George Phillies
Libertarian
For President In 2008 |
About George Phillies America is in real trouble, and most Americans know it. The great majority of Americans agree: We are on the wrong track. The things that matter are getting worse, not better.
I could go on. We have the solutions that America longs for. Now all we need to do is to put our Libertarian solutions into effect and Save America. However, those solutions are worth nothing until they are presented to the American people and put into effect. We need effective spokespeople who will deliver our message in a way that will be heard. Those spokespeople are called candidates. Message delivery is called the campaign. Real campaigns are based on advocacy, activists, and advertising. How do we advocate for our issues? How do we energize our friends to become active in politics? How do we justify those issue and campaign ads? We run candidates. Lots of candidates. Candidates at every level. In particular, in every election, every American should have the chance to vote Libertarian. (For more on candidates and campaigns, read my book "Stand Up for Liberty" from Third Millennium, now available from Amazon Dot Com .) I'm going to do my share. In 2008, I'll be 61. I have already had a long and successful professional life as a physicist and author. I've run for Federal office before, Congress in 1998. I won my debates. I've been active in our Presidential nominating and general election campaigns at a high level. I've seen what needs to be done. In fact I wrote a book one what we did in past cycles, and how we might do it better next time. And I can see where we are in the election cycle. It's time to get moving! If a much stronger candidate came along, I will be delighted to withdraw and turn my energies to building her or his campaign and our Party. That has to happen. At some point, you have to stand up and be counted. I am therefore seeking our Party's nomination for the 2008 Presidential Campaign. One of my earliest steps in preparing for this campaign was to ask myself who would be a sound choice for a candidate for Vice President. My immediate thought was Karen Kwiatkowski, whose writings on the War on Iraq have had a major effect on public policy. We spoke. She is now in the Libertarian Party race for Vice President. America's campaign finance laws have some interesting features, such that it is extremely advantageous for the pre-nomination campaigns for President and Vice President to remain entirely separate. We do not know who will be in the race in 2008, so she is not endorsing anyone as a candidate for our Presidential nomination. Please join us. Help build a Libertarian future for America. George's Biography George Phillies was born July 23, 1947 in Buffalo, New York, first son of Eustace G. Phillies, M.D. and Clara Phillies. Phillies grew up in Kenmore and Williamsville, New York, finished as salutatorian at the Williamsville Central High School [now Williamsville North], and went to M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While at MIT, Phillies earned degrees of Bachelor of Science in physics and in life sciences, as well as Master of Science and (in 1973) Doctor of Science degrees in physics. Phillies then joined the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program as a researcher.In 1975, Phillies moved to California, working as a postdoctoral fellow in the U.C.L.A. Chemistry department. Phillies in 1978 moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was employed as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. In 1985, after declining alternatives at nationally-known schools, Phillies moved to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he rose to the rank of Professor of Physics. Phillies has attained international recognition for his scientific studies of light scattering, soaps, and polymer solutions. [Phillies: ``A polymer is a long thin molecule, shaped like a strand of spaghetti. A polymer solution pours very slowly. An engineer uses the pouring to design machines. A physicist asks `Why do molecules shaped like spaghetti strands pour slowly?'] Almost all first-rate universities are run by elected faculty committees, and WPI is no exception. Phillies has repeatedly been elected to the most important WPI committees. Some years ago, at a meeting of the WPI Faculty, WPI Provost Diran Apelian opened his remarks `George, you are the conscience of the WPI Faculty'. In 1971, Phillies joined the United States Army Reserves, eventually rising to the rank of Specialist, 5th Class, a rank that no longer exists, in a Boston unit, the 338th Medical Detachment. He received an honorable discharge in 1977. In 1994, the Libertarian Party gained major-party status in Massachusetts. Phillies has since participated actively in Libertarian Party organizing efforts in Central and Western Massachusetts. In 1996, he was elected Executive Director of the Massachusetts Libertarian Association, and was the party nominee for United States Senator from Massachusetts. In 1998, he ran for Congress as a Libertarian against Democratic Party incumbent Jim McGovern and Republican Matt Amorello. One of his three-way debates was later carried coast to coast on CSPAN-II, 7PM EST, the Thursday before the election. In 2004, Phillies was elected as one of the two Regular members of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts State Committee.Phillies says of his political work: "I'm a libertarian activist. I ran for Congress. The Press said I won my debates with my Democratic and Republican opponents. In 2004, I was national volunteer coordinator ('National Mobilization Facilitator') for the Badnarik and Russo Libertarian Presidential Campaigns. I helped found the Pioneer Valley Libertarian Association http://www.pvla.net, Massachusetts' oldest and largest libertarian volunteer group. I'm Political Facilitator, a statewide office, for Liberty for Massachusetts http://www.LibertyForMassachusetts.org, Massachusetts' functional statewide libertarian activist group. If you're in Massachusetts, please join us. I'm chair of the Worcester County Chapter, ACLU of Massachusetts http://www.aclu-mass.org and endorse their message 'Domestic Spying Rendition Torture Secret Prisons-Is This Your America?' If you're in Worcester County, please join us. I'm a board member of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts http://www.lpma.org. I've served as campaign treasurer for a half dozen libertarian campaigns. In 2003 I organized Freedom Ballot Access http://www.freedomballotaccess.org to raise money for ballot access efforts. I publish Let Freedom Ring and Libertarian Strategy Gazette, read nationally by thousands of libertarians, available free at http://cmlc.org/headerpublications.htm."
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