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Charleston City Paper: Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Steve French is Left of the Dems, Right of the GOP

by Paul Bowers

For social liberals in South Carolina, the state Democratic Party can be kind of a letdown. Entrenched in red territory, its current nominee for governor, Vincent Sheheen, won’t even come out in favor of marriage equality.

Enter gubernatorial candidate Steve French, a pro-choice, pro-marriage-equality candidate who adamantly believes South Carolina should be the next state to legalize recreational marijuana use. If you want a social liberal in the Governor’s Mansion next year, here’s your guy.

French is the Libertarian Party candidate, though, so he also holds some aggressively conservative views on fiscal matters. He likes school vouchers, for example, and he wants to replace income and corporate taxes with an across-the-board 7 percent sales tax with no tax breaks or incentives.

As the fall election season heats up, French is going to say some things that are a little hard for both sides to swallow. But he’ll tell you that all he’s looking for is a little consistency.

“We have Republicans that talk about smaller government, but they’ll kick your door in because you’re playing a poker game,” French says. “We’ve got the Democratic Party that talks about individual liberty, but then they want to unload all these taxes on us at the same time.”

Read the full article here.

12 Comments

  1. paulie April 27, 2014

    I hope no one interpreted comments above to imply we were talking about the same Steven French…

  2. Matt Cholko April 25, 2014

    He does have a nice, professional appearance. I hope he couples that with some nice, hardcore Libertarian issues. If so, I may send him a check.

  3. paulie April 25, 2014

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1521143/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

    Actor (410 credits)
    2014 Load Almighty 2 (Video) (as Steve French)
    2013 Between the Cheeks (Video)
    2013 Sexy Horny Housewives (Video)
    2013 No Cum Dodging Allowed 13 (Video)
    2012 Anal Overload (Video) (as Steve French)
    2012 I Wanna Buttfuck Your Daughter 13 (Video)
    2012 Boobaholics Anonymous 8 (Video) (as Steve French)
    2012 No Cum Dodging Allowed 12 (Video) (as Steve French)
    2012 Interracial Swingers 4 (Video)
    2012 North Pole #95 (Video)
    2012 North Pole #99 (Video)
    2012 Two Fucking Me (Video)
    2011 Boffing the Babysitter 11 (Video)
    Second Husband (uncredited)
    2011 My Wife and I Are Fucking the Babysitter (Video)
    2011 Teenage Spermaholics 7 (Video)
    2011 Pornstars Punishment 3 (Video)
    2011 North Pole #90 (Video)
    2010 Jerkoff Material 5 (Video)
    2010 MILF Maids (Video)
    2010 We Suck 3 (Video)
    2010 F for Francesca (Video)
    2010 Racially Motivated 2 (Video)
    2010 Boobaholics Anonymous 6 (Video)
    2010 North Pole #79 (Video)

    ….

  4. langa April 25, 2014

    Interesting. I haven’t seen him in a few years, so I just assumed that he was probably retired.

  5. paulie April 25, 2014

    Incidentally, there also used to be a fairly well-known porn star named Steven French.

    Some of his best work was in Donkey Punch. IMDB lists him as still active as of this year.

  6. langa April 24, 2014

    I think I have seen every episode of Trailer Park Boys, but I had actually forgotten that one.

    Incidentally, there also used to be a fairly well-known porn star named Steven French.

  7. Nicholas Sarwark April 23, 2014

    It’s a Canadian show, The Trailer Park Boys. The whole thing is funny.

  8. Jill Pyeatt April 23, 2014

    What the heck is the story on that video, Nicholas? Pretty hilarious!

  9. Jed Ziggler Post author | April 23, 2014

    He’s a very handsome and smart man. Not sure I agree with him on the 7% sales tax, but certainly a better alternative to the duopoly. I hope he does well.

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