Buddy Roemer Hints At Independent Run for President

Buddy Roemer is a former Governor of Louisiana who has failed to make a splash in his run for the GOP nomination for President. Having failed to raise much money or get into most of the debates this year, Roemer is now considering continuing his run for President as an independent.

Former Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Charles “Buddy” Roemer has not been invited to participate in any major debate, and said he may just have to consider becoming a third-party candidate to get noticed.

“If I’m going to be shut out of every debate, I suppose that’s something I’m going to look at,” he said. “I’m a proud Republican, but I’m a prouder American. This is not about my party, this is about my nation.

“I think people are hungry for the truth, and I want to give it to them,” said Roemer, who visited with the Portsmouth Herald’s editorial board on Wednesday.

The truth, he said, is that America is being run by a Congress “ripe for corruption,” financed by corporations and “super” political action committees that are skirting the law.

“If you want the kids in Occupy Wall Street not to smell the stench, clean up the corruption,” said Roemer, who this week slammed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for breaking up the encampment by police force.

“Everything’s done on a wink and a nod,” he said of corruption in Congress. “You retire as a congressman one day and you get a $2 million job the next. How will America grow jobs again if it’s this corrupt?”

That kind of plain and passionate talk, seasoned with southern charm, was evident throughout his meeting with the editorial board.

Governor Buddy Roemer likely does not realize how difficult it is to get on the ballot as an independent, but there are rumors of individuals in his native Louisiana organizing for this very purpose.