lee wrights. [applause] r. lee wrights, where is lee wrights? [applause] >> what a gentleman, when a pleasure, what the the light it has been sued debate lee wrights -- what a delight it has been sued the date -- to debate lee wrights. >> let's get this guy elected. >> he said it along the way, and it is true. we made each other better -- better candidates. no one could have been more cordial, more gracious, more particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs -- particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs. so, where do we go from here? this is about winning. this is about winning. so, this is your decision, but i want to execute the following, and that is, please consider jim gray as my running mate. i believe that he affords the best opportunity to winning, and in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice presidential candidates, and without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyone else. i go back to the year 2000 when i met jim gr

you got your ass kicked by lee wrights. [applause] lee wrights. where is lee wrights? lee wrights?[applause] what a gentleman. what a gentleman. what a pleasure, what a delight it has been to debate lee wrights about a dozen times. [applause] >> let's get this guy elected. [applause] >> lee wrights said it along the way, and it's true. we made each other better candidates, and i candidate thank him enough. like i say, no one, no one could have been more cordial. no one could have been more gracious. no one could have been more articulate in libertarian ideals and beliefs. [applause] so where do we go from here? this is about winning. this is about winning. this is your decision, but i want to ask you the following. that is please consider jim gray as my running mate. [cheers and applause] i believe that jim gray affords the best opportunity to winning. i want you to know in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice president candidates. without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyon

cast its votes as follows -- for votes, gary johnson, one vote lee wrights. >> mr. chairman, the great state of arizona, beautiful land of desert, pine covered mounds, and the grand canyon, where we are celebrating our centennial anniversary as a state and where we find the work -- the most notorious politicians, which proudly cast our votes as follows. 11 for gary johnson, 94 lee wrights, and one for -- 94 --9 for lee wrights. >> for california, land of zero entrepreneurs and risk takers -- land of on to vendors and risk

lee wright. for the nominations?would like to place a nomination for carl pearsons. >> for the nominations microphone for. >> i move to suspend the rules to allow the nomination of dr. ron paul. >> it has been moved to suspend the rules that allow -- that requires a two-thirds vote. is there a second. all those in favor of the suspension of the rules, please signify by setting aye. fails. four other nominations from the floor. microphone 8. >> i nominate jim byrnes. >> jim burns has been placed into nomination. further nominations. seeing no for the nominations, nominations are closed. -- further nominations, nominations are closed. so the process that we are going to follow for presentations and nominating speeches is we will randomly select putting on a piece of paper the numbers one through four. they can edits are their representatives. the was elected member from -- it looks like nobody has -- does will be the number they are nominated. it will give their nominating speeches. >> will one person from each of the

lee wrights please come to the microphone? nominator andenominato seconder please come to the microphone? >> hello, everybody. you know, when moses said to the pharaoh, this caller is a little tight, could you loosen it just a little bit? and did not say to the pharaoh, what your whipping took me with on your back, it hurts a little bit. maybe you could use plastic. moses said to the pharaoh, set my people freae. i have to ask a question. what did you come here today? why did you spend a week away from your family? you spent thousands of dollars, you took a lot of your time and you took of time from work just to be here. i don't think anybody came here to be just delivered libertarian. -- just l libertarian people it is just a little libertarian. people are fed up with the two- party system that we have. the people that join this movement have had it. those are the people that we appeal to. we do not appeal to the tea party. we should appeal -- i have a question for you. we have a growth problem in the libertarian party. that

lee wrights is a hammer. so i asked you to nominate lee wrights to be that hammer for gary johnson, so liberty will win. [applause] >> i find myself in a position where i have to thank my about family once again. we have already won today, we have shown america how different libertarians can be, that we are not crazy boogeyman that we are painted to be. i am proud of each and everyone of you and i thank you for your support. i want to tell you what i bring to this race. it is not just about me, it is about the libertarian party committee with gary johnson and lee wrights leading the way. you do not just get me. you have all seen my body of work by now, the videos, the press releases. i am proud to say, i am humbled, that my whole staff, to a man and a woman, have pledged to work six more months for free to make this happen. they are not doing it for lee wrights car gary johnson, they are doing it for the libertarian party and for america. i am proud of everyone of them. [applause] i bring to this race a liber

lee wrights is a hammer! i ask you to nominate lee wrights to run with governor gary johnson so liberty will win! [cheers and applause] >> i find myself in a position to thank my family once again for giving me this honor for you to even consider me. we already won. we showed america how different libertarians can be, and we're not the crazy boogeyman we've been painted to be. i'm proud of each and every one of you. i thank you for your support. i'll tell you what i bring to this race. it's not just about me. it's about the libertarian party winning with gary johnson and lee wrights leading the way. you don't just get me. you've seen my body of work by now. the videos, the op-eds, the press releases. i'm proud to say, i'm humbled to say that my whole life has pledged to work six more months for free to make this happen. they're not doing it for lee wrights. they're not doing it for gary johnson. they're doing it for the libertarian party for america. and i'm proud of every one of them! [cheers and applause] i

we proudly cast one vote for gary johnson and a one-vote pour lee wrights. >> the great state of north dakota, soon to eliminate proper taxes, represented today -- to eliminate property taxes, is represented by three state what libertarian candidates. three votes for governor gary johnson. [applause] >> nevada is the silver state, and proud home state of our national convention for 2012. we proudly cast 13 votes for governor gary johnson. >> seeing that all delegates have reported their totals, i would like to bring the tony

. >> 90% of why i supported lee wrights is the principles. [unintelligible] >> thank you very much. >> i have been supporting you for a long time. >> i am following my heart right now. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> what do you think about the v.p. chart? >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. [unintelligible] >> what do you think about judge gray? [unintelligible] >> thank you very much. >> i would like to give you a campaign contribution. >> holy cow. >> i am one of your top supporters. >> i think the world of lee wrights, i really do. >> i will see when you get back to texas. >> i thought i was off, and then i had to go back to work. >> if i can help out in any way, i would like to do that. i will be contacting north texas state representative and sending in a check. >> i am looking forward to the 3:00. >> good luck, you were really fired up today. >> we will now come to order. i guess come to order or the magic words. -- were the magic words. based on the prior motion that was passed to dispense with the readin

lee wrights your presidential nominee, he will make you proud to be libertarian. lp has always been his first choice. i hope lee will be yours. now, here is lee wrights. then i did you miss me? [laughter] it is wonderful to be here today. i cannot tell you what an honor it is to stand before you and be considered, to represent my family to the american public. we can make a difference in 2012 and beyond, but we have to do that by being different, and that should be easy enough because most of us are different already. different enough to know that the only way the federal government can create jobs is by firing bureaucrat, different enough to know that the devastating war on drugs has got to be stopped so we can save precious lives in this country. if enough to know that taxes, regulation, government agencies exacerbate our problems rather than solving our problems for us. if enough to know the individuals are added to make their own decisions and to get bureaucrats involved. given enough to know that we can take care of ourselves without any help at all. -- differ

. >> reporter: laura lee wright has cerebral palsy. she runs the program. >> they could go into regular class, but they might not really get the message of jesus and the message of hope, because our volunteers are trained to accommodate their special need and their conditions. >> can you all show me how you pray? >> reporter: unfortunately, northland's attitude toward the disabled may be the exception rather than the rule. over the years, america's millions of physically, mentally, and emotionally disabled have made great strides in the workplace, but places of worship have lagged behind. jim hukill was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was only two. he has made it his life's mission to open more churches to the disabled. >> we are still very much in an infantile state with the faith and disability movement. i think that we have seen over the last decade a significant advancement, but we are nowhere near what has to happen. >> reporter: places of worship and the disabled is the subject of a new book called amazing gifts by auth

lee wrights. [applause] he hails from burnett, texas. and our second candidate, gary johnson. [applause] i think you all know gary is the former governor of new mexico and he is currently a resident of telson, new mexico. each candidate will have a three minute opening statement in which they can tell you just about anything they would like to tell you. after that, we will have questions and each candidate will have 90 seconds maximum to answer the questions that are posed. there is a possibility of a bottle of something comes up in one man's response -- of rebuttal of something -- if something comes up in one man's response. that is 30 seconds. then the concluding statement. we have in front of us a timer. to help us keep order. delegates also have had the opportunity to submit questions. we have some of those. i will try to present those, perhaps paraphrasing to fit better into this format. with that introduction, i would like to begin. we will alternate in the response time. that seems fair. mr. johnson, will you begin with your 3 minute opening statement? >> governments in

wright portrayed as the crafty svengali. the defeat of barack hussein obama. and while mitt romney made like the road runner scrambling from the ad scream like it was why lee e. coyote, he was crushed. >> it is fair if someone wants to highlight the reverend jeremiah right and his relationship with president obama because, quite frankly, it wasn't highlighted enough in 2008 when he was running the first time. >> mccain was crazy not to bring it up. not a matter of exploiting it. it was a legitimate issue. >> this is the truth about the mindset that he developed. you know what? i think for governor romney to take it off the table, he doesn't have to talk about it, be tow repudiation people that do? >> repudiation people that do? poor hannity. that's personal for him because he's only mentioned the reverend wright in 291 segments of his show since the president's inauguration. we've got a fantastic panel here with us on friday. in philadelphia, professor james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university and a blogger for "washington post" and in washington, julian epstein. good afternoon with all of you. dr. peterson, if i might start with you,

. >> julie wright do you have a guess what the l in samuel l jackson stands for. >> no. >> he roy. >> really? >> yes, samuel leeid not know that. >> wow your friends later. >> i am trying to think of when that is going to come up. [ laughter ] >> as a rule to bring it up. >> all right. on the roads right now, you guys, very much a busy drive, especially for those in howard county, westbound 32, before you reach 29 accident activity in lay only the right lane able to get by extensive back ups, eastbound route 100 before i- 95, a four car pile up tieing up the left side of the highway, 270, old georgetown road a 40 minute commute coming across the wilson bridge lanes are open a little below speed, st. barn bus to telegraph, and gw parkway, northbound memorial bridge accident in the right lane that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> new this morning, a bombing in afghanistan, seven people died in blasts in the capital of kabul early the morning a gun fight followed the explosion which happened outside a compound housing hundreds of foreign workers. the attack came after president barack obama gave a spe

wright jr.. >> jane. >> tibet squadron two. -- cadet squadron two. >> joseph patrick boyle. >> scott andrew brooks. >> michael anthony butler. casey robert carswell. >> meredith ashley. >> john paul. >> writing james gardner. >> john frederick. >> kenneth andrew neil. >> cody lee o'connell. >> austin. >> eric phillips. >> gerard courtney paul. >> raymond. >> laurin. >> david. >> tanner. >> cadet squadron three. nathan thomas armstrong. >> bryce pierre thomas bergman. >> jonathan david. >> lauren michele carter. >> sheldon crosby. >> caleb scott cole. >> garrick james. >> corey andrew eddy. >> michael fleming. >> cody jerome gentry. >> jorge gonzales jr. >> caitlin gregory. >> in shelly rebecca mead johnson. >> samantha christine jones. >> patrick howard joseph. >> jonathan frederick campbell. >> jamie reuss. >> david anthony lukas the second. >> henry fred the third. >> sheila sherman. >> dennis smith. >> ryan scott. michael. >> calvin james pindell >> can get squadron four. -- calvin james. >> a cadet squadron four. >> london bradley. >> matthew ryan. >> corbin john boyle. >> hanna ashley campbell. >> daniel james castro. >> anthony david. >> sean thomas m. re-. >> david anthony. >> harris and michael green. >> matthew henderson. >> brett james mckinnon. >> t

lee wrights is a hammer. so i asked you to nominate lee wrights to be that hammer for gary johnson, so liberty will win. [applause] >> i find myself in a position where i have to thank my about family once again. we have already won today, we have shown america how different libertarians can be, that we are not crazy boogeyman that we are painted to be. i am proud of each and everyone of you and i thank you for your support. i want to tell you what i bring to this race. it is not just about me, it is about the libertarian party committee with gary johnson and lee wrights leading the way. you do not just get me. you have all seen my body of work by now, the videos, the press releases. i am proud to say, i am humbled, that my whole staff, to a man and a woman, have pledged to work six more months for free to make this happen. they are not doing it for lee wrights car gary johnson, they are doing it for the libertarian party and for america. i am proud of everyone of them. [applause] i bring to this race a liber