Anti-treaty group Libertas has hired US election campaigner Joe Trippi to head its June European election campaign, the Irish Times reports. Mr Trippi organised Democrat Howard Dean's 2004 campaign. Libertas leader Declan Ganley announced the move at the launch of his party's German platform Monday.
Now that I've been exposed to Declan Ganley (thanks to ET - now, where do I go for treatment?) It's difficult for me even to picture Trippi, a longtime democratic advisor, in the same room with Libertassians. "It Can't Be Just About Us"--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire
Of course, if Ganley screams we'll all be grateful. keep to the Fen Causeway
So now they do run in Sweden. Remains to be seen wheter they get any ballots out. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
They tried to buy us for 10 millions, if we called ourselves Junilistan-Libertas. But we refuted it, says Sören Wibe, who is the number one candidate from Junilistan.
Who is bankrolling Libertas, again? Ganley personally? Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
Libertas is a party created by irish businessman Declan Ganley, who led the no side
The myth took hold. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I have not seen Libertas mentioned in swedish press earlier (at all, despite reading a lot on the irish referendum) so I suspect that line is lifted from the Libertas press release about running in the election. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
