom we might recruit to
this project?

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> wrote:

> On the gender question, you'd be running in the Republican primary, and
> Republicans care much less about that in general. Look at the Republican
> Caucus in the House - it's overwhelmingly male.
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> On the age question, I think people would excuse you if you didn't run all
> over the district. You'd get a bunch of free media just by being a
> candidate with which to challenge Rodney on war and peace issues, and civil
> liberties issues; you wouldn't need to run back and forth to Taylorville.
> Basically all you have to do is gather the petitions, which as we know is a
> low bar for a major political party, and file the papers. Then you get free
> media.
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> Robert Naiman
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> Force Roll Calls on Davidson-Nolan Bars to U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen
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> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>> I think I suffer in this regard from Statistician’s Disease - 'Broken
>> Down by Sex and Age’:
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>> i.e., the candidate should be a woman, and I’m too old...
>>
>> —CGE
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>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
>> wrote:
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>> OK, Carl, what do you say? Why don't you primary Rodney? What's the
>> downside?
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>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>> (202) 448-2898 x1 <(202)%20448-2898>
>>
>> Force Roll Calls on Davidson-Nolan Bars to U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen
>> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-roll-calls-on-davids
>> on?r_by=1135580
>>
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>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What you say is quite true, Ron (although I detect a note of sarcasm…):
>>>
>>> "Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008 as a peace
>>> candidate. He signaled that he would fundamentally change America’s course
>>> after the reckless carnage unleashed by the George W. Bush
>>> administration. However, by the end of Obama’s presidency, the United
>>> States was bombing seven different foreign nations…”
>>> <https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/obamas-awol-ant
>>> i-war-protest/>
>>>
>>> "Clinton lost because war-ravaged communities in PA, WI, and MI saw her
>>> as pro-war, study says…”
>>> <http://mondoweiss.net/2017/07/clinton-because-communities/>
>>>
>>> —CGE
>>>
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>>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss <
>>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey, good idea!  We have frequently been told that there are multitudes
>>> of peace-loving voters out there — especially Republicans —  who were
>>> deceived & betrayed by the vicious, disingenuous warmonger Obama, who
>>> endlessly lied to them about  his true intention of waging  imperialistic
>>>  wars everywhere in obedience to his masters in the 1%.
>>>
>>> They are no doubt yearning for an authentic peace candidate who will
>>> promise to quickly shut down all the foreign wars started or enlarged by
>>> the neocons & neolibs.
>>>
>>> ~~ Ron
>>>
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