The failure of democracy

Larry Lessig’s presidential campaign ends.

Lessig has withdrawn because he never drew 1% support in three national polls, with this being the threshold to be included in the major candidate debates. He’s now claiming that he was about to reach this threshold, but the Party changed the rules in the face of this threat, and said he had to be drawing that much support six weeks ago, or something (hey it’s a long story).

Anyway, an idle mind being the devil’s workshop, I took it upon myself to research how many candidates — not merely “major” candidates, thanks, Lamestream Media! — there actually are for just the presidential nomination of the Democrat Party at this moment. This is difficult to ascertain, (see Media, Lamestream, supra) but here’s a selection from the Old Country Buffet of American politics:

Jeff Boss (born May 20, 1963) is an American conspiracy theorist.[1][2] He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 and 2012 elections[3][4] and is running as a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election.[2]

Boss holds that the United States government, specifically the National Security Agency, is responsible for the September 11 attacks.[1] He claims to have witnessed the government arrange the attacks.[5]
Electoral history

In 2008, he was an independent candidate for President of the United States as well a candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey, running under the slogan “Vote Here”.[6] He received 639 votes as a presidential candidate and 9,877 in his Senate run.[5]

In 2009, Boss was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Governor of New Jersey.[1][6] He finished third, with 8.3% of the vote, in the primary which was won by Jon Corzine, who received 77.2% of the vote.

In the 2012 election, Boss received 1,024 votes for President of the United States.[7]
Jeff Boss campaign literature, posted on a wall on 9th Avenue in Manhattan.

He ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2013,[8] but was removed from the ballot after the New Jersey Democratic State Committee challenged the nominating petitions of all independent candidates seeking the Democratic nomination.[9] He subsequently filed new petitions to run for Governor in the general election and appeared on the ballot as the “NSA Did 911” candidate.[10] Out of the eight candidates, Boss finished last, with 0.1% of the vote.

In 2014, Boss ran for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey as an independent.[11] His slogans were “NSA Whistleblower” and “NSA Did 911”.[11] He received 4,513 votes[12] (0.24% of the vote).

Keith Russell Judd (born May 23, 1958) is an American former prison inmate and perennial candidate for political office. His nicknames include “Dark Priest”[2] and “Mtr. President”.[3] He claims to have run for President of the United States in every election since 1996.

Judd was born May 23, 1958, in Pasadena, California. He is married, and professes to be a Rasta-Christian.[3] He claims to have run in every United States presidential election since 1996 and for mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Governor of New Mexico.[4] He further claims to be a former member of the Federation of Super Heroes[citation needed]. Judd has one child, born out of wedlock on September 3, 1990, a son named Marcus Miciah Robertson.[2]

Samuel Howard Sloan (born September 7, 1944) is an American chess player and publisher who lives with his family in The Bronx, New York. He is a Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States. [1] In 2006, Sloan served on the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation. He competed in the 2013 and in the 2015 World Championship of Chinese Chess in Huizhou, China and in Munich, Germany.[2]

In 1970, Sloan established a registered broker-dealer that traded over-the-counter stocks and bonds. Sloan had no formal legal training but orally argued a case before the Supreme Court after litigating against the Securities and Exchange Commission over policies regarding the trading of penny stocks.[3] The Court ruled in his favor, 9–0, concerning his claim that the “tacking” of 10-day summary suspension orders for an indefinite period was an abuse of the agency’s authority and a deprivation of due process.[4]

Robert “Robby” Wells (born April 10, 1968) is an American politician and former college football coach and player. He was the head football coach at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.[1]

Wells unsuccessfully sought the Constitution Party’s nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election.[2][3][4] He is seeking the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in the 2016 presidential election.

Wells was hired as head football coach on December 22, 2007. In his first season as head coach, the team saw as many victories as the previous four seasons combined. Wells resigned his position on January 28, 2010 citing personal reasons. He subsequently filed a lawsuit against SSU for reverse discrimination, alleging that his resignation as head coach was forced.[8] The lawsuit was settled in November 2011.[9][10]

Willie Wilson (born June 16, 1948)[1] is an American businessman and politician from Chicago, Illinois. He has owned and operated several different McDonald’s restaurant franchises and owns Omar Medical Supplies, which imports and distributes latex gloves and other medical and safety supplies and equipment.[2][3] He also produces the nationally syndicated gospel music television program “Singsation” which won an Emmy Award in 2012.[2][4][5]