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Electoral Vote. And third, because the [[Hospers and Nathan Presidential Campaign 1972|Hospers Nathan]] ticket is only the seventh minority party ticket to receive any Electoral Votes in this century (the Communists and Socialists, in contrast, have never received an Electoral Vote). As soon as the news of [[MacBride|Roger MacBride]]'s action went out, calls and letters began to pour into his Charlottesville office, with [[John Hospers|Dr. Hospers]], [[Tonie Nathan|Ms. Nathan]], and National LP also receiving quite a number. LP members everywhere were naturally elated, and many of them have tried to express the delight they felt upon first hearing of [[Roger MacBride|MacBride]]'s action. Nobody has said it better than [[Sam Kazman]] of New York, however, who sent the following letter to Roger. We think he speaks for all of us. | Electoral Vote. And third, because the [[Hospers and Nathan Presidential Campaign 1972|Hospers Nathan]] ticket is only the seventh minority party ticket to receive any Electoral Votes in this century (the Communists and Socialists, in contrast, have never received an Electoral Vote). As soon as the news of [[MacBride|Roger MacBride]]'s action went out, calls and letters began to pour into his Charlottesville office, with [[John Hospers|Dr. Hospers]], [[Tonie Nathan|Ms. Nathan]], and National LP also receiving quite a number. LP members everywhere were naturally elated, and many of them have tried to express the delight they felt upon first hearing of [[Roger MacBride|MacBride]]'s action. Nobody has said it better than [[Sam Kazman]] of New York, however, who sent the following letter to Roger. We think he speaks for all of us. | ||
Mr. [[Roger MacBride]], Elector Par Excellence<br /><br />Dear Mr. MacBride:<br /><br />BRAVO! That is, I find it impossible to adequately describe the joy I felt, or the whoop I let out, upon hearing of your action on the Monday night CBS News. Here I was in my living room, and here it was all dark and gloomy outside, and here was Walter Cronkite doing what I've seen and heard him do so many times before. And then this. Oh Jesus Christ!<br />So the first thing I did was to yell and holler and clap my hands in disbelief. And then I called some people I knew, who had either gone for Ni on with thei nostrils stoppered, or who, like myself, had watched their Hospers write-ins vanish into the obscure categories of "Void" or "Scattered." And they all hollered some more and phoned some more people. A bright network of non-believers for whom Christmas had come early. Amazing!<br />What can I say to you? Who are you? Were you planning to do this all along? If not, what changed your mind? Do you still have a future in the Republican Party? Do we still have a future in the Libertarian Party? Oh do we ever!<br />I'm sending you some leaflets put out by our group here. Of course, you don't need propagandizing, but it's nice to see other people thinking what you're thinking. "Psychological visibility", Branden would call it. "Love") Enjoy them. May they make you one-thousandth as happy as you've made us. I hope you live forever.<br />Yours,<br />[[Same Kazman]] | Mr. [[Roger MacBride]], Elector Par Excellence<br /><br />Dear Mr. MacBride:<br /><br />BRAVO! That is, I find it impossible to adequately describe the joy I felt, or the whoop I let out, upon hearing of your action on the Monday night CBS News. Here I was in my living room, and here it was all dark and gloomy outside, and here was Walter Cronkite doing what I've seen and heard him do so many times before. And then this. Oh Jesus Christ!<br />So the first thing I did was to yell and holler and clap my hands in disbelief. And then I called some people I knew, who had either gone for Ni on with thei nostrils stoppered, or who, like myself, had watched their Hospers write-ins vanish into the obscure categories of "Void" or "Scattered." And they all hollered some more and phoned some more people. A bright network of non-believers for whom Christmas had come early. Amazing!<br /><br />What can I say to you? Who are you? Were you planning to do this all along? If not, what changed your mind? Do you still have a future in the Republican Party? Do we still have a future in the Libertarian Party? Oh do we ever!<br /><br />I'm sending you some leaflets put out by our group here. Of course, you don't need propagandizing, but it's nice to see other people thinking what you're thinking. "Psychological visibility", Branden would call it. "Love") Enjoy them. May they make you one-thousandth as happy as you've made us. I hope you live forever.<br /><br />Yours,<br />[[Same Kazman]] | ||
As for the reactions of the Establishment, they were (Predictably) less ecstatic; we understand that when Spiro Agnew announced the official tally hen the Electoral Votes were counted in the US Senate on January 6, he acted considerably less than please he had to read off the one [[Hospers and Nathan Presidential Campaign 1972|Hospers Nathan]] vote. | As for the reactions of the Establishment, they were (Predictably) less ecstatic; we understand that when Spiro Agnew announced the official tally hen the Electoral Votes were counted in the US Senate on January 6, he acted considerably less than please he had to read off the one [[Hospers and Nathan Presidential Campaign 1972|Hospers Nathan]] vote. | ||