Libertarian Ed Thompson Spends $20, Wins Mayoral Election

[Galileo]

Libertarian Ed Thompson Spends $20, Wins Mayoral Election




My friend Ed Thompson was just elected mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin for the second time. Here’s the news release:





Charismatic Libertarian Ed Thompson won Tuesday’s mayoral election by nearly a two-to-one margin over incumbent Chuck Ludeking.





Speaking from his Tomah supper club, the Teepee, Thompson said he found about 50 dusty yard signs in a storage shed, leftovers from his previous campaign for mayor in 2000. He also dug up four highway signs from his Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign of 2002.





Thompson spent $10 for black and white paint to make appropriate changes to the highway signs. He said, “I paid my handyman, Terry Waddell, another $10 to clean up and paint the signs.”





Thompson referred to his frugal $20 campaign as a metaphor for how government should be run. In his previous term as mayor he cut city expenses by 13% while improving services to the community.





Thompson says that large expenditures should be decided in referendum by the people, not by a handful of city council members. “The people have been left out of the political process at all levels,” he said. “I want to change that.”





He went on to say, “We’re going to change government at the grassroots level. I want to show that libertarian values are American values, that we, the people, don’t want government bureaucracies meddling in our private lives.”





Thompson also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin.





His 2002 Libertarian gubernatorial campaign made 3rd party history in Wisconsin when he got 10.5% of the vote with only about 2% of the total money spent on that election.





Thompson quipped, “Maybe I should run for governor again some day, but it would probably take more than 20 bucks, maybe more like a couple hundred.”





http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/04/01/libertarian-ed-thompson-spends-20-wins-mayoral-election/

[ChumpDumper]

Seeing as there are about 8500 people in that town, he probably could have just talked to every voter personally in a couple week's time.

[Galileo]

Seeing as there are about 8500 people in that town, he probably could have just talked to every voter personally in a couple week's time.

Ed is the brother of former Wisconsin Governor & former Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson.

Ed is very popular in Wisconsin and can win pretty much any election there with little effort.

www.edthompson.com

[ChumpDumper]

Ed is very popular in Wisconsin and can win pretty much any election there with little effort.Except the governor's race that he lost getting only 10.5% of the vote.

[peewee's lovechild]

His brother bought it for him.

[Galileo]

Except the governor's race that he lost getting only 10.5% of the vote.

That was six years ago when he was a political newbie. His popularity has increased greatly since then.

Here is more info:

POLL: SUPPORT FOR THOMPSON MUCH HIGHER THAN 10.5%

11/25/2002

(Plover) Ed Thompson, former Mayor of Tomah and Libertarian candidate for governor, released at Sunday's Libertarian Party of Wisconsin Executive Committee meeting the results of a poll of 1,000 voters in the November 5 governor race. Scott Rasmussen Public Opinion Research conducted the poll on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3%, with a 95% level of confidence.

"This poll shows that voters' support for my campaign is much higher than the 10.5% of the vote I received on Election Day," said Thompson.

The poll shows that (1) Thompson voters with a second choice for governor split evenly among the Republican, Democrat, and Green candidates; (2) 72% of voters like having Libertarian and Green governor choices on the ballot; (3) Thompson's vote total would have doubled to 23% if all voters thought Thompson could win; and (4) Thompson had the best favorable versus unfavorable rating, a favorable rating only surpassed by the winning candidate, and the lowest unfavorable rating. A copy of the complete poll can be obtained by calling Friends for Ed Thompson at (608) 374-2675. Selected poll results follow:

Did you vote for Republican Scott McCallum, Democrat Jim Doyle, Libertarian Ed Thompson, or Green Candidate Jim Young?

41% Scott McCallum
45% Jim Doyle
11% Ed Thompson
3% Jim Young

Okay... If Ed Thompson did not run for Governor, would you have voted for Republican Scott McCallum, Democrat Jim Doyle, or Green candidate Jim Young? [asked only of Thompson voters]

30% Scott McCallum
30% Jim Doyle
27% Jim Young
10% Would not have voted
4% Not sure

Generally speaking, is it good to have Libertarian and Green Party candidates in the race, or would it be better if the election were just between Republicans and Democrats?

72% Good to have Libertarian and Green candidates
22% Better with just Republicans and Democrats
4% Doesn't make any difference
2% Not sure

Okay... suppose that before the election, you found out that Ed Thompson had a good chance to win the election. If you knew Thompson could win, would you have voted for Republican Scott McCallum, Democrat Jim Doyle, Libertarian Ed Thompson, or Green candidate Jim Young?

34% Scott McCallum
37% Jim Doyle
23% Ed Thompson
3% Jim Young
2% Not Sure

I'm going to read you a short list of names. For each, please let me know if you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of that person.

Scott McCallum

38% Favorable
55% Unfavorable
8% Not sure
-17% Favorable Rating (Fav. minus Unfav.)

Jim Doyle

44% Favorable
45% Unfavorable
11% Not sure
-1% Favorable Rating (Fav. minus Unfav.)

Ed Thompson

39% Favorable
39% Unfavorable
23% Not sure
0% Favorable Rating (Fav. minus Unfav.)

http://www.edthompson.com/displayPress.php?which=137

ED THOMPSON DEFEATED BY "THE POLLS"
http://www.edthompson.com/display.php?which=282

[Galileo]

His brother bought it for him.

Tommy Thompson stupidly endorsed Rudy Giuliani, unfortunetly.

The brothers get along very well, but Tommy is a Republican while Ed is a Libertarian.

[Galileo]

A Remarkable Man-Trailer


Ed Thompson had been a boxer, professional poker player, tavern owner, construction worker, and salesman, but unlike his older brother, Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, Ed hated politics. When his Monroe County supper club was raided for illegal gambling activities, Ed faced 8 years in prison and a $40,000 fine for paying an undercover agent $5 from a penny video poker machine. He was outraged. For the first time in his life Ed got involved in politics—and he got even. That's only the beginning.


Ed Thompson's story is about the determination of a not-so-ordinary guy who refuses to bow to injustice, battling for both himself and others against the forces of a powerful political machine. You can't help but like him. Ed is gregarious, witty, shrewd, lovable and compassionate—and he's one heck of a fighter.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8580756442630573878&q=ed+thompson+remarkable+man&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0


The Libertarian Alternative - Ed Thompson
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1950101503201066375&q=ed+thompson&total=618&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

[Galileo]

Ed got 48.5 votes per dollar spent.

That means Ed needs about $1.3 million to be elected president of the United States.

[SPARKY]

Ed also believes that the WTC was a controlled demolition because he once saw a show on the History Channel.

[Galileo]

Ed also believes that the WTC was a controlled demolition because he once saw a show on the History Channel.

source?

[SPARKY]

Ed knows people, man. He's also a member of the CFR, Bildebergers, and the local Kiwanis Club.

[Galileo]

Ed knows people, man. He's also a member of the CFR, Bildebergers, and the local Kiwanis Club.

I'm a friend of Ed's. What you say is not true. Are you just talkin' out of your ass?

[SPARKY]

Ed told me once about this friend of his who was a bit off his rocker and believed all this 9-11 conspiracy bullshit.

[Galileo]

Ed told me once about this friend of his who was a bit off his rocker and believed all this 9-11 conspiracy bullshit.

what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[Galileo]

Does the $20 exceed the spending limits of the McCain-Feingold law???

[ChumpDumper]

Ed got 48.5 votes per dollar spent.

That means Ed needs about $1.3 million to be elected president of the United States.I see you still suck at math.

[E20]

I'm waiting for Galilieo's math forumals to prove why Ed Thompson is the greatest.