Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:30:05 -0700
From: jlh@dakotacom.net ("Jonathan Hoffman")
Subject: Re: [lpaz-Pima] Re: Hoffman for city council, further questions
To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com
Dear pgammill@home.com,
Excellent suggestions! We intend to do some of the types of things you
mentioned. I'll send a copy of your posting to my campaign manager. Thanks
again.
Jonathan the Contemptible
----- Original Message -----
From: <pgammill@home.com>
To: <lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: unday, June 24, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: [lpaz-Pima] Re: Hoffman for city council, further questions
> Yes! Precisely. Pick one controversial issue that Mr. Hoffman wants
> to push (that is appropriate for the City Council) or an issue that
> the Council has pushed that is inappropriate and take an outragous,
> outlandish position (total freedom is always seen as outragous and
> outlandish) and hammer away. Something that you believe with all your
> heart and soul, and will not waive from.
>
> Here are Mr. Hoffman's core positions (They are all fine, but which
> one bugs the most
> Tucsonans?)[http://www.pimalp.org/pages/frameset1.html]. I won't
> mention what Mr. Hoffman believes City Government should be doing
> since it has nothing to do with liberty, and reinforces my belief that
> some "libertarians" just don't have a clue:
>
> 1.Second Amendment: Do not in any way infringe on Tucsonans
> Right to Bear Arms.
> 2.Donations: It is not the Citys place to decide for its citizens
> which
> charities deserve their support.
> 3.Cruising Ban: Stop assuming young people to be guilty by virtue of
> being young people.
> 4.Street Hawkers: These people are willing to work and to take the
> risks involved. Let them!
> 5.Smoking Ban: Let owners and patrons decide what happens in their
> private establishments.
>
> What do at least a vocal group of Tucsonian's care about from the
> above issues, who might show up at a rally you attend? Give them one
> issue to focus on, and associate with YOU. Create the debate. The
> Reps and the Dems want to control the debate with their (usually
> inane) agenda. Find one issue, hammer away and force them to respond
> to your issue, and their agenda faids away (much to their
> consternation). The press MUST cover the issue, and they will seek
> you out as the other side (even if they portray you as a kook, they
> will protray you - be on message and keep it short). Others who
> believe in what you are saying will check you out. [Remember the
> media is NOT your friend! Have catchy newsworthy talking points.
> When you get interviewed, give your talking points then walk away.
> They will interview you for an hour if you let them. And when they
> finally get you to say something silly, that is when THEY conclude the
> interview, and THAT is what will appear on the news. If you give
> them just what YOU want, they can either run it or not. Bet on them
> running it. Remember the media is NOT your friend!]
>
> If you speak Spanish, the Cruising issue would be a natural. I have
> always been repulsed by the overt thuggish behavior of the police and
> the city official's torwards a weekend activity whose only crime seems
> to be 'thars too much young people accumulatin' [Bring up the cock
> fighting issue with the Hispanic community, as a reason to get
> politically involved now.] Lead a Cruising mob down to city hall when
> they are meeting and have an obnoxious party around the building
> complete with speakers podium and megaphone. Invite the biker clubs
> (they get picked on by the city too) to bring those wonderfully noisy
> Harley's and rev the engines. Get arrested for doing nothing more
> than campaigning (or is campaigning against the rules for someone
> taking matching funds).
>
> Or have a "smoke in" (reach out to business owners - this is not easy)
> at a resteraunt (preferably one on city property). Have a "bring your
> gun to the park" picnic (involve Brassroots, GOAz). And even though I
> think Mr. Hoffman's takin matching funds is contemptible, why not
> become the "street vendor" and solicit minimum campaign donations in
> those left lane medians (try registering people Libertarian too). No
> matter what you choose, try to maximize the fun, create a circus
> atmosphere, and produce the greatest amount of pissing off the city
> officials as you can without being jerks. Be nice. Have folks with
> cell phones, bail money, lawyers ready, and video cameras near by.
>
> --- In lpaz-Pima@y..., Travis Klein <travisk@u...> wrote:
>
> > 1. The strategy of appearing more like a Republican has not worked.
> The
> > LP is still being ignored. ....
>
> > 2. This campaign has whored itself out for matching funds, and
> still is
> > ignored. .... You
> guys
> > have less than 5 months to make a ruckus if you want votes. As the
> host
> > of a sensationalized libertarian talk show, I offer to help Hoffman
> develp
> > sound bites that will put him away from everyone else. Speaking in
> sound
> > bites will help him to get the message across. It will also piss
> off
> > certain church ladies, but will get other people behind him that he
> would
> > have never gotten before.
>
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