From an email announcing the launch of the new National Independent Party:
To all American Patriots:
The battle has begun. The National Independent Party is now officially launched to challenge the egregious monopoly that Democrats and Republicans have in America!
AFR’s video speech, Why We Must Form a Second Political Party in America, by Nelson Hultberg, is our opening salvo to Washington and its relentless destruction of our country.
It signals the death knell of the Democrat-Republican monolith’s control over our political system. It shows how to put forth a challenge in 2016 that will far exceed Ross Perot’s campaign in 1992 – a true freedom challenge that will rock the nation and make history.
Very important to grasp! We are not a third party! We are a SECOND PARTY formed in defiance of the Democrat-Republican one party state. We intend to restore a genuine two-party system.
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You are the key to bringing freedom and sanity back to the country. In times of great crisis, the “summer soldiers and sunshine patriots” will linger behind a veil of inertia. But true patriots, the men of courage, will join the cause immediately and fervently. You will be the Paul Reveres riding into countless nights to inform America about the hope that the National Independent Party and its crucial Four Pillars of Reform represent.
Click here to view this important video speech!
http://afr.org/nip-video
And then pass the link on to as many of your friends as possible in your address book, to your local newspaper editor, to your favorite talk show host, to the heads of your local civic groups, to every fellow patriot throughout the land who still holds our great country dear in their heart.
Thanks to NewFederalist for this news.
It’s all a game of increasing book sales, appearances booked, appearance fees, media interviews and name recognition. These things in turn all reinforce each other. Rinse, lather, repeat. A lot is a relative term.
It’s also a way to push an issues agenda, which is an entirely legitimate purpose for starting a party. And perhaps he doesn’t yet know how rigged the system is against a new party. Most people don’t.
I can’t imagine that this effort will bring him appreciable ducats.
I think Nick hit it on the head. It’s a vehicle for Hultberg to sell books, makes speeches and make ducats.
Maybe they are a “2nd Party” but maybe they are a 1st Party, I mean why have a duopoly, when you can have a triopoly?
Meanwhile also at A3PR
http://amthirdpartyreport.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/ipr-owner-warren-redlich-may-run-for-president-in-2024/
And they have also taken to attacking me personally in articles….
http://amthirdpartyreport.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/lpwv-nominates-functional-candidate-for-senate/
And author bios
http://amthirdpartyreport.wordpress.com/about/ <-- See Nathan Norman
Nelson ought to read this first before he tries his luck-
http://amthirdpartyreport.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/why-i-failed-to-unite-the-constitutional-right/
So cynical 🙂
He does sound like he thinks he’s just thought of a new idea that no one has tried before, though…
Guy who writes books wants to sell more books, starts political party. Film at 11.
Also Hultberg:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/07/a-new-third-party-is-forming-the-conservative-american-party/
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/01/conservative-theorist-nelson-hultberg-publishes-new-book-%e2%80%9cthe-conservative-revolution-why-we-must-form-a-3rd-political-party-to-win%e2%80%9d/
Why do you assume that? Just based on the name?
I assume they’ll paint themselves as moderates, centrists, pragmatists, anti-extremists, and people want to get past partisan bickering and find solutions that work.
Pretty much the same as the Reform Party. Though Reform did initially focus on two issues: reducing the federal deficit, and ending the trade imbalance.
But since Reform didn’t stand for any clear ideology, it attracted such diverse ideologues as Pat Buchanan, Jesse Ventura, Donald Trump, Ariana Huffington, Ralph Nadar, and that guy from the Natural Law Party, all of whom sought Reform Party endorsements, with varying degree of success.
Conservative with a few libertarianish leanings, as far as I can tell.
And the Justice Party tried to form in 2012 – to little avail. What is the platform of this party? Wouldn’t it be better to have an umbrella COALITION called, e.g., the National Independents, which has in it The Greens, Constitution Party, the Libertarians, the Socialists, and a few others. Find common ground (e.g., a more peaceful foreign policy) and a few other issues (e.g., overturning Citizens United) and run a presidential candidate on this Coalition simple platform…!
The Libertarians and Greens and non-affiliates/independents are the largest parties. Tho they are far apart in some ways, they do have common ground.
I haven’t watched their video yet. For anyone that already watched it, did they distinguish themselves from other alt parties?
They might do well to look up the concept of a “unique selling proposition.”
Antigay
lines up gay marriage with people marrying their dog.
mixed on immigration
rejects gold buggery as bad for the economy.
What is the raison d’etre for this new party?
I’ve always found the idea of an “Independent” party humorous.
Welcome to the fight. The same fight the Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party, Socialist Party, Reform Party, Prohibition Party, etc. have been fighting for decades now.