In a message dated 3/13/2007 4:57:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
joffemd@... writes:
If anyone on the LP list is speaking with Ed Jew, may I suggest that
you ask him to support the following Board resolution (which currently
has only five votes – one short of the number needed to
pass):
070305 [Urging the United States Congress to Secure the Immediate and
Safe Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq]
Sponsored by Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi
Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to exercise its
constitutional authority to revoke the United States' commitment of
military forces in Iraq and to secure the immediate, safe and orderly
withdrawal of all our troops from Iraq.
Even if Ed Jew would support such a resolution, and even if such a
resolution passed the Board of Supervisors, in reality, it is unlikely to have any
real impact on the situation in Iraq. Ed is an SF Supervisor. Lets stick to SF
issues.
Please use your contacts with politicians to build relationships, explore
areas of mutual agreement and interest (ie develop personal political capital,
which is spent sparingly and carefully, AND when it really matters).
Meaningful future cooperation that will have a real, concrete and positive impact on
our daily lives in SF is the result of first understanding a politician's
inclinations and points of view, eschewing polemics, and then later using
painstakingly built relationships to educate and inform the politician, so they
may, in time, align their views and votes.
Quixotic and symbolic requests may not result in a gain in credibility for
the requester, or for the Libertarian party, and are counter-productive. If
Libertarians want to be other than a fringe group, we have act accordingly.
Sarosh D. Kumana
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