Darcy Richardson gave money to third-party campaigns for Ralph Nader and H. Joel Deckard in 2000.

[LoZoccolo]

[brooklynite]

1. And Darcy Richardson would be.....?

This thread leaves something to be desired...like content.

[LoZoccolo]

4. He is one of Obama's primary challengers.

[FSogol]

21. One of them? Who are the others? n/t

[LoZoccolo]

27. Randall Terry and Vermin Supreme are also running.

[FSogol]

34. Ok, I never heard of Vermin Supreme, so I Google him and this is what I get

and Terry is the graphic fetus guy, right? Sheesh.

[SidDithers]

25. He's the punchline to a joke, really...

but some think he's the savior of all things liberal and progressive in the Democratic Party.

http://www.darcy2012.com

Sid

[Luminous Animal]

2. I thought that 3rd Party supporters were SUPPPOSED to come back into

the fold and work from within the party.

[mmonk]

5. Some people can't make up their mind if they want them in or out.

I guess it depends if they challenge candidates within or not.

[LoZoccolo]

8. It looks like he wouldn't make up his mind between the Green Party and Reform Party.

[mmonk]

11. So should he be in or out now?

[LoZoccolo]

12. He should be in.

[mmonk]

14. Fair enough.

[LoZoccolo]

18. I don't think anybody should vote for him though.

[mmonk]

20. I wasn't expecting you to be for him.

Just asking concerning his right to be in it. He may attract more people to the primaries for the Democrats and they may find candidates for different positions in government that they may want to follow up on and vote in the general election as well.

[LoZoccolo]

9. I've criticized candidates for knowing they won't win and have to follow through on their promises.

[lpbk2713]

3. And something that happened twelve years ago is newsworthy in what regard?

[LoZoccolo]

6. You could also think about it as being three elections ago.

[Luminous Animal]

7. He's mounting a primary campaign for the Democratic nomination for President.

[snooper2]

13. that's all ya got?

[AtomicKitten]

10. I had to look up Joel Deckard.

He ran on the Reform Party ticket for the Senate in 2000.

Darcy Richardson been associated with the Boston Tea Party, the Consumer Party, the Justice Party, and the New Democrats. He's run multiple times for various offices under various party affiliations. It's like he has his nose pressed up against the window looking for a way to get in.

[JackRiddler]

16. Note that the "Boston Tea Party" is not the more recent Tea Party.

Founded in 2006 and pretty much to the left.

In this country's history you can probably find many other examples of different groups taking up the "Tea Party" name, since it's one of the founding myths.

[Luminous Animal]

17. Thanks for that!

[AtomicKitten]

26. Thanks for misinformation? The BTP of FL was founded on 6/23/2008

per Richardson himself in an email posted below. At that time they were requesting formal affiliation with the national Boston Tea Party, the current iteration of the teabagger party.

[Luminous Animal]

28. Nope. The Boston Tea Party is an actual registered political party (which the teabagger aren't.

started by ex-Libertarian members. They run their own Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party_%28political_party%29
http://bostontea.us/

[AtomicKitten]

29. He was associated with the FL BTP organized 6-23-2008 per his own admission.

Pesky details are pesky (apparently).

[Luminous Animal]

30. Yes. KNOW that but it is an affiliate of the National BTP.

That is why it has BTP before the FL. It is a state affiliate of an actual registered political party that predates the astroturf parties and runs their own slate.

The TEA Party and other tea parties are completely separate organizations. These parties are parties in name only. They are not registered in any state and cannot officially run candidates.

[Karmadillo]

32. The AtomicKitten knows the Boston Tea Party is not a teabagger party, but smearing is so much FUN,

it's apparently hard to stop.

From previous AtomicSmears by the AtomicKitten:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=81892

You were informed in a previous thread you were wrong, but I guess that's no reason you can't continue to mislead DUers. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=24027

The Boston Tea Party is a political party (founded 2006) that predates the Teabagger movement (2009). They are not the same movement.

http://www.bostontea.us/program

Program of the Boston Tea Party
Adopted in Convention, May 27, 2010

1. End the Wars of Aggression: The U.S. should withdraw all forces from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, South Korea, Germany, Japan, and all other occupied nations.

2. End the Fed: The U.S. Congress should audit the Fed, allow for competition of currencies, repeal the income tax, abolish the IRS, and refuse any further 'bailouts' of corporations in any industry. Furthermore, all federal regulations covering every aspect of the private economy, including those individuals who seek self-employment, should be repealed across the board. All FICA and withholding taxes levied on employers and employees should be eliminated entirely.

3. End the War on Drugs: The federal government should repeal all laws against the use and trade of "controlled substances." The states and local communities should also permit people to freely choose what substances they wish to consume without government intervention.

4. End the Abuses of Liberty: Congress should repeal the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act & FISA Acts and abolish the NSA, TSA, CIA and any other federal agency that infringes on individual rights. Congress should review and revoke the emergency powers granted to the President in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks. The U.S. should restore privacy by forbidding warrant-less wiretapping of phone and internet communication. The U.S. must restore habeas corpus, allowing all detainees, foreign and domestic, a speedy and public trial. No physical or environmental discomfort should be used to influence the interrogation of suspects for any crime. The U.S. government must respect the rights of all people, regardless of place of birth, status of citizenship, or suspicion of criminality.

5. End the Immigration Fiasco: Rather than suddenly decide to enforce long-ignored immigration laws, the U.S. should open the borders to trade and travel. We should loosen restrictions on citizens and visitors alike, allowing people of many backgrounds and cultures to coexist in a society of social and economic freedom and prosperity. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies at all levels of government should be abolished and dismantled immediately.

[AtomicKitten]

33. Per his own admission, Richardson was affiliated with the Florida BTP organized on 6-23-2008

requesting formal affiliation with the national BTP thereafter. He has referred to himself as a "Democratic Teabagger." Truth is he has no real party affiliation as evidenced by him jumping around from the New Democrats to the Boston Tea Party to the Justice Party to the Consumer Party and now to the Democratic Party (not necessarily in that order), but the only thing he's consistent about is losing - as he will do again here - hard and out loud.

Woot! Richardson/Mercer 2012!!!

[stockholmer]

42. +1000, I have posted similar info in the past as well

keep up the good work

[AtomicKitten]

19. Richardson himself says his party, the Boston Team Party of FL, was organized on 6/23/2008.

link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btpnc/message/410

----- Original Message ----
From: Darcy G. Richardson <darcyrichardson@ aol.com>
To: btpnc-talk@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:54:22 PM
Subject: [btpnc-talk] Florida Requests Affiliation


The Boston Tea Party of Florida, organized on June 23, 2008, and

dedicated to keeping the flame of liberty alive in the Sunshine

State, hereby requests formal affiliation with the national Boston

Tea Party. We have adopted bylaws (subject to modification) for our

state organization and have elected the following officers:



State Chair:

John Wayne Smith of Leesburg, Florida



Treasurer:

Nicholas Galindo of Jacksonville, Florida



At-Large Member:

Charles Jay of Hollywood, Florida



We currently have nine active members and recently started a Yahoo!

Group at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/FloridaBTP /.



Thank you for your kind consideration.



With best wishes,



Darcy G. Richardson

[Robb]

23. Oh, my.

[Tarheel_Dem]

31. Sweet Jeebus! Is this guy a flake or what? (nt)

[AtomicKitten]

37. Richardson/Mercer 2012!!! Woot!!!

[Major Hogwash]

38. Hahahaha!!!!!!!

You're killing me!

[Tarheel_Dem]

39. !

[JackRiddler]

15. I wonder how many contributors to Obama...

also contributed to Republicans? The big corporate and banking beasts tend to cover both sides.

Okay, so Darcy Richardson gave money to two independent candidates 12 years ago. HORRIBLE!!!

Thanks for finding a new target for the two-minutes' hate.

[Dewey Finn]

22. Is there a course offered somewhere

in overheated message board rhetoric?

[sabrina 1]

40. Lots. A lot of former Bush donors donated to Obama in 2008.

Wall Street covers all bases. I remember thinking that was a sign they had had enough of Bush. Shows how ignorant even people who follow politics can be.

Now we know why they do that.

[whatchamacallit]

24. I'm curious, have you always been a democrat?

[Ellipsis]

35. He obviously isn't happy with the status quo.

...don't quite get the need for the OP.

It's not like DU.

He won't get banned from the democratic party because he's not a party loyalist.

[whatchamacallit]

36. Not inclined to answer

the above question?

[Jim Lane]

41. He's not the only one to realize the foolishness of the third-party approach.

Nader went from 2,883,105 votes in 2000 to 463,655 votes in 2004. There were quite a few repentant Nader voters (and, presumably, donors) who, in 2000, fell for his baloney about no significant differences between the major parties, but had their eyes rudely opened by the depredations of Shrub.

Nader's own 2000 running mate, Winona LaDuke, came out against him in 2004, backing Kerry instead.

Richardson was evidently one of the two million plus who made a mistake in 2000 but, unlike the pigheaded Nader, saw the error of his ways. He and all other repentant Naderites should be welcomed in the Democratic Party.