June 01, 2004

LP Nominates Badnarik

Donny has been at the Libertarian Party's National Convention this weekend, and he's "excited" that the party has nominated Michael Badnarik to run for President of the United States.

Here's what I had to say about Badnarik in January:

[He] advocates that prisoners should be confined to bed rest instead of being allowed to exercise, and should be required to submit regular book reports. Sheer genius, in a Dave Barry kind of way.

Samizdata explains how Badnarik got the nod:

Badnarik entered the convention as a distant challenger to two better-financed candidates, Hollywood producer Aaron Russo and Ohio-based talk show host Gary Nolan. But acrimony between Russo's and Nolan's camps led Nolan, who fell behind in early balloting, to withdraw and endorse Badnarik, with the intention of tilting the election away from Russo. Badnarik finally carried a majority on the third ballot and became the LP's unlikely nominee.

There's a little more about Badnarik's ill-advised rhetoric, which convinces me even further that this fall's election is going to require a write-in.

One last item: Badnarik's campaign photo seems hopelessly out of date.

Posted by wasylik at June 1, 2004 10:45 AM | TrackBack
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