Comments on: Mike Gravel endorses Adam Kokesh for Congress

By: Earl

Earl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:12:51 +0000

I had met Adam Kokesh several times during Paul’s campaign and was impressed with him each time. Although running as a Republican, he is not the neocon type. He is a true fiscal conservative, and like Gravel he will appeal to the anti-war movement (if there is still one left). He is a fine choice for Congress, a nice alternative to the career politicians occupying both parties.

By: Francis

Francis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:19:47 +0000

What’s this? No Milnes comment?

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:35:15 +0000

He’s a Ron Paul minion, but he served time for heckling John McCain so I repect him for that.

By: Don Lake, late at night

Don Lake, late at night — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:54:25 +0000

Yet another group which

[a] did the Reform/ Deform Party and the Constitution Party ‘thing’ and held a civil war

[b] did the Constitution Party ‘thing’ and could not decide if it was a secular public administration partisan group or a sneaky snarkie church

By: HumbleTravis

HumbleTravis — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:28:33 +0000

BTW, it turns out that Adam Kokesh will actually have an opponent in the Republican primary. The man is an engineer named Tom Mullins. Judging from his website, he supports withdrawing the troops from Iraq and “frank public discussion of the potential consequences of troop removal from Afghanistan”. However he also worried about “nuclear threat from both North Korea and Iran”.

see:
http://www.mullinsforcongress.com/issues-foreignpolicy.html

By: HumbleTravis

HumbleTravis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:03:09 +0000

meant to say: “I am not opposed to the idea, but don’t think it should be the exclusive focus of Campaign for Liberty members.”

By: HumbleTravis

HumbleTravis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:00:33 +0000

Melty,

Did this book actually come out? I know Nelson Hultberg has been encouraging the formation of a new third party for years. He I am not opposed to the idea, but don’t think should be the exclusive focus of Campaign for Liberty members. In some states this might be a good option, in others it is a waste of time & money due to the uphill ballot access laws. What works in one place might not be viable in another, and we shouldn’t rule out any options.

By: Melty

Melty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:55:24 +0000

now I remember . . . Nelson Hultberg, and the book Ron Paul Revolution: Why We Must Form a Third Political Party to Win It
Is that idea getting any traction within the Campaign for Liberty?

By: Robert Capozzi

Robert Capozzi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:42:17 +0000

If Kokesh, Schiff and Rand Paul are unsuccessful in their bids, will they have achieved anything?

For the most part, if any of them win, that will be a reasonably big deal. Ron Paul is nearing the end of his career, so I’d like to see someone in Congress who’s L to carry on that tradition.

By: Melty

Melty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:18:59 +0000

Who wrote the book arguing that Campaign for Liberty should form itself into its own political party? . . . forgot the name of the book too

By: Melty

Melty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:13:03 +0000

infiltrationism (or entryism) is good strategy if a bunch o folks get into office and then switch over to the party that really represents them and all at once
that’s how the Whigs got supplanted by the Republicans

By: Don Lake, late at night

Don Lake, late at night — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:18:04 +0000

Sluttiness: hormones, OCD, habit, messed up child hood ????????

By: Melty

Melty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:59:52 +0000

I am a political slut

By: d.eris

d.eris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:39:06 +0000

Wasn’t Kokesh originally working or at least talking with the Modern Whig Party folks to run on as a MWP rep? I think some people from the MWP leadership are now working with Kokesh.

In any case, Ross, I think Kokesh’s campaign should be analyzed together with Rand Paul and Schiff’s, all of whom are gaining a lot of their support as a result of the explicitly infiltrationist strategy of Campaign for Liberty activists.

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:06:35 +0000

I guess he’s still a registered Democrat, or thinks of himself as a Democrat. He’s not really a partisan anything. He was a Democratic Senator, a Democratic presidential candidate, a Libertarian presidential candidate, he endorsed a Green for president and a Green for Congress and a Libertarian for Congress and an independent for Congress, and now he’s gone and endorsed a Republican for Congress. Kos from Daily Kos called him a “political slut.”

d.eris – I think this is different from most instances of “infiltration.” This is a candidate who has a chance of getting elected working with a party that’s making him more likely to get elected, rather than a group of people working to change a party. In other words, it’s less about changing the Republican party than it is about this single election. At least that’s what it seems like.