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bedsitter23) wrote2012-09-26 07:05 pm
bedsitter23) wrote2012-09-26 07:05 pm
Adventures of a Battleground State voter- "You can't lose if you don't run" edition
I found this. perhaps my favorite story of the general election.
There are six candidates for President on Iowa's ballots.
You know Barry and Willard, and likely know Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green).
There's Peta Lindsay, the candidate for the party for Socialism and Liberation (Peta won't win, but interestingly enough, if she did, she couldn't be President, she's not 35) and James Harris from the Socialist Workers Party (As if being a Socialist wasn't enough, imagine having to split votes).
Then, there's Jerry Litzel.
Litzel may be my favorite candidate ever.
You see, we have a lot in common, i suspect. He is a collector of political memorabilia, and( though time and travel has pared my collection down to mainly buttons, autographed books, and Bush I & Dukakis magnets) so am I.
This year, Litzel gets the ultimate souvenir.
You see, he's running just so he can keep a copy of the ballot for President with his name on it.
Interestingly, Litzel went through the same scrutiny that Gary Johnson did by the Romney campaign, challenging 300 of the 15000 needed signatures that Litzel collected to get on the ballot.
“Romney’s lawyer from (Washington) D.C. was there,” Litzel said. “We won out because they couldn’t figure out what in the world constitutes a signature. … It kinda made me feel good, too, that Romney thought I was some kind of threat to him.”
Litzel calls himself 'very Conservative' which doesn't surprise me considering the type of person who would try this stunt, though that only makes it more interesting.
You see, Litzel was going to vote for Romney.
Litzel... hadn’t even earned his own support this fall until the past few days. He said he had been considering voting for Romney, but, “after this deal, I’ll go with myself.”
Litzel has a platform (cut Congress pay and benefits,cut food stamps) which seems a bit unnecessary, and is only on the Iowa ballot. His brother (from California) is his running mate.
Your next President...
There are six candidates for President on Iowa's ballots.
You know Barry and Willard, and likely know Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green).
There's Peta Lindsay, the candidate for the party for Socialism and Liberation (Peta won't win, but interestingly enough, if she did, she couldn't be President, she's not 35) and James Harris from the Socialist Workers Party (As if being a Socialist wasn't enough, imagine having to split votes).
Then, there's Jerry Litzel.
Litzel may be my favorite candidate ever.
You see, we have a lot in common, i suspect. He is a collector of political memorabilia, and( though time and travel has pared my collection down to mainly buttons, autographed books, and Bush I & Dukakis magnets) so am I.
This year, Litzel gets the ultimate souvenir.
You see, he's running just so he can keep a copy of the ballot for President with his name on it.
Interestingly, Litzel went through the same scrutiny that Gary Johnson did by the Romney campaign, challenging 300 of the 15000 needed signatures that Litzel collected to get on the ballot.
“Romney’s lawyer from (Washington) D.C. was there,” Litzel said. “We won out because they couldn’t figure out what in the world constitutes a signature. … It kinda made me feel good, too, that Romney thought I was some kind of threat to him.”
Litzel calls himself 'very Conservative' which doesn't surprise me considering the type of person who would try this stunt, though that only makes it more interesting.
You see, Litzel was going to vote for Romney.
Litzel... hadn’t even earned his own support this fall until the past few days. He said he had been considering voting for Romney, but, “after this deal, I’ll go with myself.”
Litzel has a platform (cut Congress pay and benefits,cut food stamps) which seems a bit unnecessary, and is only on the Iowa ballot. His brother (from California) is his running mate.
Your next President...