New Hampshire Presidential Primary 2008
Most media outlets only talk about the top 16 candidates running for President. However, there are 42 people on the New Hampshire ballot. This Web site profiles the candidates who are ignored by the mainstream media.
They include a candidate who is taking refuge in Rome, Italy. Jack Shepard will not be able to enter the country without facing pending arson charges in Minnesota from 25 years ago. “Cap” Fendig sold his business to run for President but was denied a spot on the ballot in his home state of Georgia. Republican Vermin Supreme was the first to file in New Hampshire. His platform is a mandatory tooth brushing law – he was wearing a boot on his head at the state house when he filed. An 81-year-old Democratic hopeful Caroline P. Killeen has been a nomad for years of her life. She returned to the United States to campaign on the premise the planet has lost its affinity with nature. And for others like Dal LaMagna, a Democrat and creator of the Tweezerman Company, it is a serious campaign to change the politics of the nation.
In New Hampshire, to get on the ballot one must pay $1,000 and be a U.S. native who has lived in the country for at least 15 years.
This is a big election. It is the first election since 1928 that both major political parties will have an open race; there is no sitting President or Vice President running in this election.
The profiles were collected by a group of undergraduate students at Saint Michael’s College studying journalism and political science. The objective for this site was to provide a platform for candidates deemed “minor” by the media. The hopefuls are trying to tell America their messages, despite what they see as an unfair advantage for those who can pay for coverage.
These profiles allow the candidates to promote their messages. And it can provide you, the reader, an outlet to learn and educate yourself on the issues and what each candidate is standing up and out for.
For more information about the project contact David Mindich.
Introduction by Karen Fitts.
