{"id":17476,"date":"2010-02-16T09:52:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=17476"},"modified":"2010-02-16T09:52:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:52:06","slug":"adam-kokesh-unfit-for-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=17476","title":{"rendered":"Adam Kokesh: Unfit for Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonn discussed this briefly the other day, and last night I had some fun at Adam’s expense.\u00a0 He used to have a thing that put up every Tweet that used Adam’s name, until the lovely Boston Maggie <\/a>and I Tweet bombed his page.\u00a0 Anyway, this morning I thought I might address a few things.<\/p>\n

First off, I don’t know if I want Kokesh to win, or lose miserably. I can see merit in both. I mean really, who has been covering Adam longer than us? Hell, Jonn even had to correct Adam on his own friggin bio. It would be great fun for us if he won. On the other hand, the man is the worst possible individual anyone could ever choose to elect for a whole host of reasons that I plan to bring up.<\/p>\n

But let us start with this fact: Adam Kokesh has the same chance of winning the New Mexico Third Congressional District as I do of becoming the next Laker Girl. We can dispense with the rest after that, but it is important that you realize his campaign has zero chance. The Cook Political Report <\/a>(and everyone else who tracks races) list this as a “Solid Democrat” seat. The registration is D+7, and Kokesh will not pull all the GOP vote. The incumbent has not unduly pissed anyone off, so you can start with a solid D vote. Now look at Kokesh, does anyone who knows this guys background really believe him to be a GOP? I mean, set aside all policy considerations, does he act like a Republican?<\/p>\n

Adam is a libertarian. He and others like him are the very reason I am not one. Because they are so inexcusably smug, so arrogant, and so blind to any other rational viewpoint. If you looked at issues, Adam may be right on the vast majority, but he is such a pompous ass that you want to disagree. Either way, how many Republicans do you know that share the stage with ANSWER, CodePink et al?<\/p>\n

Adam States<\/a>:<\/p>\n

From the absurd to the twisted, the attacks on me have been coming with increasing frequency lately, and we welcome them. When you are truly challenging the established order, there will always be a pushback. While some of the attacks of a personal nature have been disturbing, at the same time, it is very reassuring to know that we are being attacked because we have become a credible threat!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This to me is the sort of brither approach. [I am not talking validity, so can it.] When half-baked attacks on Adam take place, it only makes him look better. And it is so unneccessary. THE MAN STORES HIS OWN URINE IN THE REFRIGERATOR.<\/strong> And being able to label them “attacks” is classic. There are some very, VERY valid questions about Kokesh we have documented here, and since Adam is the one seeking office, it should be him responding to them.<\/p>\n

Either way, he is not a “credible threat” and I am loathe to even treat him as such.<\/p>\n

None the less, some of the very valid reasons to question Adam include:<\/p>\n

Maturity.<\/strong> Just a year ago he was living as a frat boy in the IVAW house which was rampant with drug use and other such recreations. <\/p>\n

Honesty.<\/strong> Adam brags on his site that he “receiv[ed] an honorable discharge in November of 2006” yet fails to mention in the bio that he subsequently also received a General Discharge. Would that not be pertinent to the voters there?<\/p>\n

Stability. <\/strong> At one point Adam was blogging about how he was mixing Gin and Xanax, about how he stored urine in his fridge, about how the DC police were following him, and how if law enforcement agents legally sought the arrest of a deserter (Matthis) that…well, let’s let him tell it<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Should any military or law enforcement personnel come here, to MY house, they will not be welcome, nor will they find removing him from the premises to be physically tenable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is there anyone out there who thinks you can entrust law-making powers to a man who would be willing to physically repel the legal actions of state actors? Does that strike you as appropriate?<\/p>\n

Anyway, over the next few days, I will cover some of the bio points that Adam seems to be forgetfully omitting. I hope that some voters in the New Mexico Third Congressional District will look through the evidence and see that Tom Mullins is a far superior candidate<\/a>. Even though I disagree with many of Mullins’ positions, he at least has the maturity, honesty and mental stability to more ably represent the needs of northern New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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