|
"This newspaper is published under the First Amendment of the Constitution and protected by the citizens and the Second Amendment"
|
||
|
|
||
|
LOOKING SOUTH JOHN THOMAS CRIPPS: OUR MAN IN MISSISSIPPI John T. Cripps is running for governor of the State of Mississippi. As you already know, in 2001 Mississippians were given the opportunity to vote on retaining the historic design of their state flag, and two thirds of them voted to keep it. John Cripps deserves a lot of the credit for forcing the state legislature to agree to a vote, and for turning out the vote. He did not give up the fight once the flag fight was over, but went to work organizing FreeSouth.org. He is a one of us, and this is just the opportunity we have been looking for to get the Southern Movement into the limelight. A victory would be an earthquake, but even a creditable showing would be a boost to the movement and also a warning shot across the bow of a host of carpetbag and scalawag politicians. Is it possible that John T. Cripps, with extremely limited funds, could take on the Democratic and Republican parties, and win? I believe that it is. You must remember that the Georgia flaggers spent less and $20,000 and were the deciding factor in the defeat of Roy Barnes and numerous of his cronies, that spent tens of millions on their campaigns. Here in Minnesota, our past Governor Jesse Ventura, won the governor’s race in 1998. How did he do it, running as a third party candidate, and with a limited budget? Through skillful use of the Internet, and with name recognition. Ventura spent less than $250,000 on his campaign, pocket change by today‘s elections standards. Most importantly, his winning vote total was just 37 percent in a three way race. Just 37 percent, think about that. Last night I had an exchange of email with John Cripps, he said “…things have really taken off and there is a lot of excitement over here. I am trying to raise $2000 by Monday. I am getting my affairs in order and plan to hit the road for the next month.” I sent around an appeal to everyone on my email list appealing for them to help raise the necessary $2,0000. I sent a donation this morning, and our Texas compatriot, Karl Falster, host of the Southern Historical Conference this past August, passed the hat among the members of his SCV camp and, “officers and Men of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp: Col. Gustav Hoffmann Camp gave $340.00 to the war chest of John Cripps for Governor of Mississippi campaign.” Later, Mr. Cripps reported, referring to someone else, “about an hour ago I received a phone call for a good donation from a reliable friend. I feel pretty confident to go ahead and firm up my plans. I think a lot of our people are ready to get behind me now that things have heated up,” and, “I am also calling for a rally on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol on November 1st – 3 days before the vote. This could be a good last-minute shot in the arm and the media will certainly cover it if we can make it significant enough." We must all keep in mind that Mike Crane of the Southern Party of Georgia, running for a county board seat, with limited funds, limited time, and limited name recognition got over 20 percent of the vote during his first time out last November. Clearly, there is a growing segment of the population that longs for something other than the Democratic and Republican parties. It is getting late, but there is still a month to go. In the world of boxing, trainers always tell their fighters that they have to fight the last ten seconds of every round, because that is what the judges will remember. This is the “last ten seconds” of the 2003 Governors Race. Let’s give our fighter in Mississippi the support he needs to fight. He is fighting for all of us, and if any of us can make it to the planned rally on November 1st, by all means go, even if you can't vote in the election, he needs every man and woman he can get to make the rally successful. To visit the Cripps campaign web site, click here.
|
||
|
Help spread the word, refer this page to others,
click
here |
