Daniel Imperato Crashes Another Event
When someone is considered a fringe candidate in the third party world, that indicates the candidate is probably really, really out there. Reason’s David Weigel managed to capture Daniel Imperato trying to steal some thunder from Ron Paul (similar to his meetings with James Dobson, President Bush and Karl Rove) at the Family Research Council last Friday. Did I mention that Imperato offered to negotiate peace in the Middle East?
From Weigel: “Rep. Ron Paul mingles with press and… others at the FRC’s Washington Briefing. The first questions come from Max Blumenthal, the second from an unknown Manichean, the third from fringe presidential candidate Daniel Imperato.”
Weigel met Imperato at the Libertarian State Chair’s Conference in Orlando, so he knows about what he speaks.
Here’s the video:
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Thanks for the link! I think all that needs to be said about Imperato’s seriousness is said in the YouTube video where he takes a grilling on his nonexistent film “The Red Worm.”
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Wow… that was kind of uncomfortable to watch. Imperato shouldn’t be allowed to speak at any more Libertarian conventions, it’s just giving him credibility that he doesn’t deserve.
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Jezz… the interview about his made-up movie is even worse.
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I couldn’t hear much of the conversation with my crummy speakers, what’s up with RP’s second cousin?
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Daniel Imperato is a joke.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Whats up with the guy obsessed with Satan?
Do any normal people attend Ron Paul events?
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Plenty of “normal” people attend Ron Paul events. You should try and attend one sometime. However, this wasn’t a Ron Paul event. The correct question should be: Do any normal people attend Family Research Council events?
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 am
haha I have to say that was the pretty funny, which guy was Imperato?
and on a totally unrelated note, it would be cool to see someone from third party watch do an investigative piece on the Cynthia McKinney preparations to run for president. I know she’s created some bad press in the past , but if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination, and Oboma refuses the VP nomination, Cynthia may be able to pull 5-7% of the vote particularly if she gets a couple anti war democrats to endorse her in the election. she’s a pretty good speaker, and would probably mobilize a lot of students frustrated with the war, might divide some portion of the Black vote and Latino vote. some of the large socialists groups would probably support her, like the ISO, and the DSA. she would have to have a strong VP someone who could also realistically draw crowds. Nader might work, but I think he’s a burnt out candidate and she could find a better VP, Kucinich would be her best choice but that’s pretty darn unlikely. The latino guy who organized the one day immigrant strike would be an interesting choice he’s a green, and well respected in the latino population.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:19 am
anyone notice how hard that neo con scumbag Sean Hannity tried to tag Paul with the ‘libertarian’ label the other day?
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:21 am
“anyone notice how hard that neo con scumbag Sean Hannity tried to tag Paul with the ‘libertarian’ label the other day?”
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Many others have asked similar questions.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:45 am
Imperato may have looked bad there but you gotta give the guy credit for showing up to all of these places. As everyone knows you can’t win if you don’t show up, and he seems to be showing up everywhere.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
I think that Ron Paul was embarrassed that one of his family members came to see him and Ron Paul didn’t even know who they were and acknowledge them.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I love Imperato. He is such a delusional freakazoid that he makes the
whole democratic process much more fun.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
observation, nothing more. if I wanted to say anything further, I would have. There are not too many people I hate, but Hannity is right up there with Big Dick Cheney, Wolfowitz, the Puppet Bush, and the enablers of such monsters.
Here’s “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan. It expresses my feelings towards the Neo Cons quite well.
“Masters Of War”
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.
You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly.
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain.
You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion’
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud.
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins.
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do.
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul.
And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand over your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Bob Dylan does a mean version of Masters of War in concert these days.
I guess he’s dusted it off again for Iraq-based reasons.
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I have yet to come across a real libertarian who likes imperato i think his chances of getting their nomination is about the same of the sun being green.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
That’s because Imperato isn’t really a Libertarian—you can’t be a Libertarian if one of your main campaign themes is save Social Security…like I said, he’s a joke, and very few actually take him seriously.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I can’t help but wonder what Mr. Milnes thinks of Imperato. Robert, please tell us.
October 24th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Personally I think that there are a lot of new libertarians who are learning about the party who have more socially moderate ideas. That could swing the tide Imperato’s way.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Ray, can you explain what you mean by the term “socially moderate”?
October 24th, 2007 at 10:15 am
“Stupid”.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Well for instance… the classic libertarian would be to just eliminate most government bureaucracy altogether including programs such as social security. Imperato taking a more moderate stance would say let’s streamline it and make it more efficient, and if we can’t do it then we need to eliminate it.
Imperato promotes a practical approach to libertarianism that people will find appealing
October 24th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Imperato/Milnes ‘08. Uniting Greens, Libertarians and Moderates for a greater America.
If that fails I’d support a McKinney/Root Unity ‘08 ticket, or a Dondero/Boortz duo for the LP.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Imperato/Milnes… Maybe united Greens and Libertarians in the common goal of finding better alternatives. Like the Write-In option.
October 25th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Ray, how does making a bad thing ‘more efficient’ appeal to people who think it’s bad?
October 25th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Many people feel that Washington wastes money, not that they shouldn’t spend money at all. So say for instance the department of education. If people thought that it actually improved the quality of education in America, then people would support it. A classic Libertarian would choose to get rid of it whether it was working or not, because of the principle of smaller government.
Imperato would support shrinking the size of the Department of Education and making it effective as opposed to getting rid of it immediately as well as other Government Departments.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Ray – You’re a socialist idiot. Where in the Constitution is a Department of Education—created in 1979, by the way—authorized? It isn’t working. The market works, not government programs. What a fucking buffoon.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
GES: thanks for improving the level of discourse. I know I like to be called names and berated publicly, and I am sure Ray enjoys it as well.
sigh.
Ray; you are correct about what many people think. However, you said that Imperato “promotes a practical approach to libertarianism”. Well, no, he doesn’t. He promotes a (very lightly) libertarian-flavored approach to socialism. And yes, I’m aware that makes no sense. Welcome to Imperato.
Also, I’ve seen this guy in person – I find it difficult to beleive that anyone who spends more than five minutes with him would come up with the word ‘appealing’. Lastly, that’s the sort of rhetoric (‘make government leaner, but still get lots of stuff!’) that candidates of the major parties offer, so Imperato really has no edge over them in that.
A Libertarian candidate has to – above all – promote libertarianism – the idea that freedom is the highest political value and that government force is never the correct answer to any of our problems. And that is true whether or not the government in question is behaving ‘constitutionally’. When and if the US has a government that stays within the constitution, the job will by no means be over – it will be just beginning.