Newsletter and Alert # 2 - January 26, 2010

Political Action for IAP:

1. Target colleges for public relations information.  I believe it is a good ground for disseminating info.  Young minds are not all set in their ways.  Many will be open to considering the IAP message.  Colleges often like to have varied options to offer, not just TWO parties.  I have attended open forum meetings which were very positive and gave good impressions to many.

2. Depend on issues to attract the young.  They are just beginning to exert themselves and want to associate with what is important to them.

3. Minorities are conservative - certainly social, pro-life.  Also, they usually bring the same stereotypes their parents, their race or ethnicity has in general.  Such a claim needs to be more specific and backed up with reference data.

4. Prominent independents to visit each area. Set dates.

5. Increase web presence in our party.

6. Strategic use of internet in our party.

7. Make joining become easier and more simple.  I would consider anyone who wants to be on our mailing list as a likely candidate for IAP leadership. Those who want leadership and to serve as an IAP representative can fill out the membership forms.  This is part of why we need to revamp our web site.  

8. Public relations director: regular press conferences, press releases, editorials.

9. Editorial writers needed in our party - Chuck Baldwin is great.

10. Political education: get involved in educating people.

11. Fund raising: Contributions, Donations, Youth Club donors, Sustainers club donors, 100 Club donors, Presidents club donors, Advisory board donors, Contributions Manager.

12. Non-presidential election years less activity and donors.

13. Businesses feeling the crunch.

14. Non-profits not posting year over year gains.

15. Use techniques to properly identify currency prior to acceptance: look at the border and portrait, they are smooth and unbroken on a real bill, usually uneven, too dark or mottled on a fake bill. $20 is most counterfeited.

16. We are at a pivotal crossroads of history and need real change and leadership to reverse our current direction.  Amen

17. Our party needs to go on the offensive and exploit vulnerabilities of other entities.

18. Our party no longer needs to brag about our past or play defense and defend our record.

19. Our party needs impressive candidates from within our party who are prepared to challenge the opposition.

20. Our party needs to exploit the political weaknesses of our opposition.

21. Our party needs to have the rawest political savvy of any of our potential rivals and play hardball.

22. Our party needs to retool ourselves and put together a winning coalition.

23. Fasten your seatbelts Independent American Party you are in for quite a ride.

24. Our party advocates are not particularly excited about other political parties’ candidates and they are seeking a viable alternative.

25. Our party candidates must be public servants and not politicians.

26. Our party candidates must be consensus builders and have strengths that can unify the electorate, get things done and bring people together.

27. Our party must respect other potential candidates and parties as we all have something to offer, but our principles, philosophy, our particular skills sets can best serve the citizens of our country at this most critical time. It all comes down to whether we can better serve the electorate than those out there now.

28. Our party offers life experiences as a key focus that will most likely emerge in any upcoming political endeavor. Our party brings a different prospective and a different viewpoint to the constituents and their country.

29. Our party leaders have served in the public and private sector, community activists, non-profit organizations providing a base of experience that is unique.

30. Our party leaders must inject civility in all political endeavors especially when it comes to our competition.

31. Our party leaders must have a very positive conversation about the future of our country.

32. Our party accomplishments on councils, acquisitions, working with others, helping, serving seniors, spiriting others, accessible to the disabled need to be recognized. See item 21.

33. Our party getting involved must change the landscape of political activities.  Sounds good, but not sure how.

34. Our party must not have political enemies.  At least not those who could tie us up in court battles.

35. Our party must be the quiet knights of political activities.

36. Our party presence must cause other candidates to get out of the race.  Good concept.  Not sure how it would occur.  I ran for office a year ago, and no one got out of the race because I was there.

37. Our party must have an email base organization that wields a significant clout worldwide.

38. Our party has its fair share of detractors, many vociferous.  Always goes with the territory when you fight for what is right and good.

39. Our party must be fiscally conservative, a budget cutter, not raise taxes, cut a lot more spending, without incessant opposition to reductions.  The Congressional leaders of the past 50 to 100 years have laid out mandates that cannot be easily reversed.  It cannot be done without pain.  A complete restructure of American entitlements, workers and business will be required.  Most of our manufacturing has been coerced and companies paid to move offshore, by virtue of reduced taxes there.  This is a real fact, not easy to repair.  If we put high import taxes on goods coming into America, these companies would flock back and our workers would have jobs galore.  It could be done.

40. Our party must reign in government spending: local, state, national.  This will only occur when the people learn the truth and demand that their leaders comply.

41. Our party must support budget proposals that will not cost the taxpayers more money.  This will only occur when the people learn the truth and demand that their leaders comply.

42. Our party campaign managers must be consensus builders and not looking to see which way the wind is blowing then take a position, then sit in the middle and covet the role of kingmaker. It is not the kind of leadership we need.

43. Our party candidates should not talk about running for years, as this will be old news, as the support base is narrowly defined, then there will be a record of vacillation and unwitting compromise.  Not sure what this means.

44. Our party must have bold leadership and not be like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

45. Our party candidates must be the reform candidates in every race.  Reform only for returning back to our foundations of liberty, independence and free enterprise.

46. Our party is at a pivotal crossroads of history, as we need real change and leadership to reverse our current direction in our country.

47. Our party is in a groundswell of political activities; let us not muff the opportunity.

48. Our party entrance into the political race should complicate matters for other political parties.

49. Our party’s best case for forward political activity must be a head to head match up with other political parties where we can go on the offense and exploit some of their vulnerabilities. We must not be forced to play defense, defend our record this would prove troublesome.

50. Our party’s impressive candidates must be prepared to challenge others’ terms and their inability to galvanize support.

51. Our party’s candidates must not be politically weak so others will not be jumping in to compete in elections. A crowded field makes a campaign more complex.

52. Our party’s candidates must have more raw political savvy of any potential rivals and play political hardball.

53. Our party candidate's one benefit in a crowded field brings in the ability to finish in the top two on the day of election and get in the runoff.  We can skip the Primary.  I believe what this means is that we would be wasting our time supporting a candidate that not many would like.

54. Our party candidates’ opponents, if they have “politically bloodied” each other, we may be able to vilify runoff opposition and tap into their disaffection with the person who knocked them out. If turnout is light our candidates have the upper hand in getting elected.

55. I intend to keep building our party, spreading our conservative philosophy and the rest takes care of itself.

56. Party Development: Chair and Vice Chairs: Contact group coordinators: Go to designated website, mimic the procedures for our party and initiate action.  What are “group coordinators”?  Are you talking about state contacts or organizations?

57. Less politically experienced staff some times does not understand email that might be forwarded to them.

They sometimes think that the sender is involved in the political actions of the forwarded email sender.

Your comments are welcome: 

Independent American Party

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