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Andrew Gladstone, Musician and Libertarian since 2000 - 04-02-2008 Christine Smith gets my vote. There are issues she's even better than Ron Paul on such as immigration and abortion. There are few candidates I come in total agreement with, and she is one of them. She's a constitutionalist that doesn't let religion influence her political views. And I am proud to endorse Christine Smith as a Libertarian Presidential candidate. Andrew Gladstone Darren Wolfe, Former Eastern Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania - 03-30-2008 It is with great pleasure that I endorse Christine Smith for President. On all the issues she gets it right. Whether it's ending the imperial adventures abroad, ending the income tax & abolishing the IRS, or restoring liberty at home Miss Smith has taken the right positions. Her tireless efforts are needed by the Libertarian Party. If the past is any guide, I look forward to the campaign Miss Smith will (hopefully) run this fall. Restore the Republic, Darren Wolfe Former Eastern Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania Charlotte Bailey, - 3-26-2008 Christine Smith is a breath of fresh air in the stagnant world of American politics. I joined the Libertarian Party in January after years of searching for a political home. Like Mike Gravel, I was once a Democrat but left because that party had abandoned its core values. Christine Smith's campaign appealed to me immediately because she is articulate and honest. She has the courage to take a stand on every issue and to let the world know what that stand is. She has the courage to speak up and tell her own party it needs to clean house so it can continue to call itself the Party of Principle. That makes her a Candidate of Principle in my book. We need more candidates like Christine Smith! Charlotte Bailey Joel Zingone, - 3-22-2008 I support Christine Smith for President. An examination of her past reveals passionate devotion to what she believes in. For causes personal, humanitarian and political, she is a shining example of Libertarian principles. She has become an inspiration to me. Christine Smith has what it takes to lead fellow Libertarians, and to cause a great many Americans to awake to the fundamental principles of Liberty. Sincerely, Joel Zingone Martin K. Meade, Jr. - 2-23-2008 Dear Christine Smith for President Campaign, It is an honor to officially announce to you my endorsement of Christine Smith for the Libertarian nomination and for the office of President of the United States. As a Republican political activist and avid Ron Paul supporter in Eastern Kentucky, I have fought for the sake of low taxes, less government, and personal liberty on the grassroots level for several years. As a college graduate who will be pursuing a master's degree from Goddard College in Vermont in the fall of 2008, I am currently preparing myself for a possible, though highly likely, bid for the office of U.S. Representative out of the 5th congressional district in Kentucky in the year 2012. I feel that four years will provide an adequate amount of time to raise funds, expand my name recognition, and campaign among Republicans because I will be challenging the neo-conservative Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers directly in the Republican primary. I would appreciate your endoresement when the time comes, and it gives me great pleasure to know that I have finally found a potential candidate who truly stands for the truly fundamental basis of our existence - freedom in its purest form. I wholeheartedly support Christine Smith in her campaign for the Presidency, both with this endorsement and with future monetary donations and any personal activities the candidate wishes me to accompany her in. I also pledge that, in the event Mrs. Smith gains the Libertarian party's nomination, I will campaign for her throughout the state of Kentucky to the greatest extent that I possibly can in coordination with the Libertarian Party of Kentucky if possible. Sincerely, Martin K. Meade, Jr. Michelle Giansante - 02-02-2008 I recently discovered Christine Smith's campaign on the Project Vote- Smart website. After looking at many other candidates who had my support on some issues but not on other major issues, it is such a pleasure to see a candidate that I agree with on all_issues. It is so refreshing to find a presidential candidate who is wholly dedicated to bringing our country back to the original Constitutional foundations of freedom and liberty. I wholeheartedly support Christine Smith for President. Michelle Giansante Gilberto Heredia, MD - 1-15-2008 Christine Smith, Tireless Advocate of Liberty - I have been following Christine’s Presidential Campaign with great interest…I subscribe to her e mailings and look forward to them on a regular basis…I understand her frustrations with the Libertarian Party, yet she shows the leadership qualities needed to continue the fight for freedom and spread the message of Freedom…She is a hero of mine…we need more Christine Smiths! Gilberto Heredia, MD Chairman, Libertarian Party of Otero County Adam Cohen - 01-13-2008 Christine Smith demonstrates a solid and sincere desire to restore liberty in the United States, and is a crusader for truth on all fronts, even within the Libertarian party. Her positions on immigration are especially to be commended and are more consistent with the ideals of liberty than those of other libertarian leaning candidates. As someone who has repeatedly demonstrated a passion for true freedom during her campaign, Christine has my utmost support in her candidacy for president. Adam Cohen Endorsement from Howard Hutchinson - 1-10-2008 I support Christine Smith to be the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States. Christine is an articulate and seemingly tireless advocate of Liberty. Her enthusiasm and energy are contagious. The Party and Nation need people like her spreading the message of freedom. The Party especially needs the leadership she can provide to get back on the message of principles. Not only do I hope she succeeds in gaining the nomination but that she is also able to help bring the party back into focus on the core principles. Howard Hutchinson Teresa Buesing-Clay - 01-10-2008 Why I support Christine Smith for President. I jumped on the Ron Paul bandwagon a while ago, before it became 'fashionable'. I liked most of what I heard, but there were a few issues that, well, he's just to 'standard GOP' for me, like Abortion, Civil unions, etc. So for a while I was half heartedly supporting Paul, but still looking to keep my options open. Glad I did. I've been a registered Libertarian since 1992. I will not change my party affiliation for anyone or any candidate. I am proud to call my self a Libertarian, and I have raised my children to think as such (my 18 yr old just registered as one, I'm so proud!) I tried to find who was running under our ticket, and I did. I looked over all the candidates carefully before I decided. We've got a College physics professor, an odds maker out of Vegas, and someone who carries two foreign titles, plus a few others. Neither of those candidates sat well with me. I found out about Ms Smith when I got an email about the up coming Heartland Conference in KCMO. I did the research and was blown away by this woman. I've voted for Libertarians based only on party, and regretted it later once I learned more about them. Ms Smith is the first Libertarian candidate since Andre Marrou that I have been able to joyfully and enthusiastically support 100%. My great-grandma used to tell me that 'A pretty girl who is smart can rule the world.' Ms Smith has the looks, don't get me wrong. But that's only the start. She's brilliant! I love her blog. I love the guts that she has to call a 'spade a spade' when it comes to the CIA, FBI, all of the gov't 'alphabet soup'. She does not mince words when she writes or speaks. She says what she means and means what she says. Ms Smith, IMHO, is exactly what this country needs. The only way I will vote for Dr Paul now is if he wises up and chooses Ms Smith as his VP candidate (if she doesn't get the Libertarian nomination). If not, she's going to be my write-in ballot for this election. It's not throwing my vote away, I'm voting my conscience. I'm voting for Christine Smith for President. Thank you, 'Madame President', for giving me the chance to write this for you. Next stop, WHITE HOUSE!!!! Teresa Buesing-Clay Endorsement from Steven Anthonijsz - 1-01-2008 Why Christine Smith as the LP’s Next Presidential Candidate? Currently the Libertarian Party (LP) is trying to select one individual out of a dozen or so as our 2008 presidential candidate. In this we are going through a process no different from any other American political party. I support Christine Smith as that next candidate, and the reasons I do are really quite simple. But first, why a Libertarian? As we all know our freedoms have been eroding for some time. Under the current administration that erosion as escalated to a level better described as controlled demolition! The Democratic Party has had more than enough time to redress this balance if they were really interested in countering the big-government approach of the GOP. Their track record, though, demonstrates that this is not the case. Democrats and Republicans are both pursuing an increasingly larger and more intrusive means of controlling the liberty-loving American masses. Their only disagreement is in where the controls ought to be emphasized. It is time we take our liberties back, returning this country to what our founding fathers intended it to be. We cannot accomplish this by electing more Democrats and Republicans. Of the minority parties many are too extreme to be taken seriously. Of those that are not so extreme there are even more that would support big government. There are a few that do support liberty, but most are too small to be effective. The exception is the Libertarian Party which can and does get people into office with a track record of successfully restoring the liberties of American citizens. The vast majority of the cities and states that have elected Libertarians to public offices have been those completely fed up with the results they have had in the past through 'big government' officeholders. The LP has advertised itself as offering an alternative—a statesman in lieu of a politician—geared toward Americans who are just plain sick of being held under the boot of big government. ... Which leads me to my support of Christine Smith. Looking through the current offering of would-be LP representatives I found that all of them have a zeal for promoting liberty. As a matter-of-fact, if their stances aren't the same on the various issues they're all pretty close. Some have better track-records than others as far as governmental experience goes and other 'qualifying' traits that one might consider, and in this way many of them are more-or-less comparable. There have been a few that made statements that immediately swayed me one way or the other, as would be expected when making these kinds of comparisons. But there are two key factors that really made me recognize Christine Smith above the others. The first is in understanding how Americans vote. According to an Associated Press report: 'For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate's character. A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll says 55 percent of those surveyed consider honesty, integrity and other values of character the most important qualities they look for in a presidential candidate. Just one-third look first to candidates' stances on issues; even fewer focus foremost on leadership traits, experience or intelligence.' Does Christine Smith understand what AP says and build her campaign around this principle? Or is she just naturally the kind of person who projects integrity, idealistic passion, and dedication? I don't know—but I do know that these are the qualities that exude from everything that she does! The LP promises a caring statesman in place of the greedy and corrupt politicians we've become used to. How can we promise this to voters unless we can support a candidate that 'feels' different to the average American? Christine Smith radiates 'personable'; she is more of a friend to her supporters than an opportunist seeking to win a popularity contest. One can see this, for example, in the fact that she is as proud of her political website as she is of her personal one. We can sense it in her Christmas Message and the accompanying photos. It is even apparent in her campaign page on MySpace! A big part of selling the LP to Americans outside of the party is in offering a candidate who can garner their trust as well as representing their ideals, and I believe that Christine Smith can do just that. The second reason I support the Smith campaign may seem like an odd one—but here me out. In a public statement during her own campaign Christine Smith said, 'I, as an individual am committed to advancing liberty in our nation, thus I am and will do everything I can to help the campaign of Ron Paul.' What?!? While running for president she states that she supports someone else? Someone running under a different party ticket no less? Exactly! Christine Smith is more concerned with the reestablishment of liberty for you and me than she is with winning the contest and gratifying her ego. This, my friends, is an example of a true statesman and a worthy replacement for our current politician. I urge every American—whether Libertarian or not—to consider what you would like to see happen in the next election. Consider your stances on issues as well as the individual you think you can trust over the next 4 years and beyond (because that legacy does not die when a president leaves office). While thinking about these things that are so vitally important to our future and the future of our children look at what a statesman Christine Smith has to offer. No one candidate can turn this country back to what our founding fathers originally intended. But I believe that Christine Smith can give us an awfully good start! Endorsement from Bruce Feezel - 12-18-2007 I'm Retired Navy, & one of the main reasons I made the Navy a Career was to do My Part to Guarantee the Rights & Freedoms I grew up with. However, ever since I Retired in 1976, most of those Rights & Freedoms have been taken away from us. Christine Smith is one of the only two Candidates who truly want to Restore this Country's Rights & Freedoms. The other Candidate is Ron Paul. I'm a Libertarian, but I support both Candidates equally, as much as I am able to at this time. We need to get Our Country back from this Corrupt Government, and these two Candidates are the only ones who truly want do that. Bruce Feezel Endorsement from Walt Thiessen, founder and webmaster of Nolan Chart LLC: I am pleased and honored to give my endorsement to Christine Smith for the Libertarian nomination for President of the United States. The values that Christine holds and honors mirror my own in so many ways. That's why making the decision to publicly make this endorsement is one of the easiest things I've ever done. As a Ron Paul supporter, I fervently hope that he gets the Republican nomination in 2008, but what if he doesn't? He has made it clear that he will not seek a third party nomination. If that happens, we need someone willing to take up the cause of Liberty. The difficulty is that such a candidacy has to emerge now, while Dr. Paul's campaign is still progressing. That's why I urge everyone who has given to Dr. Paul's campaign to also give to Christine Smith's campaign. Even if you can't give the same amount of money to both campaigns, give what you can, even if it's less. It costs money to travel around the country and build support toward a nomination (even the Libertarian Party nomination), and Christine Smith needs money right now so she can still be a viable candidate later on. She is being invited to speak at events around the country right now, but campaign finances are forcing her to turn some of them down. What a tragedy! It shouldn't happen, but it is happening nonetheless. Your donation will help her get through this most difficult time so she can be ready to take up the mantle of Liberty leadership if Dr. Paul's campaign doesn't lead to the Republican nomination. You can be assured that Christine has the energy, the spirit, the knowledge, and the desire to this very difficult job of campaigning. All she lacks is the funds. Won't you help? Walt Thiessen, founder and webmaster Nolan Chart LLC Read Walt Thiessen's Nov. 29, 2007 article: 'If Ron Paul Isn't Nominated, Christine Smith Would Be A Good Alternative.' Endorsement from The Rev. Dr. James W. Clifton, LP office holder in Michigan (1988—first ever elected in state under LP banner): Christine Smith deserves the LP nomination for President in 2008. Smith is a principled candidate with a moral and ethical core who is pragmatic and rational. Her common sense approach to government is refreshing in an age of pious platitudes, empty promises, political opportunism, and personal expediency. The time is right for the LP to nominate someone who presents real solutions to real problems that can easily generate wide interest and support. Christine won the New Mexico LP Presidential debate, and received numerous emails/calls congratulating her - and the NM LP state newsletter indicated the consensus of those attending said she won. Endorsement from Thane Eichenauer: I support Christine Smith for president because the US has a burning need for a passionate Libertarian pro-peace candidate. Smith is working creatively and industriously to ensure that people within and without the Libertarian movement hear an undiluted message of liberty and justice for all. Christine speaking at Oregon LP Convention, another one of the 5 LP conventions she has attended so far and which she was victorious in debate.
Formal statement of endorsement from Joseph Knight, Libertarian activist, former Chair of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico, planner of the 2007 New Mexico LP Convention/debate which was held April 13-15: It's unusual for me to endorse a candidate for the LP presidential nomination, especially this early. But these are unusual times. No endorsement is cast in stone forever and campaign developments or entry into the race by persons yet unknown may lead me to reassess at some future time but for now, I have decided to endorse Christine Smith. Since our candidate is unlikely to actually win the presidency, the question becomes one of just what the nominee will do for the Party. I believe Smith will appeal to a wide range of voters and create interest in the LP. My decision is based not on faults I find in other candidates but on what Smith has to offer. Quite frankly, she will bring to the Party four things we need considerably more of: (1) Articulate, principle-based short answers that will appeal to Joe Six Pack, Suzy Homemaker, and Cathy Coed; (2) Passionate enthusiasm; (3) Youth; and (4) Gender F. Smith deserves our nomination because she has the potential to be a real party builder and broaden our base of support without sacrificing our principles. Go Christine! Joseph Knight April 18, 2007

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Endorsement from Brian Miller, longtime Libertarian activist & LGBTQ activist, July 30, 2007 (mp3)

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