Geoff Neale is the new LNC Chairman
Las Vegas - Six ballots later, the Libertarian National Committee has a new chair: Geoff Neale.
Neale, a former chair of the national committee between 2002-2004 and the Texas state party in 90s, was not a candidate for the race until today when he was nominated from the floor before the third round of voting. Neale, originally from England, is a technology consultant. He defeated None Of The Above 61 percent to 37 percent.
During his victory speech Neale used the famous Las Vegas tourism slogan, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" to encourage delegates to not leave angry and at odds with each other.
"Thers been a lot of rancor at this convention. I 'd like to think that we have been advocates for our view points not adversaires, please try to take that away with you from this conventon. Passionate advocacy is essential for libertarian communications and opperations as a group," he said.
Neale said that his first act of business as chairman was to sitdown the national commitee and with the Johnson campaign to see what they can do to help the campaign as well as ensure ballot access nationwide.
Mark Rutherford, the former vice-chair of the party, was Neale's strongest opponent and the only candidate to survive Saturday's debacle.
Neale received the endorsement of former presidential candidates Lee Wrights and Mary Ruwart, powerful representives of the so-called purist wing of the party.
Neale's nomination video after the jump.
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Just here now.
"Thers been a lot of rancor at this convention..."
Finally.
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Both of the Party's candidates are actually qualified to be Pres.
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Ruwart may be homely, but I wouldn't compare her to a dungeon creature.
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Of course not. She's much shorter.
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Ruwart's adorable.
She makes me feel amorous.
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So this is all still radical/reform tug-o-war?
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That seems to be how Reason is spinning it, but the LNC from 2010-2012 made alot of godawful decisions that cost the party thousands of dues paying members.
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Big fish/small pond issues.
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Thank God it's over with. And to Messrs. Quinn and Riggs: it was a pleasure meeting you both. Great work with the coverage.
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The LNC is paying the piper for terrible decision making its had the last two years.
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Neale chose to announce from the podium when he was campaigning for this slot today that previous officers, who were also running for things, had been up to financial sleights of hand, which he had been asked to sign off on as Treasurer at the time, and which he had done. But said that now he thought he could keep these secrets no longer. So he named said people by name from the podium as part of his campaign against them.
So he is either lying now, or he was lying then, but felt bad about it.
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Cat herding.
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It seems very odd to make these charges in a 3 minute speech when the convention is about to be evicted that o one has time to understand or reply to. Re some $500,000 budget item.
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