National Chairman's Letter

October 2000

Dear Members and Friends of the Independent American Party,

The General Election is close and the 2000 campaign is nearly over. We watched the Bush/Gore debates and the Cheney/Lieberman debate. We were disappointed that the third party candidates were excluded from the debates. The two "established" parties and the establishment media will do whatever necessary to prevent another party from coming to the fore. But whatever the results on November 7th, we will continue our efforts for freedom and seek ways to overcome the two major parties and major media. With God's help, we will succeed!

Howard Phillips of Virginia and Dr. Curtis Frazier of Missouri are our Independent American Party Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees, respectively. They are also the nominees of the Constitution Party. They continue to campaign actively despite minimal media coverage and low standings in public opinion polls. They will be on the ballot in about 40 states and are qualified write-ins in several other states. In most states, they will be listed on the Constitution Party ticket. A number of articles, speeches and interviews by Howard and two by Curtis appear on our www.usiap.org web site (just click the Candidates navigation button).

One of our Utah candidates, Jeremy Friedbaum, who is running for Governor, protested his exclusion from a dozen media debates between the Democratic and Republican Gubernatorial candidates. He went on a hunger strike (or fast) for 39 days, and was consequently interviewed by a number of newspapers, and radio and television stations. He received more media attention from the fast than any other third party candidate in Utah, and was even mentioned in the New York Times. Maybe this was an extreme measure, but he was noticed, and he was finally invited into a non-media debate with his two opponents. Several of Jeremy's news releases and articles appear on our web site (just click the States navigation button, then click on Utah).

On November 7th, Americans have the rare privilege of voting in a totally free democratic election. Unfortunately, the likely outcome has been stacked by manipulations of the major parties and the major media. Still, we have the choice of voting our conscience, voting for the lesser of two evils, or not voting at all. Voter apathy is caused by disillusionment with politics, the feeling of helplessness to do anything about it, indifference and ignorance. Our freedom is a gift from God! and the right to vote is part of that gift. God expects us to use the gifts that he has given us and in a rightful manner. The conscientious voter studies the issues and candidates, and even prays, in an effort to elect good, honest and wise men to office. Even if our ballot choices don't prevail, may we someday be able to stand before God and report we did all we could for freedom and voted for the best candidates that would uphold it!

Yours for Freedom!

Bruce Bangerter
IAP National Chairman