Tuesday, June 19, 2007

FDT Not To Run?

I ran across a couple of articles by the PR director of the Constitution Party, Tom Kovach. If you don't know who they are, that is OK. They are just one of the groups that were disgusted with the lack of conservative principles in the Republican party that decided that the way to fix it was to go form another mini-party that will never have influence. As a side note: I remember a quote from Norman Swartzkoff autobiography from when he was disgusted with the Army. He was ready to leave and a wise friend told him that he could leave the Army or he could stay until he had enough seniority to fix the problems. But if he left, the bad guys won. That is my problem with groups like the Libertarian Party, Constitution Party and for that matter the Green Party.

Anyway, Tom Kovach has an article in Renew America that basically alleges that FDT is not intending to run, but rather has already set himself up to raise a bunch of money, declare his lymphoma to be a problem, then give the money back to the GOP. Kovach thinks that he will be unable to raise the money he was hoping due to Bush's position on immigration.

Kovach also had an article in World Net Daily back on May 4th basically stating that the main thing that he did not like about FDT was that he is a "globalist" due to the fact that he voted for expanding NAFTA.

Now Kovach, from my point of view, is a bit of a nut. In the World Net Daily article, he takes the NAFTA vote and alleges that FDT is anti-borders. In the Renew America article, he takes the conservative base's dislike for Bush and the immigration debacle and thinks that the money will flow to the Constitution Party. Kovach misinterpreted the reason for FDT revealing his lymphoma. It wasn't so he could have an "out", but rather to make sure that it would not become a campaign issue later. He also misinterprets the reason for FDT NOT announcing his candidacy for the Presidency even though he accurately sees the attention that FDT is getting by NOT announcing. He is getting better traction as a candidate without declaring this early.

FDT will announce when he is ready. Don't let weird stuff like this worry you.

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