Dick Randolph, the former Alaskan legislator elected to two terms, one as a Republican and one as a Libertarian, penned an editorial for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in which he describes the successes of his legislative career. Dick Randolph endorsed Ron Paul for President and Bob Bird for US Senate in 2008.
Disclosure: I was the one who first procured Randolph’s endorsement for Dr. Paul.
was asked by the Legislature’s administrative agency to pen some thoughts celebrating the accomplishments of our representatives in Juneau, to be included in an upcoming publication coinciding with the 50th anniversary of statehood. I am sorry, but I cannot agree that there is much to celebrate.
Legislators have by and large performed irresponsibly since statehood, and particularly since the discovery of oil put an immense amount of money at their discretion. With a couple of exceptions, they have squandered much of this endowment. Tens of billions of dollars have been spent with nothing of sustainable value to show for it.
The rest of the editorial can be found here.
h/t to reader Chris Cole.
50 responses so far ↓
1 Jerry S. // Jan 4, 2009 at 7:36 pm
LOL-Not sure his will be included, but he sure was the type rep we all need today. Gov’t at all levels have went on unsustainable levels of wasteful spending. A disaster awaits.
I know most don’t like to hear this, however KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY…
2 Trent Hill // Jan 4, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I respect Randolph alot. I think he should run for Congress (as a Republican) when Don Young retires.
3 Catholic Trotskyist // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:08 am
He could run against Don Young in the primary if he keeps running again. Young was almost defeated in both the Republican primary and general elections this time. Problem is, Alask Democrats are coming back, and he can’t be garunteed a general election win.
4 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:23 am
I suspect he wouldn’t have a problem. If he won the Republican nomination he would not likely face an AIP or LP challenger (who would take a combined 5% probably). As a libertarian,he’d also negate much of the Democrat’s appeal–and as an anti-war Republican—I think thats the death knell. The Democrat wouldnt stand a chance in a non-Barack year.
5 Donald Raymond Lake // Jan 5, 2009 at 3:28 am
AND WITH IN THE BELT WAY ON INAUGURAL DAY……….For those whom just don’t have enough masturbatory events in their lives………….
Citizens For A Better Veterans Home, struggling to warn the public about the ongoing failure of veterans programs, not just more lethal, politicized, uncaring programs that create hack patronage jobs, spend taxes in constituent communities, while doing little or nothing for real veterans, their real families, with their real problems…. ..
— On Sun, 1/4/09, Don Lake wrote:
From: Don Lake
Subject: New Frontier Coalition: [We The People Coalition] DC Rally
To: Citizens For A Better Veterans Home[s]
Cc: donlake@localnet. com
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 5:58 PM
— On Sat, 1/3/09, Viktor Komodo wrote:
From: Ohio’s Virginia Brooks and her John Birch Society buddies
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:48 AM
Remember, before the Deform Party Israel First Jewish Mafia
[John Dennis Coffey, John Blare, John Bambey, Valli Sharpe Geisler]
killed the national web log and house organ print monthly [2005]
Ted Webster [now dead, thank good ness!] and Virginia Brooks
cranked out issues of NFC monthly while denying such involvement
and making excuse after excuse for the lack of Ohio based Deform
Party USA national convention, $900 seed money, and timely
copies of Deform Party print monthly. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
YET ANOTHER FOOL’S ERRAND
BELOW:
“Here is the challenge. Can we get enough people to take a couple of
hours out of their day to send a message to DC? The following press
release is being sent to most of the national media outlets. We are
hoping the various groups will also promote the idea to not only their
members, but to forward the press release to any media contacts they
have. We also encourage the leaders of each of the groups help promote
the rally in their respective congressional districts. There are
enough groups representing the workers, 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th
amendment rights, etc. Can we work together for one day to send the
message that needs to be sent? If all of us don’t, who will?”
Dan Kairis
Rally Coordinator
New Frontier Coaltion
Even if all of us do, who will listen besides spammers and NSA?
AMERICANS UNITE RALLY SCHEDULED FOR INAUGURATION DAY JANUARY 20TH [Yeah, yeah, yeah -----Don Lake]
New Frontier Coalition [Gypsies, Tramps, Theives !!]
P.O. Box 188 South Elgin, Il 60177-0188
phone 1-847-695-3195 fax 1.847-41-3327
Contact: Dan Kairis
6 Coming on the back of the LP // Jan 5, 2009 at 6:53 am
What the Losertarian Potty is missing is Don Lake. How can we get him to join them and become a super-active member?
7 NewFederalist // Jan 5, 2009 at 8:18 am
I doubt Dick Randolph will run for Congress or any other office again. He must be as old as Ron Paul.
8 paulie cannoli // Jan 5, 2009 at 10:12 am
This page says he is 66
http://whitakerwellness.com/health_concerns/chronic_pain/
Not clear what year it is from – the page is copyright 2005-8.
He has been a state farm agent in Alaska since 1964.
The Whitaker Wellness page says Randolph “is an avid outdoorsman who hikes miles into the wilderness to fish and hunt. He tears around on a snowmobile, chops wood at his remote cabin, and soars through the skies on a paraglider. “
9 Libertarian Joseph // Jan 5, 2009 at 11:24 am
Perhaps he should have seeked a higher office, while remaining a legislator? Surely the LP can attain something more than state legislator.
10 Melty // Jan 5, 2009 at 1:00 pm
state legislator – the highest seat the LP has attained, and it’s got to wish it could attain that now…… good seat to try for
11 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:01 pm
He isn’t currently a legislator–he’s been out of office for almost a decade now. But he’s quite popular in Anchorage and I’v no doubt he could win his old seat back (as a Libertarian,even)–or even make a competitive run for statewide office (as a Republican).
12 paulie cannoli // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I though he’s been out of office since early 80s?
13 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:56 pm
You’re quite right,my bad.
14 John C Jackson // Jan 5, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Dick Randolph was only successful because he was a Mainstream Republican Libertarian. The LP must go back to its mainstream conservative pro-defense Republican roots.
15 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm
“Pro-defense”? Dick Randolph was not, and is not, pro-war.
16 Steven R Linnabary // Jan 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm
IIRC, Dick Randolph ran for Alaska Governor in 1982, getting 8%.
If memory serves, he ran again in ’86, in the republican primary, and again getting approx. 8%.
That is from memory, I could (hard to believe!!) be wrong.
PEACE
17 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Steven,
I think you’re right. I didnt suggest he should run for Governor though—that is too high profile. Personally, if I had his ear, I’d encourage him to run for State Senate as a Republican.
18 Trent Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Alaska is by far the most interesting state for third parties, closely followed by Vermont.
Alaska has recently (past couple of decades) had multiple legislators from third parties (3 Libertarians, A Moderate Republican, and an Alaskan Independence Party member) as well as a Governor from the Alaskan Independence Party.
Vermont currently has 5-6 Vermont Progressive legislators (I think 5 Reps and a Sen), a Mayor of a large town (Burlington), the US Senator has close relations to the party (Bernie Sanders),etc.
19 Andy // Jan 5, 2009 at 5:39 pm
It was longtime Libertarian activist/petitioner Gary Fincher who brought Dick Randolph back to the Libertarian Party in 1998.
From the June 13th, 1998 edition of Libertarian Crusader Diary (which is finally available on-line)…
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/libertarian-crusader-diary/archived-back-issues/june-13-1998-lcd/
Our Most Famous Libertarian ‘Catch’ in Alaska
The following is reprinted from a recent press release sent to the Libertarian Party News:
Alaska Legend Dick Randolph Registers Libertarian, Again
Dick Randolph, former two-time elected Libertarian state legislator and driving force behind the Alaska LP’s surging popularity in the late 70s and early 80s, and was a major contributing factor to Ed Clark’s (LP presidential nominee) unprecedented 12% take of the Alaska popular vote in 1980, but had defected to the GOP more than a dozen years ago, has now formally restored his party affiliation to Libertarian.
Randolph, 62, of Fairbanks, submitted his new voter registration application, on which he changed parties back to Libertarian, to Alaska voter registrar and longtime national LP activist Gary L. Fincher, as part of an LP registration drive begun in late 1997 for major party status not enjoyed in the state since 1986.
Randolph is one of only three state legislators in history elected solely on the Libertarian Party ticket, and achieved this twice, in 1978 and again in 1980. He then gave up his seat in 1982 to run unsuccessfully for Alaska governor, on the LP ticket. But in 1985, Randolph, who had by then developed a huge following in the state, left the LP to run another unsuccessful campaign for governor as a Republican. The move left the Alaska LP with little organization and direction, and with minor party status it continues to hold today.
Fincher said he hopes that Randolph’s new action will spur others to register Libertarian and re-establish the Libertarian Party to prominence once again in Alaska. Adds Karen Fincher, who also helped work on the Alaska drive, “This is quite the coup d’état!”
20 paulie cannoli // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I think his LP Gov race was actually around 15%
21 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Andy
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/
I just read this site and it says a lot of really mean things about Sean Haugh, like calling him a wanted criminal in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Is that really true?
Aren’t you afraid that Sean Haugh will sue you for saying things like that about him on the internet?
22 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I’m thinking that if I was Sean Haugh, I would sue you Andy (AKA Gary Fincher) for posts like this…
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/sean-haugh-admits-on-friday-to-attempted-destruction-of-property-theft-fraud/
“Sean Haugh admits on Friday to attempted destruction of property, theft, fraud”
23 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:41 pm
And this
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/former-natl-chair-dasbach-haugh-not-hirable/
“Former Nat’l Chair Dasbach: Haugh not Hirable”
and this
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/haugh-fired-for-attempted-conspiracy-petition-fraud/
“Haugh fired for attempted conspiracy, petition fraud”
24 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Andy AKA Gary also says
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/finchers-save-the-day-in-new-mexico/
“Finchers Save the Day in New Mexico”
I gotta give you this Fincher, you have some balls…
25 Trent Hill // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Paulie,
Randolph scored 15% as a Libertarian in 1980. 13% as a Republican later.
26 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:24 pm
“I just read this site and it says a lot of really mean things about Sean Haugh, like calling him a wanted criminal in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Is that really true?”
Yes, the stuff about Sean Haugh is true. His attempted at getting 2,000 high validity Libertarian Party ballot access petition signatures “burned (quite literally)” whether they had been paid for or not is a crime. Some may say, “Well the signatures did not end up getting burned so it couldn’t have been a crime.” Attempting to carry out a crime is still a crime. If somebody orders a hitman to kill somebody and the hit does not end up happening the person who ordered the hit still engaged in a criminal act. If a person attempts to break into a jewlery store with the intention of robbing it but they are unable to break into the store because the locks are too secure or an alarm goes off they have still engaged in a criminal act. The only reason that the signatures were not burned is because Carolyn McMahon and George Phillies of the Massachusetts LP are deranged like Sean Haugh is. If Haugh had been in Massachusetts there is a good chance that he would have gone to jail. Haugh is benifitting from the fact that he’s in another state and that the police and court system are backlogged with other cases.
“Aren’t you afraid that Sean Haugh will sue you for saying things like that about him on the internet?”
The stuff that we have said about Sean Haugh is all true. Haugh threatened to sue the very site, Indenepdent Political Report, for having stories posted about him that are negative and for having negative comments posted about him, but then he backed down when the people who run this site did not cave into his bullying. Haugh had no case because the stuff that was said about him on this site is true.
Haugh has been challenged to debate these issues on a website such as this where both sides are free to speak, or even in a public debate at an LP Convention, and Haugh has been to much of a coward to accept this challenge. The only thing that he has done is post a negative story at Liberty for All which is run by his buddy and fellow asshole Lee Wrights. Gary, Jake Witmer, and myself all tried to post rebuttals to that negative article and Wrights took down those posts. Wrights even took down posts from Richard Winger and Steve Dasbach that were supportive of Gary and where they attempted to set the record straight.
The fact that Haugh refuses to debate these issues in a place where both sides are free to speak and the fact that Wrights keeps taking down posts that refute anything that Haugh said or are in any way critical of Haugh illustrates their low integrity.
27 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:26 pm
“Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I’m thinking that if I was Sean Haugh, I would sue you Andy (AKA Gary Fincher) for posts like this…”
I am not Gary. We are two different people. Gary is the one who posted that. I agree with it but I did not post it.
28 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:29 pm
“The only reason that the signatures were not burned is because Carolyn McMahon and George Phillies of the Massachusetts LP are deranged like Sean Haugh is.”
Whoops… Should read, “Carolyn McMahon and George Phillies of the Massachusetts LP are NOT deranged like Sean Haugh is.”
29 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Well, Fincher, like I said you got some fucking balls.
The article by Sean Haugh is at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1742#comments
This is from an unimpeachable source:
Roger Pope said,
January 1, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
I just want it to be known that Kay told me she tried to talk Gary out of committing fraud many times and that he would not listen to reason as he never does. When collecting signatures Fincher will often misrepresent what the libertarian party is all about and when people don’t agree with him he resorts to violence. Gary Fincher is insane and dangerous. I certainly don’t want him representing any organization I belong to. Fincher spent the last 14 years attacking Joe Knight and Crickenburger. Was he paid for attacking dedicated libertarians or what?!
30 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Oops, my bad…
Andy Jacobs is not Gary Fincher. However they are known associates and birds of a feather flock (and fuck?) together.
31 Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I also found this on Fincher’s website. If it was true wouldn’t Sean Haugh be charged with a crime by now?
Fincher’s website claims that Haugh is a fugitive, yet he was a candidate for office with his address publicly listed for everybody to see just this past November, and his address is also listed on FEC reports filed by the Libertarian Party.
Haugh works from home so there is no secret where he is located. If he was guilty of any crimes, why has he not been charged, and if he is not, why is Fincher being allowed to post such libelous lies on wordpress.com?
http://libertycrusader.wordpress.com/political-consulting/prosecuting-enemies-of-liberty-spotlight-on-sean-haugh/massachusetts-statute-haugh-violated/
Massachusetts Statute Haugh violated
1. PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE VIII. ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 56. VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS
PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES CONCERNING CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION, NOMINATION PAPERS, PETITIONS, ETC.
Chapter 56: Section 11. Wilful alteration, mutilation, or destruction of nomination papers, etc.; subscribing to false statements
Section 11. Whoever falsely makes or wilfully alters, defaces, mutilates, destroys or suppresses a certificate of nomination or nomination paper, or letter of withdrawal of a name from such paper, or an initiative petition or a petition for the submission of a question to the voters, or unlawfully signs any such certificate, paper, letter or petition, or files any such certificate, paper, letter or petition, knowing the same to be falsely made or altered, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
1. PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 274. FELONIES, ACCESSORIES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES
Chapter 274: Section 2. Aiders; accessories before fact; punishment
Section 2. Whoever aids in the commission of a felony, or is accessory thereto before the fact by counselling, hiring or otherwise procuring such felony to be committed, shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of the principal felon.
1. CHAPTER 274. FELONIES, ACCESSORIES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES
Chapter 274: Section 3. Counselling or procuring felony; prosecution as accessory before fact or principal; punishment; venue
Section 3. Whoever counsels, hires or otherwise procures a felony to be committed may be indicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact, either with the principal felon or after his conviction; or may be indicted and convicted of the substantive felony, whether the principal felon has or has not been convicted, or is or is not amenable to justice; and in the last mentioned case may be punished in the same manner as if convicted of being an accessory before the fact. An accessory to a felony before the fact may be indicted, tried and punished in the same county where the principal felon might be indicted and tried, although the counselling, hiring or procuring the commission of such felony was committed within or without the commonwealth or on the high seas.
1. PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 274. FELONIES, ACCESSORIES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES
Chapter 274: Section 6. Attempts to commit crimes; punishment
Section 6. Whoever attempts to commit a crime by doing any act toward its commission, but fails in its perpetration, or is intercepted or prevented in its perpetration, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished as follows:
First, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, if he attempts to commit a crime punishable with death.
Second, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, if he attempts to commit a crime, except any larceny under section thirty of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for five years or more.
Third, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, if he attempts to commit a crime, except any larceny under said section thirty, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for less than five years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction or by a fine.
Fourth, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or by a fine, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if he attempts to commit any larceny punishable under said section thirty.
32 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:06 pm
“This is from an unimpeachable source:
Roger Pope said,”
LOL!!!! Roger Pope an “unimpeachable” soucre! LOL! I know Roger. I’ve worked with Roger. I’ve travelled with Roger. I’ve eaten diner with Roger. I’ve had long conversations with Roger on the phone. He’s got a penchant for engaging in gross exagerations. This is the same guy who claimed that he got lost in a frozen cornfield in Indiana, IN JUNE, and in reality he was in a city.
“January 1, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
I just want it to be known that Kay told me she tried to talk Gary out of committing fraud many times and that he would not listen to reason as he never does.”
First of all, Gary never committed fraud. You are refering to the Social Security Number box on a MINORITY of the registrations that the Finchers collected being left blank. The Social Security Number box on the voter registrations was OPTIONAL, it was not a mandatory field for one to be a registered voter. The ONLY reason that Gary (and Kay) filled in random numbers on the minority of registrations that they collected was because a couple of weeks after they arrived in New Mexico Joe Knight arbitrarily CHANGED the terms of their work by saying that he was not going to pay them for any voter registration card where the Social Security Number box was left blank. Once again, the Social Security Number box was NOT mandatory, it was optional, and also note that Scott Kohlhaas was working on the same registration drive during the same time period in a different city (Kohlhaas was in Las Cruces and the Finchers were in Alburquerque) and that Joe Knight NEVER put this arbitrary demand on Scott Kohlhaas as he got paid on time and in full for all registrations even if the optional Social Security Number box was left blank. Kohlhaas admitted that he turned in registrations where the Social Security Number box was left blank and that he got paid for them and that Joe Knight never put this demand on him.
Gary and his wife Kay (who passed away in 2002) kept audio journals. I’ve listened to recordings of Kay where she talked about the New Mexico incident. She did tell Gary that she thought that it was probably a bad idea to fill in random numbers on the cards where the OPTIONAL Social Security Number box was left blank just to appease Joe Knight, but then Kay went along with it anyways and filled in random numbers along with Gary!
“When collecting signatures Fincher will often misrepresent what the libertarian party is all about and when people don’t agree with him he resorts to violence.”
This is COMPLETE BULL! I’ve worked with Gary on numerous occassions and he never once lied about what a petition was. And to allege that any professional petitioner would engage in violence over a person not signing their petition is just flat out ridiculous. Anyone who would believe this has got to be stupid.
“Gary Fincher is insane and dangerous. I certainly don’t want him representing any organization I belong to.”
Gary is not insane or dangerous and he is in reality one of the best petitioners that there is and is certainly a far better representitive of the Libertarian Party than most of the petitioners that the LP hires who are MOSTLY NOT EVEN LIBERTARIANS.
“Fincher spent the last 14 years attacking Joe Knight and Crickenburger.”
Wow, you don’t even have your time line straight. The New Mexico controversy happened in late November-late December of 1999. That was 9 years ago, not 14 years ago.
Also, Gary did not attack Joe Knight or Ron Crickenberger. Gary DEFENDED himself against attacks from Joe Knight.
“Was he paid for attacking dedicated libertarians or what?!”
The only people who’ve attacked dedicated Libertarians are people like Joe Knight and Sean Haugh.
Gary was paid for the work that he did and it was ballot access expert Richard Winger (who had studied the incident in great detail) who told Bill Redpath that he should pay him.
33 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:12 pm
“Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I also found this on Fincher’s website. If it was true wouldn’t Sean Haugh be charged with a crime by now?”
If the allegations against Fincher were true why wasn’t he charged with a crime? Unlike Haugh, Fincher was actually IN THE STATE where the alleged “crimes” took place, and Fincher has been back to that state on numerous occassions, and he even got pulled over by the police in that state during a routine traffic stop and they ran his ID and no warrants came up. There are people who really have engaged in voter fraud and who’ve gone to jail for it. The reason that no charges were pressed against the Finchers is because they had not done anything illegal.
I looked into the situation with Haugh and what I found out was that Haugh lucked out because he is in North Carolina and the Massachusetts authorities are backlogged with other cases and have not considered going after him to be a high enough priority to do anything about it.
34 Chesti Krov // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:18 pm
“There are people who really have engaged in voter fraud and who’ve gone to jail for it. ”
You don’t happen to be butt buddies with any of those, by any chance, do you?
35 Trent Hill // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:21 pm
How the hell did this turn into another Andy/Gary/Sean Haugh idiot-fest?
36 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:23 pm
“Salvatore Bonnano // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:46 pm”
“Chesti Krov // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:18 pm”
For some reason, I’m getting the feeling that “Salvatore Bonnano” and “Chesti Krovi” are a couple of chickenshits, or perhaps the same chickenshit, hiding behind fake names.
37 paulie cannoli // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Back in comment 19, Andy mentioned that Gary once registered Dick Randolph as a Libertarian after Randolph had been a Republican for a number of years. What Sean, Roger, etc., have to do with this is not at all clear.
38 paulie cannoli // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:27 pm
37 @ 35
36….Yep, I think so. Chest i Krov means Blood and Honor in Russian, which was a motto of the Nazi party. Salvatore Bonnano and Chesti Krov both posted from the same IP anonymizer and used the (probably fake) email addresses don@mafia.it and vor@mafia.ru (vor=thief in Russian).
39 Trent Hill // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Gary re-register Randolph in 1998 as a Libertarian, after he’d been a Republican for 16 years. This is fairly well-known.
I say again–I like Dick Randolph, but he should not have run for Governor as a Republican that first time. He should’ve followed Andre Marrou’s advise by running for State Senate first (after which Marrou would also run for State Senate)–then both men would lead the charge on a ballot-iniative (something popular, term limits or eliminating the income tax). After this was accomplished, they were to run as a Gov/LtGov team.
Instead, Randolph took the Crane-machine’s advise and ran as a Republican immediately after running as a Libertarian. His percentage as a Libertarian was 15%, as a Republican, 13%.
40 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:32 pm
“You don’t happen to be butt buddies with any of those, by any chance, do you?”
Since I’m not gay, I am not “butt buddies” with anybody.
You must be refering to Paul who did in fact go to jail and has in fact admitted the error of his ways. Paul has done solid work since then. I have also worked with Paul on numerous occassions and I have never once seen him do anything fraudulent. I’ve seen validity reports from Paul’s work and it has always been good the entire time that I’ve known him (which is 4 1/2 years).
Gary, on the other hand, has never committed fraud. The New Mexico Election Officials looked into the accuastions against Gary and they CLEARED him. They even sent out Robert Lucero of the Bernalillo County Election Office to investigate the Finchers and his report VINDICATED them of having engaged in any fraud. The New Mexico Election Official did not have anything on the Finchers because the Finchers did NOT committ any crimes. The entire incident was much to do about nothing.
41 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:35 pm
“(after which Marrou would also run for State Senate)–then both men would lead the charge on a ballot-iniative (something popular, term limits or eliminating the income tax). ”
The Alaska State Income Tax was eliminated back in like 1980, and I believe it was eliminated with a ballot initiative. Alasaka Libertarians lead the charge in that campaign to end the Alaska State Income Tax.
42 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:37 pm
“paulie cannoli // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:27 pm
37 @ 35
36….Yep, I think so. Chest i Krov means Blood and Honor in Russian, which was a motto of the Nazi party. Salvatore Bonnano and Chesti Krov both posted from the same IP anonymizer and used the (probably fake) email addresses don@mafia.it and vor@mafia.ru (vor=thief in Russian).”
Hmmmmm. I wonder who that could be posting under fake names. I wonder if it is Eric Dondero. If it is not Dondero, I wonder if it is Roger Pope. If it is not Roger then I wonder who it is. Funny how they hide behind a fake name.
43 Andy // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:39 pm
“Trent Hill // Jan 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Gary re-register Randolph in 1998 as a Libertarian, after he’d been a Republican for 16 years. This is fairly well-known.”
I wonder if Joe Knight would claim that Gary “tricked” Dick Randolph into registering Libertarian. LOL!
44 Gary Fincher // Jan 7, 2009 at 12:49 am
Andy (and others):
That Salvatore guy is Sean Haugh; there’s too much transparency in that one, can’t you see that?
45 Trent Hill // Jan 7, 2009 at 12:53 am
Ohk, enough. Comments from here on out should concern Dick Randolph, the Alaska LP, or Randolph’s editorial.
46 Gary Fincher // Jan 7, 2009 at 12:56 am
paulie: “This page says he is 66 ”
The actual voter registration form that Dick filled out, which was actually in my possession for a while in Massachusetts (it made the rounds via the mail Alaska-Maine-Massachusetts-back to Alaska), said that he was 62 in 1998. Do the math, and he’s 72.
47 Gary Fincher // Jan 7, 2009 at 12:58 am
I think the conversation got off track, Trent, at post #21. Thus the writer of post #21 is the one that needs to be admonished.
Thanks.
48 John C Jackson // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Trent #15,
Sorry, I was doing my worst Dondero impression.
49 Dick // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Peeshka Guava
50 Gary Fincher // Jan 16, 2009 at 12:25 am
What does it take to get one to convince Trent Hill to email one back?
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