Peregrin Wood at Irregular Times:
A month ago, I wrote of the extremely poor offering of presidential candidates presented by the Green Party so far. Midge Potts, conspiracy theorist sits next to Charles Brannan, who says he has been called by the Holy Spirit to run for President “to force this country back to it founding roots with God at the center”, and Robert Milnes, who seeks to encourage political coalitions with Nazis.
Please, I begged the Green Party, could you come up with a better presidential candidate, one that people could support without cringing? A few days ago, as if in answer to my plea, a new candidate for the 2016 Green Party presidential nomination filed paperwork with the FEC.
You’ll never guess who it is…
Bush is running for President, on the Green Party ticket!
No, I’m not talking about Jeb Bush. I’m talking about Willita Bush.
Willita Bush is a 36 year-old resident of St. Louis, Missouri. She’s worked as an empowerment consultant, advising clients on civil rights litigation, though she is not a lawyer herself. She has recently entered law school. Last year, in the context of the shooting of Michael Brown, she campaigned as a write-in candidate for Executive of St. Louis County.
As far as anyone knows, Willita Bush is not a relative of the Bush family that includes former presidents George W. and George H.W., or Jeb.
Willita Bush has not shared any of her ideas about what she would do with the power of the presidency, or any strategy she has for being more successful than previous Green Party presidential candidates have been. Stay tuned for more information about this, the content of her campaign, when it becomes available.
IPR Update:
Conversation with Willita Bush on facebook:
me: Wednesday 12:53pm
Hi, I write for https://independentpoliticalreport.com/ which covers all alt parties and independent candidates of any ideology.
We’d be interested in having you in an online debate/discussion with Midge Potts and IPR readers as candidates for the Green Party presidential nomination. If you both accept, we’ll set up a thread. We did a similar thread last month for candidates seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination.
Willita Bush:
3 minutes ago
I Just Launched my 2016 Presidential Exploratory Committee and I have not authorized any statements referring to myself as a candidate. Your early support will be crucial as I evaluate whether we might overcome the odds. I would appreciate a correction for the readers.
Thanks
Willita D. Bush
me: Did you file as a candidate with the FEC? That seems to be the basis for the Irregular Times article I reposted.
I can add your correction to IPR but I have no access to correct the original.
I think there are also various legal implications with being a declared candidate as opposed to exploratory, differences in the way media outlets can treat you and whatnot. There are reasons for doing it, some good and some bad. Sometimes it’s an excuse to avoid debates. A lot of times it’s a way to see if there is enough support, financial and otherwise, to be worthwhile.
Except when it doesn’t, e.g. Romney (R) and Katz (L) in 2016.
Stein is pretty clearly going to run.
Willita Bush – it’s less clear.
I was under the impression that Willita Bush was a declared candidate, which is why I invited her to debate. She made it clear she is not a candidate, only exploring.
If you want to ask Stein go ahead. I already have a confirmation of interest from Potts. I could be wrong, but I would not expect Stein to accept, unless/util she moves from potential to actual candidate, and then we’ll see.
Ugh I hate the “exploratory committee” B.S. Everybody know it means you’re running, why beat around the bush?
http://www.jill2016.com/announcement
Also exploratory, not declared:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4526802/jill-stein-announces-2016-presidential-run
Invite Jill Stein, she’s announced. Article up shortly.
And before anyone asks, no, I’m not inviting Milnes or any other PLAN-SS (“progressive-libertarian alliance with national socialists strategy) candidate to debate here.
I’ve now heard back from Midge Potts.
MP: Okay Let me know. Thanks. BTW, I don’t always get online every day right now, so give me a couple days notice of when this will begin so I know to start makingan effort to log on more regularly so I can effectively participate in this debate.
PF: Sure thing. Unfortunately, Willita Bush has now clarified that she is only exploring a run, no actually declared yet, even though she filed with the FEC so we need at least one more person actively seeking the Green nomination and willing to participate to make this a go. I’ll let you know as soon as I find one.
Thanks!
I see that now. I can also see why someone would miss it.
I posted a comment at Irregular Times with the update; it is awaiting moderation there.
Here’s the FEC filing:
http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/973/15031382973/15031382973.pdf
“Testing the waters” is handwritten in.
No reply yet from Midge Potts.
Conversation with Willita Bush:
me: Wednesday 12:53pm
Hi, I write for https://independentpoliticalreport.com/ which covers all alt parties and independent candidates of any ideology.
We’d be interested in having you in an online debate/discussion with Midge Potts and IPR readers as candidates for the Green Party presidential nomination. If you both accept, we’ll set up a thread. We did a similar thread last month for candidates seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/01/debatediscussion-thread-with-declared-candidates-for-the-2016-libertarian-presidential-nomination/
Independent Political Report
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com
Willita Bush:
3 minutes ago
I Just Launched my 2016 Presidential Exploratory Committee and I have not authorized any statements referring to myself as a candidate. Your early support will be crucial as I evaluate whether we might overcome the odds. I would appreciate a correction for the readers.
Thanks
Willita D. Bush
me: Did you file as a candidate with the FEC? That seems to be the basis for the Irregular Times article I reposted.
I can add your correction to IPR but I have no access to correct the original.
Good idea. I’ll see if I can get a hold of them.
Both Ms. Bush & Ms. Potts have Facebook pages. I don’t use Facebook due to its history of discriminatory practices toward LGBT persons, so if someone who does would like to invite these two ladies to a debate/discussion thread similar to what we have for Libertarian candidates, feel free. I’d be happy to start the thread.