MO LP pissing match follow-ups.

In my Inbox today:

Hi "vote-libertarian",

You have every right to criticize the leadership or lack thereof of the MOLP.

Your e-mail did not include a real name. Words carry a great deal more weight
when the person who writes them stands behind them.

Criticism is even more valuable when it is accompanied by concrete suggestions
for how the situation can be improved.

I agree with the point that the leadership of the MOLP should not play favorites.
I have stressed that point privately to a number of people, including Bob.
Although I may not agree with what Bob has done recently I am willing to cut
him some slack. He has worked very hard the last four years as the MOLP State Chair.
Frankly, I think he is getting burned out and frustrated. Bob has already said
he will be stepping down after this term.

Perhaps these issues can be raised when the MOLP elects a new State Chair and
Executive Committee next March. I hope you will participate in that
process in a positive way to help the MOLP move forward.

Regards,

Glenn Nielsen
Webmaster, District 9 Executive Committee Member
Missouri Libertarian Party

While I believe the position's validity exists independently of the identity of the person making it, if you want a name, here you go -- John Hutchison. Go crazy. I guess I sort of assumed you'd find my name on my weblog.

There was also this pissy little note from Bob Sullentrup in my inbox:

Dear John Thayer,

In as much as you did not bother to contact me to get my side of this before you post, I prefer to not fill you in on important details that you have missed.

That way your ignorance remains exposed, and you will reap the consequences that you have sewn.

Sewn? Should I get out my needle and thread? One who doesn't know the difference between sewing and sowing has no business lecturing others on their 'ignorance.'

Tell me, Bob (or should I add another 'o' to your name), in what context is this

Sullentrup said that Swenson showed up ill-prepared, ill-groomed and "wearing a Hawaiian shirt" at a recent forum with the other governor candidates.

NOT an anti-Libertarian, elitist, clique-loving, Eastern-liberal snobbery? What could YOUR "side of the story" do to disabuse me of my notion me that you believe people who don't conform to your little business-suit-wearing model have no business running for office as a Libertarian?