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Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate

Posted by Roblimo on from the plenty-of-substance-behind-the-laughs dept.

Not many candidates for the U.S. Senate are 4'9" tall and only have one hand. But Oregon Democrat Steve Novick qualifies on both counts -- and uses them as pluses in his TV ads. Like this one, where he shows why he's the best beer-drinking partner among all the candidates. Or this one, where it's obvious why he's for "the little guy." Also, as far as we know, he's the only candidate this year for any major office who has his own brand of beer. And his online campaign manager is a major Slashdot junkie, too, which is certainly in his favor. But will humor and oddness get Steve into the Senate? We don't know. So ask him. In fact, ask him anything else you'd like about campaigning and politics. He's promised to respond, and seems like the kind of guy who will give interesting answers, at that. (Please follow Slashdot interview rules, as always.)

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  1. Re:Universal Health Care by iminplaya · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hear Hear! It's much more important to keep that money handy for the present day and upcoming stock market bail outs, and let medical care trickle down from that. Viva la (Reagan) Revolución! VIVA!

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  2. A simple list. by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 1, Troll
    1. When do you want to see all USA troops removed from Iraq. If window > 12 months, WHY?

    2. Will you introduce or back a bill to immediately restore habeus corpus? If not, WHY?

    3. Will you seek to imprison or support the imprisonment of the Bush Junta for their obvious war crimes? If not, WHY NOT?

    4. Will you introduce or back a national adoption of the International Depletion Protocol, as developed by Prof. Heinberg of California? If not, WHY NOT?

    5. Will you introduce a bill or support a bill that bans practices such as extreme rendition and waterboarding? If not, WHY NOT?

    6. Will you support the prosecution of those responsible for the practice of extreme rendition and waterboarding? If not, WHY NOT?

    7. Will you introduce or support a bill that will close American military bases outside the USA? If not, WHY NOT?

    8. Do you repudiate american imperialism? If not, why not?

    9. Will you introduce or support a bill that reinstitutes a graduated income tax that will actually force the rich to pay a larger percentage of their wealth than the working middle class? If not, WHY NOT?

    10. Will you introduce or support a bill that reduces military expenditure by at least 50% over the next 4 years? If not, WHY NOT?

    RS

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