Liberty for All Super PAC on Yahoo News Power Players

[tsai3904]

What would you do if you were a college student who suddenly came into millions of dollars?

Founding a Super PAC may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but that's exactly what John Ramsey did when his grandfather died, leaving him with a generous inheritance. That inheritance made the 22 year-old Ramsey one of the youngest Super PAC financiers in the world.

Ramsey, who supported Ron Paul's presidential campaign, joined forces with 23 year-old Preston Bates to found the 'Liberty For All' Super PAC. Their goal is to elect so-called "freedom candidates" — like minded people who support limiting government and promoting civil liberties, although they bristle at being labeled libertarians. Liberty for All, which some have taken to calling the 'Brat PAC,' has already contributed over $3 million dollars to national congressional races since it began seven months ago.

"We're purging the Republican Party of the war-mongering, anti-civil liberties, socially intolerant neo-conservatives," says Ramsey. "We see these people as just as dangerous as the socialists that make up the Democratic Party."

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-p...ng-super-pac-spending-millions-105716002.html

 

[CPUd]

Why is everyone so stuck on the Santa Claus thing?

While the Liberty For All PAC can stake a claim of success in these races, the PAC has come under criticism for its decision to support Bentivolio in Michigan's 11th Congressional District race. Bentivolio, a former school teacher and reindeer farmer, once said in a court deposition that he believes he is Santa Claus and resigned from his teaching job after reports that he was intimidating his students. Bates brushes off the criticisms of Bentivolio, saying his creative qualities make him a strong candidate.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

"We're purging the Republican Party of the war-mongering, anti-civil liberties, socially intolerant neo-conservatives," says Ramsey. "We see these people as just as dangerous as the socialists that make up the Democratic Party."

Amen. We're in business folks!

 

[Brian4Liberty]

But Ramsey and Bates say they're just getting started and are already looking ahead to the 2014 election, when they plan to target some high-level Republicans, possibly including South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Nice!

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

When the firepower of the liberty movement is aiming in the same direction we can do amazing things.

 

[Pisces]

It's probably just me, but I think they need to tone down the bragging about purging people. I want the neo-cons (true neo-cons, not the overly broad definition that considers anyone that disagrees with antiwar.com a neo-con) gone myself but what exactly do they mean by "socially intolerant"? There are a wide range of things that are considered "social issues"; abortion, immigration, drugs and gay marriage are probably what most people think of. What positions make a person "socially intolerant" and in need of being purged? I think this kind of talk is going to turn people off that we will need to defeat an incumbent like Graham.

 

[Ivash]

Why is everyone so stuck on the Santa Claus thing?

...He believed he was Santa Claus and he was effectively push out because he intimidated his students?

Well, he's lucky his opponent is so weak anyways.

 

[Sola_Fide]

It's probably just me, but I think they need to tone down the bragging about purging people. I want the neo-cons (true neo-cons, not the overly broad definition that considers anyone that disagrees with antiwar.com a neo-con) gone myself but what exactly do they mean by "socially intolerant"? There are a wide range of things that are considered "social issues"; abortion, immigration, drugs and gay marriage are probably what most people think of. What positions make a person "socially intolerant" and in need of being purged? I think this kind of talk is going to turn people off that we will need to defeat an incumbent like Graham.

Agree.

Let's have the Ron Paul approach to civil liberties, not the Gary Johnson approach. The one sure way to turn off Christian conservatives that would otherwise support the "Constitutional" candidate is to be in their face with homosexuality and drugs.