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Les Lummis
Lummis is a single-issue candidate who promises to do away with all taxes.
Carmen C. Chimento
This write-in candidate is a 70-year-old New Christian ("I believe in Christ's teachings, but not in his divinity") with some views that are traditionally considered liberal and others that are traditionally considered conservative.
Paulie
Paulie is "an average jackass" who's had it with the "f*cked up political system". He's making a film, 'Paulie for President', and - to blur the line between art an life - he's actually running for President. Unfortunately he tells us virtually nothing about his vision or what he would actually do in the Oval Office.
Project Vote Smart
The be-all and end-all of candidate information, Project Vote Smart has basic info on every known Presidential hopeful, including many who don't have Web sites (and, thus, couldn't be included here).
Libertarian Party
The party of "free markets and free minds." Get the government's hands off everything. No more IRS, gun control, War on Drugs & Freedom, corporal punishment, tax-supported foreign aid, or compulsory registration for the military. Legalized prostitution, gambling, and secession. Withdrawal from GATT, NAFTA, and the UN. Sounds good to me!
Green Party
The famous lefty party built on 'ecological wisdom', social justice, grassroots democracy, nonviolence, community-based economics, and other similar values. A well-designed site with loads of information, its main flaw is that it has nothing on the Presidential election.
The Natural Law Party
Claiming to be the fastest growing party in the country, the Natural Law Party has many intriguing ideas that apply science to social issues, focusing on the prevention of problems. Health care would concentrate on keeping people healthy through natural medicine, encouraging healthy lifestyles, and cutting down on environmental toxins. The educational system would incorporate innovations that have been shown to increase students' intelligence and creativity. Crime would be cut down through rehabilitation programs and reduction of stress throughout society by, among other things, programs of 'Transcendental Mediation' (TM).
Dr. John Hagelin (Natural Law; Reform)
Hagelin is the Harvard-educated quantum physicist whose name is synonymous with the intriguing Natural Law Party, although he's simultaneously seeking the nomination of the Reform Party. Besides coming up with a Unified Field Theory, he's also applied the precepts of science to social issues. Big supporter of preventive and alternative medicine; sustainable, organic agriculture methods; renewable energy; progressive crime-reduction policies; deep tax cuts; an educational system that uses cutting-edge techniques to harness more of students' mental potential. I'd love to see what Hagelin could do with this country!
Stephen Gaskin (Green)
In 1970 Gaskin founded The Farm, perhaps the country's longest-lived intentional community (also referred to as a 'hippie commune'), which is still going strong in Tennessee. You just have to love a Presidential candidate who has written entire books about his extensive drug use. His platform incorporates gay rights, animals rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, universal health care, policing of corporations, and, of course, decriminalized grass.
Ralph Nader (Green)
Famous consumer advocate and anti-corporate activist Ralph Nader has a very slick, informative Web site. "Instead of government of, by, and for the people, we have a government of the Exxons, by the General Motors, and for the DuPonts." Among the most pressing problems Nader wants to address: corporate power, environmental degradation, urban poverty, the commercialization of society, and "runaway harmful technologies."
Howard Phillips (The Constitution Party)
The organization formerly known as the US Taxpayers' Party has tapped Howard Phillips as their man in the White House. Extremely conservative Christian, the Constitution Party states in its preamble: "We solemnly declare that the foundation of our political position and moving principle of our political activity is our full submission and unshakable faith in our Savior and Redeemer, our Lord Jesus Christ." Apparently, then, Jesus supports the death penalty for drug kingpins, a moratorium on immigration into the US, and no statehood for Washington DC and all US possessions. Interestingly, the party's platforms are similar or identical to the Libertarian position on numerous issues, including the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments, taxation, Social Security, international treaties, and education. Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows!
3rd Party Central
A central location for info about third parties. Lots of links to national, state, and regional independent parties. The best part is the 'matchmaker service' that has you answer a bunch of questions, then tells you which political party you're most compatible with.
Lyndon LaRouche (Democrat)
Certainly one of the most interesting figures in American politics, Lyndon LaRouche has moved from the far left to a unique form of far rightism. He's notable for his private intelligence network (said to be the largest in the country), his time in the slammer (he appears to have been railroaded), his revelations of US/UK complicity in the global drug trade, and his accusations regarding Henry Kissinger's sexual proclivities. For an even-handed look at LaRouche, check out chapter three in Jonathan Vankin's seminal book 'Conspiracies, Cover-ups, and Crimes' (Illuminet Press, 1991).
Reform Party
The national-level Reform Party seems to have disintegrated during their convention in February 2000, when news broadcasts delighted in showing humiliating footage of two camps within the party screaming at each other and engaging in fisticuffs. Oh, Ross Perot, what have you wrought?
Bob Bowman (Reform)
"[T]he Reform Party's FIRST Presidential Candidate: Combat Veteran, Rocket Scientist, Businessman, College Professor, Fighter Pilot, Executive in both government and industry, family man (seven children and nineteen grandchildren), Bishop, and Peace Activist - Bob Bowman PhD., Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.)."
Patrick J. Buchanan (Reform)
Buchanan brings an interesting mix of xenophobia, name-calling, and Hitler- admiration to the race. Love him or hate him, you've gotta admit that his willingness to unequivocally speak his mind is refreshing.
Green Parties of North America
Not as well-designed as the Green Party Web site, but this one has lots of good resources, including information on all Greens candidates running for public office in the US and links to national and state/province Green Parties.
Heather Ann Harder (Democrat)
Former university professor, elementary school teacher, and bookstore owner, Harder has an education Ph.D. and tons of moxie. Her book Interdimensional Communication: The Art & Science of Talking to Ghosts, Spirits, Angels & Other Dead People' (Light Publications, 1997) might cost her some votes among tightasses, but it's a plus as far as I'm concerned!
Joe Schriner (Republican)
Referring to himself simply as 'Joe', this Catholic reporter and substance abuse counselor is against abortion rights and for family valyooz, but also supports total nuclear disarmament, alternative energy, voluntary simplicity, and reparations for Native Americans and 'Afro-Americans'. His slickly-designed Web site earns him a bonus triangle.
James Prattas (Republican)
A pleasant older chap, this "Artist, healer and disabled combat Viet Nam veteran living on a stipend" supports abortion rights, a larger military budget, pardoning marijuana offenders, licensing gun owners, decreasing immigration, and expanding the death penalty.
Jello Biafra (Green)
The leader of the seminal punk band The Dead Kennedys - and founder of the Alternative Tentacles record label - Jello Biafra has chosen Mumia Abu-Jamal as his vice-presidential running mate. Among his proposals: no taxes on income up to US$100,000; free travel and health care; promotion of alternate energy and hemp; legalized squatting; decriminalization of drugs; abolishing the military and intelligence agencies; elections for police officers; conversion of sports stadiums to homeless shelters; sentencing "polluters to inhale and swim in the mess they've made until they clean it up", and lowering the voting age to five. This 'site' is visually a snooze and not too informative, but it earns extra points for sheer radicalism.
Barry Hess (Libertarian)
This Web site opens with a fairly stirring essay. "Let my legacy be defined by the number of useless, illegal, unenforceable laws we eliminate, how much we are able to lessen the cost and size of Government and how few Americans will be put in harm's way." Hess focuses primarily on eliminating Social Security, separating school and State, and drastically downsizing the federal government.
Da Vid (The Light Party)
Guided by New Age principles, the Light Party would develop alternative energy, institute green taxes, disarm nukes, encourage the use of alternative medicine, transform Alcatraz Island into the Global Peace Center, and "create The Artainment(tm) Global Family Television Network, and transmit a continuously integrated vision of Oneness, Peace, Beauty, Freedom, Love and Joy."
Raymond Kenneth Petry
I'm having trouble making heads or tails of this site, but the 'interParty candidate' places a heavy emphasis on technology. Among other things, he apparently wants to revitalize the space program and colonize the Moon.
Don Gorman (Libertarian)
Twice elected to the New Hampshire legislature, Don Gorman led the successful effort to get unconstitutional police 'checkpoints' banned in his state. Nicely designed site, but skimpy on Gorman's plans for America.
David McReynolds (Socialist Party USA)
He's openly gay, he burned his draft card, and he worked for the War Resistors League for almost four decades. Not exactly the most electable candidate in the field, David McReynolds wants to cut the military budget in half, call off the War on Drugs & Freedom, close all US military bases in other countries, and institute universal health care, gun licensing, and a maximum wage law.
John Brantley
John Brantley has vowed to spend no more than $5000 to get elected President. After getting through the massacred grammar on the homepage of this Web site, you'll find that he has some intriguing ideas: a 4-day work week with Mondays set aside for community service; paying teachers the same wage that doctors get; eradicating the penny; limiting interest rates on all loans to a maximum of 15%; giving tax credit for letting a homeless person live with you; forcing health insurance companies to disclose their profits.
James Ray Phipps
A one-page Web site from yet another person promising to somehow return the country to its Constitutional principles.
Oregon Committee to Re-Elect NOBODY for President
Jon Stoneman, poetician & chairdog for the Oregon Committee to Re-Elect NOBODY for President, has created a powerful site which outlines why National Protest Votes are an integral part of American democracy and overdue political system reform. Includes a great links collection to other sites!
Thomas Koos (Democrat)
"My reason for running, is not to win, but to generate interest in the political process. Pro medical marijuana and recognition of gay marriages. Forked tongue on gun rights." My favorite part of the site is his entire statement on crime: "I am definitely, definitely against crime!"
Jim Taylor (Democrat)
Slogan: "Because everything is crappy!" Point that's hard to argue with: "Jim Taylor is the only candidate in the race who lives from paycheck to paycheck, struggles with bills and goes without health insurance. His real world experience and knowledge of everyday life make him more qualified than any other candidate running." One thing's for certain: he's probably the only candidate to refer to himself as a "schmuck" on his own Web site!
Bradford Lyttle (The United States Pacifist Party)
The US Pacifist Party "sees military traditions and institutions as the key obstacle to the solution of major social evils, such as war, the arms race, poverty, and political oppression." Their plans include scrapping all nukes, biological and chemical weapons, SDI (Star Wars), and the Selective Service System. They would bring the country's military budget to zero. What about national defense? The vague answer: "Preparation for nonviolent resistance against possible invasion and occupation attempts."
Scott Taylor
Has a more or less libertarian platform that tries to bring the US in line with the Constitution. Planks: "Eliminate so-called 'gun control' laws ('victim-disarmament' as I call it) and work to reverse the 'anti-gun' mentality that has caused so many Americans to believe they should not be able to protect themselves." "Begin eliminating Social Security by offering a 'cash buy-out' for those who are not currently receiving benefits and for those currently receiving benefits who selected this option." "Eliminate the IRS and the income tax system!"
Daniel Joseph Pearlman
Pearlman is an interesting character: educated by Einstein's colleagues, he invented the halogen light. Too bad he says nothing on his Web site about his views on issues.
Kenneth G. Dixon (Reform)
Another Christian theocrat: "This nation must answer its call from God to obey these commandments [Matthew 22:36-40] or pay the price for disobedience. The Bible reveals many times that if the leadership of a nation does not obey God, the majority of the nation follows the leadership and disobeys God. The price for disobedience is the tribulation found in the book of Revelation."
Christina Rosetti (Reform)
Forget Democrat, Republican, and Reform: vote Pre-Raphaelite! Rosetti has the coolest name of any candidate (one 's' away from being the moniker of a brooding Victorian poet), a vague New Age stance, and a colorful Web site. This might not win the election for her, but it makes her more interesting than most of the other contenders!
Joel Kovel (Green)
Global warming, the World Trade Organization, and globalization, and Mumia Abu-Jamal are among the concerns of Kovel, who withdrew from the race in early March 2000.
L. Neil Smith (Libertarian)
L. Neil Smith is the author of over 20 science fiction books with a libertarian slant, including Pallas (Tor Books, 1995) and The Probability Broach (Tor Books, 1996), both winners of the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Fiction. Particularly known for his staunch defense of the Right to Bear Arms. Smith has said he'll run for Prez if one million people will sign his petition.
Jeffrey Peters (We the People)
A centrist party that promises prosperity through technological advances.
Jack Grimes (United Fascist Union)
Benefits of the Fascist System - of all of the economic systems that have been created since early in the modern era - and functioned under current guidelines, Fascism is the one economic system that has been proven to work and work well time after time in many countries . . .Modern Fascism was designed to be a unique blend of Italian nationalism and ancient Babylonian and Roman paganism . . .Stated simply under 'Corporate Statism' the government functions just as a corporation does. Under the corporate state people are organized into a collective mass which crosses class, social, religious and racial boundaries and become part of a communal whole, which, while respecting the rights and personality of the individual, realizes that individual welfare has to be subordinated to the collective good of the community. This produces a spirit of brotherhood and love among the general public so that the communal spirit turns the nation into a large family group. These are the reasons America needs fascism.
Joe Bellis
A conservative born-again Christian, Beliss's views on economics and the federal government are basically libertarian, and his social views are conservative with the only big surprise being his opposition to the death penalty.
George D. Weber (Reform)
This Fourth-Degree Knight of Columbus offers vague promises of what he intends to do, not how he intends to do it.
Bill Pearman (Reform)
Pearman wants to tax foreign companies in the US at the same rate as domestic companies, withdraw from the World Trade Organization, provide addiction counseling to prisoners, require manufacturers to provide child safety locks on all handguns, and ban late-term abortions.
Earl Dodge (Prohibition Party)
This fundie Christian party wants to bring back alcohol prohibition. They're also against abortion, gambling, pornography, "the homosexual agenda", foreign aid, and the Federal Reserve. One of their platforms is, "Clear Distinctions on the Limits of Personal Liberty."
Richard R. Monts
This "full-spectrum political candidate" wants to lift the embargo on Cuba, license gun owners, impose a national sales tax, decriminalize drugs, promote hemp and separate school and State.
Burton Ridgeway
My vision is a nation of states, each one a specific product of its particular people, governed by their own elected state directors, and administered by their counties, supporting their own commonality of values within constitutional parameters. They should be left to raise their own income, instead of having to depend on grants from the federal government . . .I see a national government existing only to oversee the separate states as largely independent members of a family, mandating only when essential, requiring all states to help a given state when conditions demand it, protect us from invasion, and represent the collective states in relations with the world; the people should constitute the states, the states should constitute the nation, and the nation should protect our country's borders.
Jeffrey G. Winter
Probably the only candidate with pentagrams and conspiracy articles on his Web site. Still, he seems quite sincere in his writings about wanting a country with more freedom and less bullshit.
James W. Wright
After wading through the multi-colored clutter of this Web site, you'll find that Wright wants to abolish the IRS, keep the Net free and untaxed, provide equal ballot access and allow voters to 'recall' elected officials. Part of his health care plan includes having the government pay medical school tuition in return for five years of public service.
The Committee for a United Independent Party
The Committee for a Unified Independent Party, Inc. (CUIP) is a research, strategy, lobbying, and training center for the growing independent political movement. The CUIP agenda is to make political reform a centerpiece issue in national politics and to unify diverse independents around common goals. Founded by long time independents Dr. Lenora Fulani and Jacqueline Salit, and supported entirely by thousands of individual donors, CUIP campaigns for easing restrictions on voter registration and ballot access; enacting term limits, campaign finance and debate reform; and implementing initiative and referendum and other reforms that increase citizen involvement in political and civic life.
Michael Levinson
I'm pretty sure this "prophet from God" is a joke-candidate, but sometimes when you get to the fringes of politics it's hard to tell. One thing I know for sure is that no other candidate shares his view on abortion: "When a woman cries out, 'I am not going to carry this baby. I'm getting an abortion,' that is God moving thru her, prompting her to abort the unborn. Perhaps the unborn soul was a guard at Auschwitz, who kicked every child in the ribs standing in line for a shower, so those kid's last breaths were doubly painful to breath. God has his own program for all of our souls."
Quentin Colgan
A dude running for President promising to abolish the IRS, corporate welfare, and paid lobbyists. He also plans to make English the official language of the US, let a group of citizens review every piece of legislation that crosses his desk for signing, and nationalize health care.
Randy Owens
Just a guy who says he's running for Prez. I like some of his qualifications: "President of second-grade class," and, "Lifetime of trying to beat the system."
Vincent Hamm (Democrat)
The principle issue for Hamm - who made it onto the New Hampshire Primary ballot - is the decriminalization of "certain controlled substances," although he doesn't specify which ones.
William P. Kreml (Democrat)
Kreml is running solely on the issue of campaign finance reform. "He will deliberately not report one well-publicized contribution to the Federal Election Commission. This act of civil disobedience is designed to encourage the Supreme Court to revisit Buckley and the entire campaign finance reform issue, as well as encourage the Congress to pass meaningful campaign finance law."
Scott M. Kendall (Reform)
Supports 30% flat income tax (with two possible deductions), permanent freeze of federal social/entitlement/subsidy spending, no deficit spending except during national emergencies, and no unfunded mandates.
Erik Thompson (Reform)
Calling his campaign 'No War Now', Thompson is basically a single-issue candidate: "It would be my goal as President to decrease the military budget by a modest $40 billion per year for four years. The budget would still be in excess of $100 billion annually at the end of my service. I believe this degree of reduction is all that is achievable within the current political environment. It is my hope that at the end of my term the American people will better understand the costs of militarism, the benefits of non-lethal defense, and the source of their current fears so that further reductions may become possible."
Mike B. Martisko (National Sovereignty Party)
The three main goals of the National Sovereignty Party are a flat tax of 10%, a Balanced Budget Amendment and campaign finance reform.
Tom Wells (Family Values Party)
The Web site's headline: "President William Jefferson Clinton is to GOD'S innocent children as Adolf Hitler was and is to the Jews. President William Jefferson Clinton is OUR NATION'S NUMBER ONE CHIEF BABY KILLER." Candidate Tom Wells quotes God: "It was 2:00am., December 25, 1994, when I was literally scared out of my mind with fright when I was awaken by a bright light in my bedroom. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER said, 'TOM ----TOM---TELL MY PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE TO TELL THEIR PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT THEY ARE PREPARED NOT TO PAY THEIR TAXES UNTIL ABORTION IS NO LONGER PUBLICLY FUNDED.'"
Clifford Catton (Church of God Party)
Yet another Christian theocrat party.
Millie Howard
A nondescript one-page Web site for a candidate who's running "for President USA 1992 and Beyond." Most interesting idea: "All sovereign citizens of the States and all naturalized citizens of the United States as of 12/31/91 shall receive $10,000 per year ($833 per month) beginning in June of their eighteenth year. This shall be called a Birth Right Stipend and our safety net. This money will be generated from the natural resources of America."
Randy Crow
Although the main page of his Web site loudly declares that he's a candidate for the House of Reps, Crow is also running for President. "We must live by the US Constitution, stop merger mania, break up companies with more than a 15% market share, save our farmers and small businessmen, stop bombing countries, fire Louie Freeh, stop drug importation, not fear an economic slowdown, and use vision to plot a moral course of correct action."
Jim Oyster
No information about issues (or much of anything, really). Oyster wants to somehow get past "partisan politics" and back to unity, even though the push and pull of opposing viewpoints is what a democratic republic is all about.
Bernie Palicki
I'm not sure what's going on here, but it's apparently quite important. "Heaviest 'intellectual' site on the web. Not just another grain of sand on the Internet Beach. It carries the weight of the world."
Scott C. Palmer
In desperate need of a spellchecker, Palmer is pro-choice, pro-euthanasia, anti-New World Order, and he takes a stand against illegal immigrants.
Donald Sauter
Amidst guitar tablature and Beatles links, Sauter presents his vision of "unarchy": "Rather than simply rid our government of its non-democratic aspects, my proposal is to replace all government with a simple system of justice that is based on conscience - no written laws, just 'don't do to others what you wouldn't want done to yourself.' Randomly selected juries, big enough to ensure that they accurately represent the views of society at large, would decide disputes without lawyers or judges."
Barry Who
Barry Who is "the Comedy Candidate with a cause." On his Web site, he offers his shticky views on political issues, like health care: "Dress warm, wear a coat, don't get sick."
Richard Alan Hale
Arg! Yet another Christian who wants to run America according to 'Godly' principles. Claiming he has no desire to establish an official religion in the US, Hale claims he will uphold the separation of church and state while at the same time saying things like: "We must pre-occupy our nation with the 'truth' while we wait for the 'Kingdoms of this world to become the Kingdoms of our God.'" And: "As President, I will assist and promote the well-being and unity of the American family by doing as much as is humanly possible, and within my power, to fulfill the admonition of the Lord, and the moral imperative of the Bible prophesy in the book of Malachi . . ."
Deborah Katz Pueschel
The only thing this Web site reveals about former FAA whistleblower Pueschel's ideas and goals is that she wants to create a museum to honor American veterans of all wars.
Tom Oyler (Republican)
End the War on Drugs & Freedom, increase funding for NASA, oppose increases of the minimum wage, boost military spending.
Harvey Carroll (Reform)
This Web site might've rated two triangles for its information, but the helter skelter presentation and hideous design hurt it. Some interesting stuff is hidden among the dancing baloney, though. While listing why he has the qualifications to run for President, he says: "I called/emailed James Carville (President Clintons' consultant) with suggestions for President Clinton to 'LIE about Lewenski and then admit the lie' to the American People when the time was right." Carroll also claims, "I would be more than happy to compare 'Hero status' with McCain any day of the week. The man sat out the Vietnam War at the Hanoi Hilton and he feels that we should feel sorry for him, and allow this to qualify him to be 'Commander and Chief'". (This little tidbit appears to have been removed from the site, but it was there when I first visited.)
Lorenz Kraus (Reform)
This fan of Ayn Rand has a two-page, no-graphics Web site. Zzzzzzzzz.
America's Party
Um, if you're going to have a Web site for your political party, don't you think it would be a good idea to at least mention the name of your Presidential candidate?
Bruce Muckian
Almost all the pages at this Web site are missing from the server. 404 for President!
Leo Schwab
Yawn!
Joe Weber (Republican)
Badly designed, almost no information, misspelled wurds. Can Disinformation institute a zero rating?
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