“slurred speech; obvious motor skill disorder; personal hygiene deficiency, not to mention that distinctive homeless feature that exhibits the unmistakable quality of “jobless.”
Sounds like Jesus to me. LOL
Jason here is putting Chief under the gun. What’s in your closet Jason? Where is your website? Casting stones are we? Are you running for office? The closest you’ll ever get to that is leaving your worthless posts on this website. I said you we’re a pussy and you showed us I was right. Keep shooting. One day you might get it. Not a pussy american’t. Mr. Tomnus
“I believe in a free Narnia.”

“Since all of the LP candidates are, to my knowledge, pretty much normal people, I just can’t but wonder how a guy like this gets nominated by the LP.”

Chief Wanadubie is running for office in Missouri, where the LP is an “established” party. Our understanding of Missouri election law, until recently*, was that the party organization has no control whatsoever over party nominations to public office.

In Missouri, party nominations to public office are made in a primary election.

Each voter can vote the primary ballot of the party he or she chooses (i.e. there is no registration by party—but at any given election, one voter gets to choose only one party’s ballot).

Any candidate can seek the nomination of any party by visiting the relevant election authority’s office (for the legislature, that’s the Secretary of State), filling out some paperwork, and paying a “filing fee” (either to the party, or to the election authority—the election authority turns it over to the party if the latter). That candidate’s name then appears on the primary ballot and, if that candidate wins the primary, he or she is the party’s nominee … whether the party likes it or not.

Now, for the little “until recently*.” This year, a white supremacist filed for election to the US House of Representatives on the Democratic Party’s ticket. The Democratic state executive committee returned his filing fee, and the Secretary of State ruled that, since the filing fee had been returned, the supremacist was not entitled to be on the ballot. He then attempted to file on the Republican and Libertarian tickets, and both of those parties likewise returned his filing fee and said “no dice.” I believe he is suing the Secretary of State and possibly the Democrats. If he wins, then we were correct in our earlier interpretation of the law. If he loses, then the LP (and the other parties) will have gained significant control over whom they nominate.

The matter of Chief Wanadubie was mentioned at the LP executive committee meeting in which it was decided to reject the white supremacist’s candidacy (I sit on that committee), but we didn’t move to reject his candidacy. He’s not as embarrassing as a white supremacist. Hell, he’s not as embarrassing as George W. Bush.

Regards,
Tom Knapp

I don’t want to engage in any discussion with you because I do not think I am dealing with someone who has all his faculties. Some people just can’t be disputed and I sense you are one of those people. I’m sure there are reasons for being the way you are. So let me part with some words of encouragement.

Good luck in your quest for truth. I’m sure the Chief will do well in his bid for office. I mean the guy has everything one would look for in a candidate: slurred speech; obvious motor skill disorder; personal hygiene deficiency, not to mention that distinctive homeless feature that exhibits the unmistakable quality of “jobless.” With his credentials and you as his spokesman and campaigner; the two of you have set up a regular “dream team” and I’m confident the both of you will pull out all the stops.

We’ll we be seeing a Chief for a White House bid in ’08? If so, what will be some of his issues? Oh, I hope he doesn’t adopt platform over principles.

You are a fruit and the very definition of a “kook.” Lay down the pipe man and step away. In the mean time, we’ll be over here in reality. You can’t miss it. It’s full of SANE people!

Very Respectively,
Jason

I believe in a free America. Mr Tomnus

I certainly wasn’t meaning everyone in the party, I know I was going a little overboard. Its just the bitterness coming out. I believe in alot of the principles and ideas the CP promotes. Matter of fact I believe so much that I contribute. I just detest this faction splitting and this zealous religious overtone that has been promoted by many influential individuals in the party.

This party will never survive if we allow a religous order to dictate our policies and our alliances. If you argue differently, or anyone else for that matter, then you are in fact, dillusional. That was my point and I should have put it that way.

As amusing as they might be, one can only wonder how deep in the barrel Austin had to dig to find candidates like Frodo and Chief Wana Dubie… I know it takes a lot of digging to make the Republicans—- a party that has wrapped itself in the flag while bankrupting the country—- look good these days, but c’mon!

Maybe they should have tried harder to persuade this guy not to run. It’s true that a lot of LP groups have the attitude that “any candidate is better than no candidate.”