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 Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: Adam Kokesh for Congress - New Mexico 3rd CD 2010 |
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Adam Kokesh, Anti-War Activist, Emerges As Front Runner In GOP Congressional Campaign
Huffpost
First Posted: 12-18-09 10:00 AM | Updated: 12-18-09 02:35 PM
http://washingtonindependent.com/71424/anti-war-activist-mounts-gop-campaign-for-congress
Kokesh ... is 27 years old, and this is his first stab at campaigning � unifies two trends ... The first is the rise of Ron Paul�s libertarianism. ... Paul came out of the 2008 elections with a national fundraising base and new respect for his ideas about war and economics among Republican activists and voters. The second trend is the Tea Party movement ... has come together to demand commitment to the Constitution, commitment to small government values, and guarantees of national and state sovereignty.
... Kokesh was a late addition to Paul�s 2008 �Rally for the Republic,� an event meant to �bring the Republican Party back to its roots� held in Minneapolis before McCain�s address to the RNC in 2008
... New Mexico�s third district is either an ideal or a poorly chosen battlefield for a candidate like Kokesh. It�s the most Democratic-leaning district in the state, having given 61 percent of the vote to the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008. [Freshman] Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), ... won his election by 27 points, spending $1.5 million to fend off a Republican who spent only $190,000.
... John Otter, a founder of the Green Party of the United States who is the party�s treasurer in Santa Fe, said that Kokesh had a shot at winning over anti-war liberals.
�Personally, I�d vote for him,� said Otter. �I�d be be attracted to someone with a position against the war. Lujan was elected with liberal votes, and he�s just gone with the flow.�
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�You can�t just start chanting �End the Fed� at a GOP county meeting,� said Kokesh. �You have to take a step back and explain this perspective on monetary policy. But what�s so exciting now, in terms of the opportunity presented by this horrible economic situation is that you can start teaching these Austrian economic principles, and all of a sudden they don�t seem so abstract because you can connect them to what�s happening in real life.�
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Anti-war activists are key to the Kokesh campaign. He received an attention-getting endorsement from former Sen. Mike Gravel, and he�s publicized his support from Tina Richards, a �marine mom� who gained notoriety after a heated 2007 confrontation with Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wisc.) over why Democrats refused to cut off funding for the Iraq War
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�I think he�s trying to pick up a national mantle, as a national personality in the Ron Paul mode,� said Ellenberg. �I think he�s been successful so far.�
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Campaign for Liberty speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmsJe1S0z8w&feature=related
Announcing his Campaign for Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPgTaL-vGKc
Revolution march speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbOp_9VfR6o&NR=1
Mike Gravel endorses Adam Kokesh for Congress
October 14th, 2009
In 2008, Mike Gravel ran for president as a Democrat, then as a Libertarian. Adam Kokesh is running for Congress as a Republican with the support of many Ron Paul supporters and Libertarians. Kokesh has been involved with the Libertarian Party in the past. In the following Youtube clip, Mike Gravel endorses Adam Kokesh in his bid for Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9yNqysR4Dk&feature=player_embedded
Kokesh has raised over $100,000 for his campaign so far.
Money bomb is set for Feb 01, 2010
http://kokeshforcongress.com/ |
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