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Wayne Allyn Root – Your candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination.
Fellow Libertarians,
My name is Mark Schreiber, Campaign Manager for Wayne Allyn Root. I hope you are enjoying the LP Presidential race so far. There are many good candidates from whom to choose. As a former statewide and city council candidate (from Indiana) I can tell you I've never seen anyone as effective at getting our Libertarian message out as Wayne Allyn Root. I only wish that Wayne could have campaigned with me when I ran for office. Luckily many of our local and statewide candidates across the USA will have that opportunity in 2008. Wayne is truly amazing. I hope you will choose to support Wayne as our LP Presidential candidate.
In this letter I will outline Wayne's efforts to gain your nomination, his biographical background, his amazing media savvy, and his positions on three key issues.
Pre-nomination Efforts
I realize many of the LP faithful going to Denver haven't seen Wayne in action yet, despite the many state conventions and events where he has spoken and debated- Florida (State Chairman’s Conference 2007), Nevada (State Chairman’s Conference 2008), California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Georgia, Colorado, Virginia, Illinois, Heartland Conference (MO, KS, NE, IA, OK), Ohio, North Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas. Wayne's representatives also spoke in Michigan, Oregon, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico and Indiana.
What's so special about Wayne is that he's won almost every Presidential Preference Poll at every LP event in the country where a vote was taken immediately after the presentations by Presidential candidates. And Wayne won the polls at the 3 biggest events of the year: California, New York and The Heartland Conference. Virtually every time that LP voters and delegates get a chance to hear all the candidates live and in person- WAYNE WINS!
We know the biggest ENDORSEMENT, and the one that counts, is YOURS.
We have posted the many endorsements for Wayne on our web site to lend credibility to his candidacy. Some are from notable people in the LP- including our first LP Presidential candidate and one of the party's founders. Some of the endorsements are from the celebrity worlds of sports, media, television and business. Wayne has very broad appeal.
At the national convention in Denver you will get another chance to see Wayne in action. But even if you cannot attend the convention, you can still support Wayne.
This letter is my case for Wayne being your nominee. I encourage you to check our web site www.RootforAmerica.com for more detailed position papers and the marvelous samples of the many radio and television interviews Wayne has had over the past five months or so. Wayne has gotten more publicity and national exposure than any LP candidate in a long time. We have the perfect message, now we need a dynamic messenger!
The Candidate
Wayne was born the son of a butcher in Mt. Vernon, New York in 1961. By 1964 at the age of 4 years old, Wayne began his political career by handing out campaign literature for Barry Goldwater in his father's arms. Educated in a rough, racially diverse, inner-city high school on the Bronx, New York borderline, Wayne went onto graduate prestigious Columbia University Class of 1983 in political science (classmate of Barrack Obama). Wayne and Barrack Obama will be the first classmates to ever run against each other for President.
Wayne lives with his lovely wife of 17 years Debra, a former Miss Oklahoma, and their four children age 4 months to 16 years, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They home school their children- which is another first for a modern presidential candidate.
Wayne's father and mother were part of the original founding group that started the New York State Conservative Party in 1962. After many years of losing, they built the Conservative Party into one of the most successful third parties in U.S. political history- culminating in the election of U.S. Senator James Buckley (as C- Conservative) and U.S. Senator Al D'Amato. Over the past 30+ years they have elected Governors, Congressmen, town councilpersons, Borough Presidents, State Senators and NY Supreme Court Justices. As perhaps the most successful third party in U.S. political history was built brick by brick, Wayne was right by his parents’ side soaking it in.
In 1983 Wayne became one of the youngest candidates for major office in New York State history (21 years old). He ran against an unbeatable opponent. Yet Wayne garnered the highest percentage of the vote against her in her long career as an incumbent County Legislator.
Wayne's business background:
Wayne took the path of a small businessman, and serial entrepreneur after college. He has started many business ventures over his professional life. Most were successful, some not so successful. He has met hundreds of payrolls and currently employs 35 people. He knows first hand the trials and tribulations of 27 million small business owners. He can relate to them. Most importantly, they understand and like him too. Wayne was the leading fundraiser of any Libertarian Presidential candidate in the country in the first quarter 2008- and almost every dollar he raised was from small businessmen and women.
Wayne's business success has been in the entertainment/gaming industry in Las Vegas centered on odds making. It's important to note that there are an estimated 10 to 12 million online poker and gaming enthusiasts in the USA. He is one of them. Wayne will motivate and mobilize this group to vote and contribute to the LP in 2008.
Wayne's company also belongs to the Better Business Bureau a voluntary, private, self policing consumer agency. No one requires you to join. The BBB will not take complaints from consumers for companies who are not members. Only honest business owners voluntarily join the BBB. Very libertarian.
Wayne has served over a million customers with only 15 complaints to the BBB in his company's history. The BBB reports that all of those complaints have all been resolved satisfactorily. Your dry cleaner probably has that many complaints in a month. A major stock brokerage has that many in a day. A Fortune 500 company has that many in an hour.
Wayne's business is all about fun. A wager enhances the experience of pulling for a team or pitting yourself against wily opponents in a non-violent sport like poker. His customers are pursuing happiness
as guaranteed in the Constitution. They are enjoying their personal choice of entertainment, on their computer, in their home, with their money. But they've now been outlawed by Congress from playing poker online. Twelve million (12,000,000) poker enthusiasts are very angry about this. So, is Wayne.
Media Accomplishments
As a result of Wayne's business experience he has learned the art, and value, of self promotion. Self promotion is a hard habit to break when “you” are the product and you've been successful doing it all your life. Political campaigning, as Wayne is learning, requires a slightly different approach and he's getting the hang of it every day.
The majority of Libertarians (85% according to LPNews) want one thing from their candidate. They want a candidate who can get media exposure with the ability to communicate the libertarian message in a way that attracts voters and reflects well on the LP. We believe if you go to our web site www.RootforAmerica.com you will find that Wayne is the perfect candidate who can do just that…perhaps better than anyone in LP history.
Wayne's media accomplishments so far include landing a major role in a story about Libertarianism in America in Time Magazine. A first for any libertarian I can remember. Wayne is the only LP Presidential candidate being profiled for this major story. Time interviewed him in New York and then sent a reporter and photographer to Las Vegas to spend a few days with him and his lovely family. The time is right for us to have a media savvy pro as our spokesman. We cannot afford business as usual…i.e. obscurity.
But that's not all. There's been so many national TV and radio appearances too. Wayne has shared his secret with us- so we can pass it on to you and to our down-ticket candidates. The fundamentals of gaining media exposure are simple to understand, but difficult to master. Here is what Wayne has taught us:
One: Be enthusiastic. Respect the show's host. Understand what they need to get and keep an audience tuned in. Audiences are not into heavy philosophical discussions, they want to be informed and entertained. The host wants to keep listeners tuning in each week. So, they need guests who are interesting and entertaining to share the stage with the host. Enthusiasm sells. You don't get bored watching Wayne perform. I promise.
Two: Be fun to listen to. Wayne doesn't take himself too seriously. He can take or make a joke as well as anyone. He plays with the host. That's why Wayne gets invited back to the show.
And he's been getting invited back a lot; Fox Business, Mancow in the Morning who endorsed him on the air, Glenn Beck. Bob Grant on ABC's flagship radio station WABC who said Wayne was one of the best guests he's ever had in 30 years of broadcasting…Bob has just been nominated for the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Wayne can be and is serious when it matters on a policy issue but not argumentatively so. He respects the show's host and they always return the favor. He doesn't roll over either. Wayne doesn't pander; he explains concepts in ways non-libertarians can understand. He knows the audience and relates to them. And he is fun.
Three: Smile. People don't want to be brought down. They want hope. They want someone who feels positive about the future. Someone who proposes to lead them to a better life had better be smiling, don't you agree? If you can't smile you are probably not happy about where you're going. There's genuine joy in the libertarian message. Wayne knows how to express it! He's over the top. That's the key to achieving success selling a message on television. Wayne has had a lifetime of experience learning it and doing it well.
Four: Believe it. You have got to believe in your vision of the future. And paint that vision in glowing terms. Wayne deeply believes in the libertarian message of limited government and he paints it big and bold. You know our message is right. With the proper messenger it's going to explode onto the political landscape like no other. Let Wayne be your messenger.
I realize this talk of how to get media may sound trivial to some, but these are very important elements in communicating to an audience. These are Wayne's secrets to getting media appearances and he shares them openly so all Libertarians can use them.
Oh, yes there is one other very important fundamental. You have to work your tail off. You have to have something people want to hear and see. It's hard work. Maybe that's why the other candidates talk about getting media after the nomination. Wayne is getting millions of dollars worth of free media now. He doesn't talk or promise- Wayne delivers. Wayne will NOT be out-worked, out-hustled, or out-shined. He's the hardest working man in politics!
As you listen to Wayne's interviews judge what he says to see if you can live with it. But also judge how the host responds to Wayne. When have you ever seen that kind of response to any political candidate- especially a LP candidate?
Remember, talk show hosts have a following they have cultivated for years. They relate to each other. When you get a host to say they'll vote for you, you've got something money can't buy.
Paid advertising is necessary, but it doesn't have nearly the impact of a 30 minute live interview. The interview process vets the candidate before the advertising, so the advertising will be credible. Your other choices for president haven't even done the basics yet. Wayne is already there. He can effectively advertise now till the general election in November on all of these shows. And we are just getting started.
It's a presidential candidate's job to get new people interested in the Libertarian Party and our message. Once interested they will seek out more information and begin a process of learning how our country is supposed to work. It's everyone's job to educate the new and curious voters drawn into our tent.
Wayne gets media because of who he is….not who he was.
Wayne has an ideal image for the media...and the LP. He is a 2nd generation American, small businessman, homeschool dad, and citizen politician – much as our Founding Fathers envisioned back in 1776.
It boils down to what you want. It always does. I hope you will judge more by Wayne's walk than the talk/rhetoric of the other candidates. They are good people, but this is a contest based on who will reflect well on you, and our down-ticket candidates. Who will attract the most new voters and activists. Who will get the most people excited about the libertarian form of governance. Who will get us automatic ballot access for the next Presidential election in 15+ states. Only Wayne can do all those things.
I hope you agree Wayne Allyn Root is the man for the job.
I also hope you will CONTRIBUTE to our campaign- so we can continue to get your Libertarian message out beyond the limited confines of the libertarian faithful.
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Wayne's Positions on the key Issues.
Wayne's positions on three key issues are outlined below. His position papers, if you would like to read them, are posted on his web site.
Government spending. Wayne has actually found a way, used by Thomas Jefferson, to shrink government's size and spending. It's called “impoundment” and used properly within existing Constitutional limits he can and will shrink government spending. Not one of the other candidates has credibly articulated how to accomplish this major step forward to shrinking our oppressive government. Shrinking and cutting the size and scope of government is key to everything we seek. Once the American people (who are libertarian at heart) get this message, they will have hope again. They will vote libertarian for Wayne.
War. Wayne has said that the war in Iraq was/is a terrible mistake. This mistake will not be repeated by a Root administration. All acts of war will require authorization from Congress- just as it states in our constitution. Wayne also plans to dramatically cut foreign aid and military bases around the world. Wayne will demand the rich nations like Japan, South Korea and Germany pay for their own military and national defense. It's time to bring all this savings home to the American taxpayer.
Taxes. Wayne also has a plan to eliminate federal income taxes. And to shift the balance of power
(and spending) back from the federal to the state level. Coupled with drastic government spending. His position is a reasonable strategy unlike any ever proposed. Go to his web site and spend the time to review it and I think you will agree. It's bold and it's something that will work.
If we can implement Wayne's positions on just these big three issues, I feel confident that all the other issues with which we share concerns will improve dramatically. I hope you agree. Wayne is constantly working on refining his positions on issues and this will continue for the rest of his political life. He is a student of politics (and business).
If you like what you've seen so far please help us continue getting our message out.
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We are trying to reach out to every delegate, so feel free to forward this information to your fellow delegates who may be absent from our list. Please feel free to express your sentiments via our web site. Wayne may not be able to get back to you given the time constraints before the convention in Denver, but I assure you that he reads every email and gives your comments serious consideration.
Thank you for taking your time to consider our finest candidate for President
Wayne Allyn Root.
Mark Schreiber
Campaign Manager
www.RootforAmerica.com
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To see and hear Wayne's video and audio interviews go to www.RootforAmerica.com. There you will also find all his detailed position papers on taxes, cutting the government, and how he will implement a non-interventionist strategy supported by an economic strategy of global free trade. You will also find his extensive list of endorsements from a variety of people which illustrate his wide appeal among Libertarians, as well as non Libertarians.
I hope you will agree with me that Wayne Allyn Root is worthy of your support to be your spokesperson in the general election.
Thank you
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Wayne Root is a Candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States.
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