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Gene Amondson Dies
July 21st, 2009
On July 20, Gene Amondson died at the age of 65. He had been the Prohibition Party candidate for president in 2008, and had also been one of two competing Prohibition Party presidential candidates in 2004. He was 65. He had suffered a stroke the day before he died, which put him in a coma. Thanks to John Killian for this news.
There is a video at youtube of Gene Amondson speaking.
And I am off balanced ?????????
Peter Orvetti // Jul 22, 2009 at 9:14 pm
“This has nothing to do with “secular public administration”. It’s about a man who died. I don’t want religion in government either. But this is about a decent man who died ……”
Lake: He is dead and you are an idiot! Regarding ‘Independent POLITICAL Report’! Duh!
Has the PP found a new chairperson?
I erased the spam.
RIP Gene and i apologize for the tool above who felt it necessary to hawk his boots on a memorial thread . Gross…
RIP Gene.
You don’t think I am insane? I am shocked, shocked shocked! But then again, we are all insane just for being on this site.
Pour out a little liquor for da homie.
RIP
I don’t think CT is insane.
I think Milnes is clearly a gentleman who suffers from some mental illness, and all joking aside, I wish he would get the help he needs.
Lake clearly has some mental illness issues as well, and I wish the same for him. I think he probably has had trouble getting the help he needs because of the VA being another incompetent government agency, and that’s a shame. A good case study on how government just doesn’t work.
Bryan, I appreciate your post. Don, at first I didn’t read your stuff either, but now I read 100% of it. Remember that Robert Milnes has called us three the Holy Roman triumverate, because we are creating confusion and excitement on this website and are widely thought to be insane.
Religion is and will always be an important part of politics. The questions are how and why and when, not whether and what the hell.
I think Robert Milnes should consider attempting a takeover of the Prohibition Party and consider using it to get the Progressive Alliance strategy off the ground.
Pour out a little liquor for da homie.
I can’t believe that anybody is turning this into some nearly hostile post…
I REALLY like my beer, I haven’t been to a church service (other than funerals) in almost 30 years.
But I respected Gene for standing up for what he believed, even as some mocked him and others ignored him. As a “fellow” third party member, I know what he had to put up with… and he did it for years.
All I would like to see, is people showing a little respect for someone who died, and because he was a religious man, and a member of a political organization that recognizes Christian principles, I think some of this respect should be for what he believed…As for me I hope that he found the end that he was seeking during his time on earth.
Take the argument to another topic…
CT, if you were not ‘too poor to pay attention’ you might notice that I do not respond a whole lot your rantings. Now, I love the first Amendment, but my response is to rarely read your stuff, and the few times I do, 85% of the time I do not respond!
Shame on you for dragging religion into American secular public administration! Shame on you!
Secular public administration, secular public administration, secular public administration!
Want to get ‘churchie’ —— go to a religious site!
Protect my spirituality! Keep your religion out of my nation’s politics!
Catholic Trotskyist:
I think the party is in much better shape than in
the late Earl Dodge era, when it was terribly
divided. There are still legal issues regarding the endowment, and I think the people who are devoted to the party are having to operate on a shoestring. And there is no doubt Amondson’s unexpected death has dealt a blow to the party. But there are a core of dedicated leaders, including Jim Hedges of Pennsylvania, Leroy Pletten of Michigan (he was the vp candidate with Amondson), William Bledsoe of Florida, and Don Webb of Mississippi.
I wonder what conditions are on the endowment. What if there is truly noone interested in the Prohibition Party, but what if some other third parties could take over and change the party’s platform in order to get the money?
Don, Peter is exactly right. And why are you blaming Mike for turning this into church chat? I’ve been doing that for almost a year now, and don’t you remember John Lowell and Red Phillips who used to post here?
Mike: One more thanks for turning this political site into ‘church chat’. Some of us are serious ’bout changing the world on a secular level. I personally know that there are dozens of religious sites out there!
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Peter:
[a] ‘Republic” ???? Oh, the fascist global empire which we call a ‘republic’ ?????
[b] ’round 2065 ?????
As for the future of the party… see discussion at BAN. There is an endowment that virtually assures the party will continue. If the party could survive the death of Earl Dodge it can survive the death of Gene Amondson.
For those in the area who want to pay their
respect, the memorial service for Amondson
is scheduled for 2 pm Saturday on Vashon
Island in Washington state. For more information, call (206) 463 9300.
I’ve always had a good amount of respect for this man. I was always hoping to meet him someday. May his God go with him to his final resting place.
Goes to show ya, no matter how you live life, everyone dies. That’s why I plan to drink lots, smoke lots, and party hard. 🙂
I’m kind of curious as well if his prohibition party will also fall now that he’s passed on.
RIP Gene.
Not drinking enough wine will do that to a fella.
So, does the Prohibition Party die along with him?
I usually will post smart ass comments on the more “fringe” parties/candidates… but in this case I think he was sincere in his beliefs (however misguided), and that he added a little “spice” to “third” Party movements.
RIP dude….
Haha! Good thing the Prohibition Party didn’t win the 2008 election, then. A loss of a President 7 months in would wreak havoc on the American public as well as the economy.
Rest in peace Gene. It was nice that Gene tried to debate his critics on the comments of that YouTube video. I disagree with him, as I believe that, though abortion should be illegalized, alcohol is very important and drugs should all be legal accept for meth. I also think he sounded drunk in that video. But I mourn his death.
I met Amondson a few weeks ago. He was a good guy, pragmatic, seemingly vigorous, and witty as hell. He defied what many might see as the stereotype of the stuffy Prohibitionist. His death should be mourned by everyone on the third-party front, of whatever ideological stripe.