Letter to the Plebes

This is a copy of my post to bullmoose.org. "I am inspired by the posters at bullmoose.org and the vision statement of the "Party". I have one question though: How serious are you about forming a real political entity? The reason I ask is because I see real merit in the principles of the Bull Moose movement and I am willing to put my money where my mouth is. I want a party I can believe in that stands on honesty and principals rather than obfuscation and patronage. I am not deluded enough to believe that any political entity can grow overnight but I do feel that there are very realistic ways to grow a viable third party. The first is to realize that the function of third parties in the US at this moment is to create a dialogue that if it has enough support by the people will influence the platforms of the current two party system. This is a start but keeps the power in the hands of either party not much choice for the people. Much of the power of the two party system comes in the form of voter registrations and party affiliations. Voters who register for one party or the other are then part of the lists those parties use to seek funding and target for get out the vote campaigns and volunteering. I propose that a good practical beginning for the Bull Moose Party is to use the next few years to start a voter registration program to encourage as many people as possible to register as an "Independent" regardless of their current party affiliation in order to start diminishing the voter roles and information data bases of the two party system. This registration drive is also subtle advertisement for the Bull Moose Party. Because the registration drive is sponsored by the Party without asking for a vote of any kind. This brings the public attention to existence of the Bull Moose Party without the negative connotation of begging for votes. This is just one of many strategies that could be used to grow a real political third party. I think that the greatest weapons that the Bull Moose Party can wield are: Honesty (I'm talkin' real transparency), Common Sense (no nonsense Centrist platforms), Principals (the buck stops here mentality), and Education (articulation to the people about the power of Liberty, common sense economics and the origins of Democracy). Again I am serious about pursuing this. I will willingly help in any way I can. One of the posts talked about framing the positions of the Party I would be more than willing to help if your still interested in pursuing it. I live in Rochester, NY and I am willing to start a chapter here if there is not already one. If there is would you be willing to put me in contact with them. I can be contacted through my blog Confessions of a Federalist. I have put a link from my site to yours if you don't mind... if you do I'll take it off. Thank you for your time."