Below is an e-mail sent to me by the Jon Barrie campaign. I know the Johnson endorsement or lack thereof is controversial, but the letter contains information about other endorsements as well:
Jon Barrie
The Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate
7316 Williamsburg Road NW « Albuquerque NM 87114
www.jonbarrieforsenate.com«[email protected]« 505-999-2118
Dear Friend of Liberty:
We’re coming down to the wire, and my campaign as the Independent for US Senate still has a few miracles up our sleeves.
First, Governor Gary Johnson endorsed me. What a thrill it is to have the Libertarian Party candidate for President as part of the Barrie Brigade. Governor Johnson sent me this note … to send to you:
“Jon is committed to lowering and eliminating taxes, minimizing the size of our federal government, restoring our Liberty and Freedoms, and the limits placed on Government as explicated in our Constitution. His commitment to Liberty and demonstrated conservative economic principles make him the best-qualified candidate for the US Senate in New Mexico. Be Libertarian with me! Vote for Jon Ross Barrie for the United States Senate.”
But that’s only the first miracle. Former four term Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode, the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party, also endorsed me:
“I was encouraged by the news that you beat the odds and got on the ballot in New Mexico. I know full well how the establishment parties have set-up strong barriers for alternative candidates who offer voters real choices on the issues that matter. On those issues I’m glad we are in agreement: Second Amendment rights must be protected; auditing the Federal Reserve is long overdue; and the abolition of such un-Constitutional federal agencies as the Departments of Energy and Education will help get the government out of debt. You are taking the message of liberty to New Mexico’s voters as a champion of Constitutional government. You have my full support and best wishes for your courageous and dynamic campaign.”
Others have lent their endorsements as well …
“Jon Barrie is a no-strings-attached candidate. I’m tired of politicians buying elections with negative ads. Jon Barrie is a man of the people and understands what it takes to survive in this crazy economy. He knows what needs to be done to get New Mexico and America on track.”
~ Jim Doyle, past president, New Mexico Roofing and Contracting Association
I need your endorsement now too. Not only in word but in deed as well. While you think of it, will you please invest in my campaign? It’s been a struggle to keep up with the establishment candidates. Along with their Washington special interest friends, Wilson and Heinrich have spent nearly $18 million trying to buy this election. But we’ve never let that stop the Barrie Brigade from it’s focus: rallying Patriots like you to fight for a political agenda of liberty and freedom.
So I need your help financially. One dear friend said why she’s investing:
“I appreciate Jon’s vision and values – he stands up for what’s right in America.”
~ Andrea Rogers, homeschool mother of four
And now is the time to join my “Three Plus Me” project as well. Ask three people to come with you to the polls and vote for the Independent candidate for U.S. Senate. Remember, there are three candidates, but only one choice.
I hope you’ll join my Barrie Brigade in these final days. Please know that I’m doing all I can to get my message of restoring Constitutional government heard far and wide.
The rest is in God’s hands.
Faithfully yours,
Jon
P.S. I just got this note from Nate Padilla, a Central New Mexico Community College student: “Jon Barrie isn’t just another politician. He’ll be tough on the Washington bureaucrats and he offers ideas that make sense to my future. I’m voting for him and I know a lot of my friends are too.” One final request: please pass along this e-mail to others who you think will appreciate our campaign to restore Constitutional government.
“There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties,
each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other” ~ John Adams
Paid for and authorized by Jon Barrie, Independent American Party candidate for U.S. Senate; Robert Bowen, Treasurer
There are several versions of this bouncing around – it may have been sent out to the Libertarian Party who are refusing to believe the rumor that Johnson would withdraw an endorsement. The LPers have been a core group of the Barrie Brigade right from the start.