Are there any people standing in for congress, state governer or whatever who are as mad as a badger ?. What are there policies, did they get elected ?. And I mean the sort who want to arm babies with uzis, or want to spray-paint all dogs green or something. The more insane the better.
My Favorite Martians http://larouchein2004.net/pages/interviews/2002/021019larshow.htm And, of course, it's not too late to get on the LaRouche bandwagon for 2004! You should know before contributing that he spent some time in prison for soaking people's credit cards If I was motivated, I'll bet that I could find some real doozies in the Natural Law Party
The LaRouchies are often in downtown chicago with their loudspeaker blathering on about whatever it is LaRouchies blather on about. Nobody ever pays them any attention whatsoever except to quicken their pace and avoid eye contact as they walk past.
Well, I don't know if this quite fits what you're looking for, but in a fit of "O Brother Where Art Thou" style campaigning, the Democratic candidate for governor in Alabama has commissioned a song debunking his Republican opponent. The song isn't even original, he's ripped off the tune to an old bluegrass song called "Dooley." Here's the link: http://www.rileyrecord.com/ He created a website just to bash the opposing candidate. On the left side of the page, under the cartoon of the Riley, you will see a link to listen to the "Phony Pony Song." click on that and let the madness begin. The song is called that because Riley's main campaign photo is of him sitting on a horse. It is ridiculous.
Montana's libertarian candidate turned himself blue. Drank some silver solution to prevent disease because of his fears of Y2K. The other fringe candidate (Green Party candidate, but not endorced by the MT Greens) in Montana is good too. The Daily Show had a really great piece on them last night. Here's a link about the blue skin, great picture! http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/10/02/candidate.blue.skin.ap/
And of course, you have Jim Traficant running for reelection from prison. Unfortunately he is not expected to win.
Tom Leighton ran for governor of New York under the Marijuana Reform Party. His only platform was about … well, marijuana. www.marijuanareform.org Leighton finished fifth with 1% of the vote, higher than Andrew Cuomo.
How about the new Senator from Georgia, who had the unbelievable gall to accuse the incumbent, Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Viet Nam, of cowardice. That's just nutty! What's happened to patriotism in Georgia, that this sad excuse for a piece of dung just got elected?
There was one really interesting candidate in the Maryland congressional district that pitted Chris Van Hollen against Connie Morella. (Van Hollen won by the way). Also on the ballot was Stephen Bassett. He ran as an independent, and had a very interesting website and platform located at www.disclosure2003.net Some excerpts from his campaign included: "For the past five decades the human race has been caught between two worlds, two paradigms. While millions of people worldwide have come to understand they are not alone in the universe, that an extraterrestrial presence has become manifest about the planet, the governments of the world, frozen in place by fear and indecision, have been unable to publicly engage this new reality. This cannot continue. It is time for the United States of America, a nation which views itself as a leader of nations, to formally acknowledge this extraterrestrial presence. During the campaign the premise will be put forth that conditions under which the United States government can end the UFO/ET truth embargo will be ideal in the coming year - thus the name "Disclosure2003."" "The citizens of the eighth district of Maryland live in one of the richest and highest educated communities in the nation. Their cities and counties are well run, public services are comprehensive, schools are highly rated and the quality of life is excellent. Could this community be better? Are there problems to address? Of course. But the twenty-first century and the third millennium of the Christian era are off to a very bad start, and this campaign will, in a fashion unlike any other across the country, ask the voters to look beyond their immediate local concerns and consider and debate very difficult and controversial issues with national and planetary import. First and foremost will be "the politics of disclosure: ending the truth embargo concerning an extraterrestrial presence."" "Three modern phrases have come to represent to an unacceptable degree the relationship between citizens and their government. They are, "Need to Know Basis," "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and "You Can't Handle the Truth." These concepts are often stated verbatim in actual policy and reside at the center of an increasingly patronizing posture - the government acting in loco parentis. These phrases and the ideas behind them are nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution. It is now time, twelve years after the end of the Cold War, for the embargo (often referred to as the UFO Cover-up) to end. The United States government should inform American citizens and the rest of the world’s population of the presence of extraterrestrial beings engaging the planet – “the disclosure event.” " He got 1,493 votes.
He hardly called him a coward. He questioned his stand on the war against Iraq. Big difference. I wouldn't necessarily label someone who votes against using force a coward but I would question their judgement. Again, big difference.
That's because NY State doesn't allow private citizens to conduct ballot initiatives. In earlier elections their platform consisted of many different issues.
There's a big difference between questioning one's judgment and what Chambliss accused Cleland of doing: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20021016/opinion/297860.html If Cleland did not lose limbs in combat, the ad would just be a nasty attack ad. But given Cleland's record, it was well below the belt.
Well, the ad did point out that he was out to protect unions. Of course, no one talked about the Cleland ad which said "Why doesn't Saxby Chambliss care about families?". It was nearly as bad, and just as inflammatory.
Now that the election is over, are any R's willing to admit that the labor provisions in the Homeland Security bill were a poison pill that the W.H. added to make it impossible for the Senate to pass the legislation and thus creating a salient campaign issue?
With the demise of Traficant, Bob Barr and Jesse Helms, the reigning lunatic in Congress is, I believe, Dan Burton. A poor substitute, but he'll have to do.
Why would it be "impossible" to pass the labor provisions in the bill unless you are now admitting that the Democrats are beholden to Big Unions and will take the side of special interest groups over national security.