[Lnc-business] I assume this is Liberty Hangout's Republican Lies

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Nick do we have an official statement that I can send to members who ask?
Or something you summed up?

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:

> “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”
>
> Andy Craig from Wisconsin summed up the situation in a Facebook post (
> https://www.facebook.com/Andrew.Craig.Dixie.Pug/posts/947442695418584
> ) that I've copied and pasted below:
>
> "No, Ron Paul wasn't banned or rejected from speaking at the LP convention.
>
> Some folks with no real agenda other than causing a stink, spoke to
> Paul's booking agent, who expressed interest if Paul's usual speaking
> fee was paid ($35,000), because that's the job of a booking agent.
> (The same agent also reps Judge Napolitano, and mentioned that). This
> group then went to the folks handling the convention for the LP,
> demanded Paul be put on the agenda, and claimed they'd later raise the
> money to pay him. LP didn't bite, for obvious reasons. Even if they
> could have done it (dubious), the party's not particularly interested
> in seeing Libertarian donors diverted to pay for an exorbitant
> speaking fee with no real benefit. If the Mises [sic] Caucus would
> like to raise and spend that much money and rent a room in New Orleans
> and have Paul speak... well, good luck with that. There's nothing
> stopping them, though I know a lot of Libertarian candidates who could
> better spend that money in the 2018 elections. There are races that
> could be won on less money than that.
>
> And if he desires it enough to say he's coming regardless, I have
> little doubt Paul would be given a slot on the main-stage. It was just
> at the last convention that we gave him an award that he accepted via
> video message, after all. (An award given with some fair internal
> grumbling over his lack of support for the party or any of its
> candidates, while still often endorsing and supporting Republicans).
>
> Short version: much ado about nothing. Ron Paul himself expressed no
> interest in wanting to speak in New Orleans, and he still hasn't.
>
> The whole point of this exercise was never to actually have him speak,
> but rather to frame a purely manufactured controversy, and that
> intention is absurdly transparent. I've had plenty of gripes about the
> party's management and operations and convention-planning, but this
> whole thing is nonsense. Speaking slots at the convention don't really
> matter that much (I had one last time!), and nobody from the LP told
> Paul he was unwelcome in New Orleans."
>
> -Nick
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 3:32 PM,  <arvin.vohra at lp.org> wrote:
> > But since people are asking, I thought I'd seek clarification.
> >
> > http://libertyhangout.org/2018/02/libertarian-party-
> wont-let-ron-paul-speak-national-convention/
> >
>
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   Nick do we have an official statement that I can send to members who
   ask?  Or something you summed up?

   On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <[1]chair at lp.org>
   wrote:

     “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”
     Andy Craig from Wisconsin summed up the situation in a Facebook post
     (
     [2]https://www.facebook.com/Andrew.Craig.Dixie.Pug/posts/
     947442695418584
     ) that I've copied and pasted below:
     "No, Ron Paul wasn't banned or rejected from speaking at the LP
     convention.
     Some folks with no real agenda other than causing a stink, spoke to
     Paul's booking agent, who expressed interest if Paul's usual
     speaking
     fee was paid ($35,000), because that's the job of a booking agent.
     (The same agent also reps Judge Napolitano, and mentioned that).
     This
     group then went to the folks handling the convention for the LP,
     demanded Paul be put on the agenda, and claimed they'd later raise
     the
     money to pay him. LP didn't bite, for obvious reasons. Even if they
     could have done it (dubious), the party's not particularly
     interested
     in seeing Libertarian donors diverted to pay for an exorbitant
     speaking fee with no real benefit. If the Mises [sic] Caucus would
     like to raise and spend that much money and rent a room in New
     Orleans
     and have Paul speak... well, good luck with that. There's nothing
     stopping them, though I know a lot of Libertarian candidates who
     could
     better spend that money in the 2018 elections. There are races that
     could be won on less money than that.
     And if he desires it enough to say he's coming regardless, I have
     little doubt Paul would be given a slot on the main-stage. It was
     just
     at the last convention that we gave him an award that he accepted
     via
     video message, after all. (An award given with some fair internal
     grumbling over his lack of support for the party or any of its
     candidates, while still often endorsing and supporting Republicans).
     Short version: much ado about nothing. Ron Paul himself expressed no
     interest in wanting to speak in New Orleans, and he still hasn't.
     The whole point of this exercise was never to actually have him
     speak,
     but rather to frame a purely manufactured controversy, and that
     intention is absurdly transparent. I've had plenty of gripes about
     the
     party's management and operations and convention-planning, but this
     whole thing is nonsense. Speaking slots at the convention don't
     really
     matter that much (I had one last time!), and nobody from the LP told
     Paul he was unwelcome in New Orleans."
     -Nick

   On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 3:32 PM,  <[3]arvin.vohra at lp.org> wrote:
   > But since people are asking, I thought I'd seek clarification.
   >
   > [4]http://libertyhangout.org/2018/02/libertarian-party-
   wont-let-ron-paul-speak-national-convention/
   >

References

   1. mailto:chair at lp.org
   2. https://www.facebook.com/Andrew.Craig.Dixie.Pug/posts/947442695418584
   3. mailto:arvin.vohra at lp.org
   4. http://libertyhangout.org/2018/02/libertarian-party-wont-let-ron-paul-speak-national-convention/