My 11th grade history once told my class that we have an illusion of power when it comes to our government. He said "You all will follow my instructions because I am the teacher, and I have the illusion of power. But there are 30 strong individuals in front of me, and you could easily ignore or overtake me at any moment. But you don't, because you think I control you or you are too afraid of the consequences."

We have the ability to change our government through political means because there are more of us than them. We are the power base in this country and we DO have the leash on our government. It's time to pull the leash. We have the opportunity in 2010 to reach out to independents, tea partiers, uninvolved libertarians, and the politically homeless.

If you are reading this, you are the beginning of a revolution in our nation's politics. You're awake to the serious problems in our country, and it's time to begin organizing for libertarianism to fix them! If you don't, then no one else will.

How?

1. The LPIN Convention will hold breakout training sessions. Experienced members of the media will lead the media training session. The head of fund raising for the Salvation Army of Indiana will lead the fund raising 101 session. Experienced party members will be in attendance to answer questions, help with paperwork, and generate ideas for your local organizing efforts or campaign. http://lpin.org/events/2010-lpin-state-convention/

2. We also want you to know about a training session from a nonpartisan right-leaning coalition. They reached out to the LPIN to alert you to their training session. They not only want to train libertarians, but they want you to put the knowledge to use! It will be led by some of the top grassroots trainers in the nation. I will be attending because I cannot afford to miss this opportunity.
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This year isn't a year to sit on the sidelines. We can't tell people to vote Libertarian if there isn't a Libertarian on their ballot. We can't ask people to run if we as a party will not stand up to support them both financially and through our time. We can't continue to provide resources on a state level if LPIN membership doesn't generate creative ideas, or if we fail to fund the staff and materials to implement those ideas.

Indiana is on fire for our message. We will run a record number of candidates. We will have the largest state convention of any other LP affiliate. Our fund raising has begun to rapidly increase in the last few months. Our county organizations are exponentially more active.

Will you be a part of this special election cycle, stand up, stop getting angry, and get even?

Thank you for all of your efforts,

Chris Spangle

LPIN Executive Director

 

The Libertarian Party is America, and Indiana's, third largest political party founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. Its vision is for a world in which all individuals can freely exercise the natural right of sole dominion over their own lives, liberty and property by building a political party that elects Libertarians to public office, and moving public policy in a libertarian direction.

The Libertarian Party of Indiana was formed in 1974, and has maintained ballot access since 1994. Sam Goldstein, an Indianapolis resident, currently serves as Chairman.

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