Adam Kokesh is Running for President!!!

[JK/SEA]

Adam Kokesh can go S*** A D***!!!
He's a fed

you sound like a scorned woman. Did Adam reject you?

 

[BuddyRey]

Adam couldn't win school board.

Maybe not, but imagine the kind of raw truth and state-destroying logic he'll be able to bring to the debate stage (presuming he runs Republican). There's plenty of value in even a purely educational campaign, as RP showed us.

 

[familydog]

Kokesh for president? He's not mainstream enough. He doesn't know how to play politics. His ideas of liberty are too extreme. His loyal followers will only scare people and hinder his chances. He will be laughed at during the debates. What a kook.

Only legitimate candidates who have a real shot at the nomination, like Ron Paul, should run.

 

[JK/SEA]

Kokesh for president? He's not mainstream enough. He doesn't know how to play politics. His ideas of liberty are too extreme. His loyal followers will only scare people and hinder his chances. He will be laughed at during the debates. What a kook.

Only legitimate candidates who have a real shot at the nomination, like Mitt Romney, should run.

fixed it for you.

the rest of your comment is EXACTLY what Ron Paul detractors were saying.

suck on a pickle troll.

 

[QuickZ06]

Kokesh for president? He's not mainstream enough. He doesn't know how to play politics. His ideas of liberty are too extreme. His loyal followers will only scare people and hinder his chances. He will be laughed at during the debates. What a kook.

Only legitimate candidates who have a real shot at the nomination, like Ron Paul, should run.

So much fail.

 

[CaptUSA]

So much fail.

I think I was sensing sarcasm...

 

[JK/SEA]

I think I was sensing sarcasm...

perhaps.

i'm in no mood for Kokesh bashing today...

 

[QuickZ06]

I think I was sensing sarcasm...

Should have put this at the end remember we have outsiders looking in. Best to let them know, as I do not even know if he is being for real or not.

 

[Todd]

Maybe not, but imagine the kind of raw truth and state-destroying logic he'll be able to bring to the debate stage (presuming he runs Republican). There's plenty of value in even a purely educational campaign, as RP showed us.

You're assuming that he would ever get on the "debate stage".

 

[jbauer]

I didn't know felons could run?

That's what I thought. I figured a felon would automatically be kicked out. Heck he can't even legally cross the boarder to Canada anymore let alone run for office.

 

[presence]

Collinz can we get a quick audio remaster of that collect call?

 

[mczerone]

I wish I could believe this. To me, it seems like for him, it's about him. I want to trust him, I do.

But I can't shake the feeling that he is less interested in securing his freedom and more interested in securing his attention.

Like Money, attention is only good for what you can trade it for.

People that make tons of money don't wish to swim, Scrooge McDuck style, in piles of cash. They want it to be able to parlay it into more and better stuff and investments.

Outside the real possibility of a personality disorder, the only real reason to seek attention is to parlay that attention into spreading the message farther and wider. You can be the best philosopher on a hill, giving the best wisdom to those who seek you, but if know one knows who you are, you will not be sought.

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

Would Adam run as a Republican? That would seem to be the best choice to me. A fed-up, GOPer who sees the writing on the wall and wants to end the federal government in an orderly fashion rather than wait for the collapse.

He could wake some people up. I'd support him for sure.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Surprising.

Voting, however, is a different story. Ironic, isn't it?

 

[beaker]

isn't obama a felon? not convicted, sure. but he smoked pot, stole someone's identity, forged a fake birth certificate. yet he's STILL president. miraculously..

 

[presence]

isn't obama a felon? not convicted, sure. but he smoked pot, stole someone's identity, forged a fake birth certificate. yet he's STILL president. miraculously..

Interesting tidbit.... the Judge that issued the search warrant for Adam is the same that issued the warrant for Snowden

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[eduardo89]

isn't obama a felon? not convicted, sure. but he smoked pot, stole someone's identity, forged a fake birth certificate. yet he's STILL president. miraculously..

Possession of marihuana is a misdemeanor, not a felony.

 

[Occam's Banana]

There's a certain amount of showmanship in what he does, true.

Indeed. And there ain't a damn thing wrong with that. Just the opposite, in fact ...

I can't shake the feeling that he is less interested in securing his freedom and more interested in securing attention.

Supposing your feeling to be true (and I think that it might be), why should that be regarded as a bad thing? If by securing attention to himself he secures attention to the ideas and ideals he espouses - and if we agree with those ideas and ideals - then why should we be upset by his penchant for the spotlight?

He may very well be, as you said, "less interested in securing his freedom." But if so, my own very strong impression is that this is because he is more interested in securing our freedom. He is motivated by a desire to promote freedom and liberty for all - and is willing to put his own freedom on the line in order to do so. For that reason alone he has my unbounded respect & admiration. People can disagree over whether Adam's tactics are always practical in this regard, but that is another matter altogether. To whatever extent he is "showboating" and indulging a "hey, look at me!" desire to attract attention to himself, he is doing so for a good cause - and I for one will not hold it against him if he "mugs it up."

Im genuinely curious, how many of his recent podcasts have you listened to? He's arguably the best articulator of the philosophy of liberty/voluntaryism anywhere right now, and the growth in his subscribers is impressive.

Seems very philosophically motivated to me. He has a very positive message about the future of freedom and he acts on his beliefs, IMHO.

I love Adam's podcasts and wish I had more time to devote to them. He has come a long way since his show on Russia Today. His presentation is much smoother & more polished than it was back then. He is, as fisharmor noted, something of a showman. And considering the ideas & ideals he is trying to "show," that is a good thing. A very good thing. More power to him!

 

[pcosmar]

That's what I thought. I figured a felon would automatically be kicked out. Heck he can't even legally cross the boarder to Canada anymore let alone run for office.

And before people go off any more on this tangent..

What Felony?
Adam was just arrested with 10 legally owned guns. So again What Felony?

And you thought wrong,, I am an ex-Felon. I can vote. I can run for office (not that I have a chance)

What are Adam's Convictions for? (before anyone slanders him any more)

 

[pcosmar]

Possession of marihuana is a misdemeanor, not a felony.

Has he ever been convicted of that? (not to my knowledge)

If he was never tried and convicted it is not even a misdemeanor.

You may mean arrested for (and that doesn't mean shit)