Campaign Evaluation: Mark Bircher (U.S. House, FL-13) - campaign ended

neverseen said:
Mark Bircher for Congress was on the Liberty Underground Show yesterday. The link starts with his interview:

Thoughts on the interview?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bRd-h4YgV9c#t=4479
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It's long!

My impressions:

Mixed bag. Hard to tell where he would stand on some issues. He repeated his answer of "you'll know it when you see it" many times. Paraphrased example - Q: Federal or State issue. A: You'll know it when you see it. It didn't seem like he has a "liberty" background as much as maybe a Constitutional/Tea Party background.

Military is his priority, as would be expected with his background.
He wants wars to be declared.
He couldn't really answer the question about whether we should leave Afghanistan.
He said he would defer to experts on economic solutions at one point. The question is, which "experts"? Goldman Sachs? Bill Gates? Warren Buffet? Ron Paul?
Even though we are in debt, he still supports foreign aid if he feels it is in the US interest.
Pot and gay marriage, he evaded the issues.
A lot of answers were, "I'll have to wait and see when I get to Washington."
 
TaftFan said:
Allen West endorses Mark Bircher: http://allenbwest.com/2013/12/want-fight-obamacare-send-marine-bgen-mark-bircher/

Before anyone blows up, keep in mind West is probably endorsing him because he is a Brigadier General and doesn't care about much else. Hopefully this endorsement helps get Bircher attention.
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After listening to the long interview, West probably knows him a bit better that that.

Not saying he's terrible, but the guy seems like he would be more Ted Cruz than Ron Paul.
 
Brian4Liberty said:
After listening to the long interview, West probably knows him a bit better that that.

Not saying he's terrible, but the guy seems like he would be more Ted Cruz than Ron Paul.
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You can tell he's new to politics and doesn't know how to answer a lot of questions in an interview. I'm still VERY happy with him between the questionnaire and the interview. The difference between tea party and liberty...? Tea party people want everything legislated at the federal level (no gay marriage, no abortions, death to muslims) but the liberty guys want us to follow the constitution and only use the federal government for it's most basic purposes. This seems to be Bircher's stance. I couldn't care less his view on abortion or gay marriage since he's for directing it to the states. It's a moot point. He's against the drug war, etc. Can't beat that. All around he's one of the better candidates running in any federal race right now...
 
I've had the good fortune to meet General Bircher and he is the genuine article. His interviewing skills could use some crispness and polish, but IMO he is a diamond in the rough, and a GREAT shot in the arm to the Liberty Movement.

He has an unmatched record of service; a humble and honorable man who would represent Florida CD-13 well in Congress. Let's get this man elected!!

http://bircherforcongress.com/
 
Allen West was kind enough to mail this to just about everyone in the county (GOP) the day before early voting started (yesterday).

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Debate forum with Mark and front runner Jolly. They had about 3 news cameras there and about 7 small cameras there filming the event.
 
This is the first time I ever heard of him. He's certainly checking all the boxes with that questionnaire he answered.

1. Is he trustworthy?

2. Is he polished?
 
Wasn't there a big Ron Paul group from Clearwater Florida, which is in this district? I'd like to hear their take on Bircher.
 
neverseen said:
Mark Bircher for Congress was on the Liberty Underground Show yesterday. The link starts with his interview:

Thoughts on the interview?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bRd-h4YgV9c#t=4479
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Bastiat's The Law said:
This is the first time I ever heard of him. He's certainly checking all the boxes with that questionnaire he answered.

1. Is he trustworthy?

2. Is he polished?
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Listen to that interview and give us your impression.
 
Bastiat's The Law said:
This is the first time I ever heard of him. He's certainly checking all the boxes with that questionnaire he answered.

1. Is he trustworthy?

2. Is he polished?
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1. Yes.

2. No, but getting better every day. Listen to the Liberty Underground interview and then the Candidate Forum that was 1.5 weeks later. He still struggles on Yes/No foreign policy answers and wants to analyze every detail as you can expect a general would.

Wasn't there a big Ron Paul group from Clearwater Florida, which is in this district? I'd like to hear their take on Bircher.
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Yes, and out of it we formed the RLC of Tampa Bay. I am vice-chair. We are all supporting Bircher.
Endorsed by LTB which us Ron Paul people formed: http://libertytampabay.com/liberty-...-bircher-for-cd13-special-election/#more-1327
Endorsed by RLCTB via RLC which us Ron Paul people formed: http://rlc.org/article/rlc-endorses-mark-bircher-january-14th-florida-cd13-special-election

More vids:


 
neverseen, are you getting mailers from the other candidates too? Signs? How does it look on the ground?
 
TaftFan said:
neverseen, are you getting mailers from the other candidates too? Signs? How does it look on the ground?
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There's a handful of signs from each campaign out there. Not a lot of focus on signs from what I can see. Peters' does have a couple huge ones around town.

Mailers from Peters' are all attacks only on Jolly. They highlight that he is an insider and donated $30,000 to dems.

Mailers from Jolly are all attacks only on Peters. They highlight her lack of clarity on the issues such as obamacare.

Mailers from Bircher went out with mail ballots. They were probircher mailers, no attacks. Allen West sent the mailer pictured above (perfect timing) on Friday, the day before early voting began (today through the 12th).

Peters' has some walkers and a seemingly averagely managed campaign and a decent amount of money. She raised in the 6 figures and has a decent amount left.

Jolly has a really well managed campaign and a lot of money. He probably has about 100k on hand. They are doing phone calls.

Bircher has grassroots supports and a media team that is working on his mailers and tv ads. The grassroots is more or less managing the campaign at this time. He is mostly self funded with about $40,000 invested of the $60,000 or so total raised. 2 weeks before election day he has about 10k left.
 
Do you think if you wrote letters to the editors of the local newspapers in support of Bircher they would go out on time?
 
TaftFan said:
Do you think if you wrote letters to the editors of the local newspapers in support of Bircher they would go out on time?
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Wouldn't hurt to try. We have one that's from the RLC Chair that will be sent in.

Guys, watch this part of the video about drones. Tell me this alone is worth a donation. Use the link so it takes you to the time stamp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc3P5slcnAU#t=1944
 
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RLC just put this out about Jolly and Bircher:
https://www.facebook.com/RLCTB/posts/756736384354002?notif_t=notify_me

Read more at the link above...
“Do you want a Washington lobbyist as your Congressman?”

Repeat it, over and over. Because you know Alex Sink will. And she has a lot more money than any primary candidate David Jolly now faces. Regrettably, she will probably have enough money to say “Washington Lobbyist” enough times that she will hold on to her lead in the polls through Election Day.

We need to level the playing field.
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