Posted by
mgraves on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:02:27 AM
John Cox?
Haven't heard of him?
I hadn't either, until I read an article about him in the Weekly Standard. The article, titled, "The sane fringe candidate", presents one of the problems with our selection of presidential candidates: to be invited to debates, while being a fringe candidate, one needs to be nutty, like Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul.
John Cox is virtually everything conservatives claim to want in a candidate. For one thing, he's not Sen McCain, Gov Romney, or Mayor Guilliani. He supports the war, and has done so from the start, but criticizes the abysmal management of the war. He opposes the profligate Republican spending and proposes abolishing the IRS and the current Byzantine tax code. He once ran for office in Illinois proposing to abolish the tax dollar wasting position that he was running for. He opposes abortion and points to his very existence as the reason: his mother was raped by his father. Mr. Cox points to the need to control our borders and crack down on businesses that hire illegals, but claims to not be an immigrant basher (so he merely opposes illegal immigration, like most of the rest of us).
And here is his campaign web site. Pay close attention to the thumbnail sketches of his views on the issues.
Ordinarily I tend to dislike candidates who announce early. Elections ought to be held every two years (Presidential elections every four): not held continuously. That said, even though Mr. Cox announced his candidacy March 2006, I'll have to let it slide. I'd never heard of him prior to the Labash article in the Weekly Standard. There's small chance he'll grow stale because there's virtually no chance he'll be nominated.
Which is a shame.