October 28, 2003
Republican Rival for President
President Bush will not run unopposed by another Republican. Though prospects of propelling beyond the President’s name recognition and 200 million dollar war chest are nil, one Republican believes democracy cries out for a choice. His name is Bill Wyatt and he is running for Republican votes (and any converts) for President of the U.S.
Mr. Wyatt has registered his campaign with the Federal Elections Commission and his campaign home is Los Angeles. He is serious about preserving the core of democratic elections, whether that be for delegate nomination, or office. He is serious about insuring that Republicans and conservatives have a choice should they believe President Bush is not representing their interests. His campaign is geared toward Republican doves since his platform is “NO NEW WARS!, Free-Speech, Free-Music, Free-Voting, Free-Bush, Free-T-shirts!
Mr. Wyatt has a web site, Bill Wyatt dot Org and he is accepting donations to his campaign. I grin widely when I imagine President Bush losing sleep over Bill Wyatt's candidacy, but, his belief in the democratic process, his efforts to provide a choice, his determination to register with the FEC and make his candidacy as legitimate as possible, is worthy of respect. Bill Wyatt is additional living proof that the uniquely American spirit that created this democracy of ours is still alive and well at the grass roots of the political system.
Posted by David R. Remer at October 28, 2003 06:16 PMRight.. just like Lyndon La Rouche is still calling himself a Democrat.
Posted by: Jake of 8bitjoystick.com at October 28, 2003 06:26 PMEven Lyndon La Rouche had to start somewhere.
Posted by: Bill Wyatt at October 29, 2003 12:06 AMLa Rouche started off as a real red Communist. Now he is a paranoid cult leader and convicted felon in his 70s. There are better upstart and 3rd party than he.
Historically I don’t know if any sitting president was successfully challenged by a member of his own party.
Posted by: Jake of 8bitjoystick.com at October 29, 2003 12:37 AMYou don’t always have to win the election to be successful, but you have to run to have a chance at being heard.
Posted by: Bill Wyatt at October 29, 2003 01:50 AMYou’ve got to be kidding me. This passes as Republican commentary? Doesn’t this belong in the Joke party blog? This has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.
Posted by: Some Guy at October 29, 2003 02:24 AMI for one wish Bill Wyatt lots of luck. I am a former Republican who left the party in disgust over the Bush administration. I wish other Republicans would wake up and realize just what an unmitigated disaster Bush has been. A skyrocketing national debt, miserable economy, a nationally insecure nation, and a borderline facist domestic policy are just some of the lowlights of his administration. He seems destined to be remembered as worse than Jimmy Carter, which is saying alot. So, good luck Mr. Wyatt, I hope that one day, Republicans will elect someone who represents the interests of all the people rather than those that are just rich, white, and male.
Posted by: Nate Daniel at October 29, 2003 08:35 AMActually on two occasions a sitting President was successfuly challenged in a primary.
1952 Harry Truman was defeated and embarssed in New Hampshire by Harry Cabot Lodge.
1968 Lyndon Johnson was defeated in New Hampshire. Not sure by who but sure he was defeated,
That’s great news about Truman and Johnson, both rather modern events. I think the GOP co-opted the Primary to keep any contender from gaining ground by canceling the Primary in two important states, Delaware and South Carolina and pre-emptively declaring Bush the endorsed candidate by resolutions. This is truly an example of elitism and manipulation of the election process. By eliminating important Primaries the GOP has limited the ability of any candidate to gain momentum. Why does Bush need all of that money if the Primary is rigged?
Posted by: Bill Wyatt at October 29, 2003 12:57 PMBoth parties have co-opted their respective primaries to ensure that the power structure isn’t threatened by the wishes of the actual party members. I think Wyatt’s candidacy is doomed to fail, as the major parties have rigged the system to ensure your choices in the general election are tweedledum and tweedledumber.
The primaries of both the Dems and the Reps are designed to ensure that the chosen candidate of the power brokers gets the press coverage and build up that they want before the general campaign begins. Bush needs the war chest not to fight off a primary attack, but to fight for the win in the general election.
Posted by: rev_matt at October 30, 2003 11:30 AMI agree, the primary for Bush is a shell game to raise funds for the fall election and the primary is a farce on its face. This is fast becoming my major issue as I try to get even a speck of media attention for my campaign. I consider the cancelling of the primaries in South Carolina and Delaware, states of major symbolic importance, before there was even a call for the primary itself as being a fraud. If there is no substantive primary in certain states then funds should not be raised in those states and said states should not have delegates present at the convention. I agree that my campaign may fail at the polls, but my campaign can be purposeful for exposing this mockery of our election process.
Posted by: Bill Wyatt at October 30, 2003 03:30 PMkEEP IT UP! oVER 10% OF THE VOTE IN oK. ok. OK!
Posted by: Rick at February 3, 2004 11:34 PM
