Posted on 05/27/2009 1:53:36 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
(IsraelNN.com) 'Tea parties', tax revolts, and a general disillusionment with political parties which they say are based in socialism are leading some Americans to find political refuge in a party which claims dedication to America's traditional moral values.
The AIP, America's Independent Party, says it is a haven for the American patriot, and is determined to maintain what it sees as Biblically-based principles, including support for the State of Israel. It claims to already be the third largest political party in the United States.
Tom Kovach, Tennessee state party chairman and National Outreach Communication Director of AIP, told Israel National Radio's Tamar Yonah on The Tamar Yonah Show that his party wants to return America to its citizens, making it once again "a government of the people and by the people."
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So what are the numbers? They didn't purge the rolls did they? What is the "communication program"?
I was aware of the CP split, and am glad it’s a new entity. Name confusion is a problem, but not mine I suppose, and most people wouldn’t make the old connection anyway.
I'll stay with the GOP.
Ditto...
God will deal with all of us in the end. I don’t know why you would find that offensive. My statement was inclusive of all mankind, and I stand by it.
Alan is one of the staunchest friends the people of Israel have ever had. You’re reading things into his article that aren’t there. The article reveals a man who deeply understands the suffering of the Jewish people, actually.
Your inference that his criticism of liberal Jewish thinkers is somehow off-base is itself off-base.
You’re right, they won’t. It’s ancient history.
And the Independent label is proving to be a very meaningful, effective, and useful one.
Frankly, we’re seeking to reclaim that word for mainstream Reagan principled conservatism. And to some degree, it’s already working.
I’ve heard that some counties have been purging their rolls.
And still our numbers are growing. Last time I checked we were at about 377,000.
That's rich! You are party chairman and you have "heard" that your only registered voters are being purged?
377,000 is just about what was claimed was given you by the California AIP in the first place so how is that "growing at a good clip"?
As I said, I don’t doubt that Alan is a friend and a supporter of Israel.
But the things expressed by Alan in that article that are deeply offensive to someone of the Jewish faith have nothing to do with politics.
Good luck with your party.
Wrong. It was tens of thousands less. As usual, you’re barking at the moon.
Is their a purge or not and when did it start, when are you basing your numbers from?
Well, I appreciate your good wishes for our party. But you’re the only one I’m aware of who has expressed what you’ve expressed about Dr. Keyes’ piece. To be blunt about it, if the way you reacted to my posts on this thread, which expressed my unequivocal support for Israel, is any indication, I can see why you would read what Alan said with a hostile eye.
If you expect respect for who and what you are, as you well should, perhaps you could grant the same to myself, an evangelical Christian, and to him, a devout Catholic. Neither my world view nor his is likely to be exactly the same as each other’s, or your own.
And we haven’t even begun to discuss the myriad other good reasons, many of which have to do with our own national security and welfare, for Americans to strongly support our Israeli friends and allies.
As I said the first time, my understanding is that some counties have been purging all of their voter rolls. But our registration numbers continue their rise anyway.
Just for you, I called our California Chairman. He says that during the purge, our numbers dipped slightly, and then came back up. Since the affiliation our numbers have risen more than 11%. I don’t have the exact numbers close to hand, and neither does he - he’s traveling - but the total was between 330 and 340 thousand when we started.
I understand that registration would have climbed during the registration drive by the 42 year old American Independent Party during the campaign year, and that you started claiming their numbers in June of 2008 or when ever
How much have the numbers risen since after the 2008 Alan Keyes loss in the election?
Do the research yourself. I’ve wasted enough time helping out a hostile enquirer.
Thanks for making the call but I am still trying to pin down what this “purge” is, a purge sounds like dumping all of the old registrations and making you get your own fresh registrations for your new party.
The new HAVA rules sound, at first, fairly innocuous. They require each of the 50 states to maintain a statewide database of registered voters, or create one if none exists. They also call for the states to verify a voter's registration record either with the state's driver's license records or with information in a federal database of all legal residents of the United States, which is maintained by the Social Security Administration.
HAVA gives the states wide latitude in reacting to database mismatches. If a voter's registration information and the data in the other databases differ, the act does not require that a state keep registrants off the rolls. But it also doesn't forbid the states to do so. State officials have therefore set up their own rules, which have resulted in mass purges of registrants in California, Iowa, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, in New York City.
The link above is from ‘06, but regular purges of the lists are done, in theory to keep inactive voters off the rolls.
Has your AIP party gotten around to filing an FEC report from the last election where Keyes was your nominee. I cannot find a report at the FEC and wondering why? Would you mind directing me to your quarterly submission since you solicit donations on your site?
From your website which seems hypocritical since you trash Republicans so much but you are telling them they can stay in their Party but yet declare you are a 3rd Pary:
Principle before Party
Personal affiliation with America’s Independent Party is made without regard to your existing party voter registration. *
My comment: You are either a 3rd Party or you are not because saying you can remain as a member of your Party makes ZERO sense. Kind of wishy washy!
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