Bush's GOP rival in primaries includes U. City (St. Louis) millionaire

[SaintLouisBlues]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11/20/03 (posted on their site 11/19/03)

Blake Ashby is approaching his bid for
the White House with the same build-from-scratch
fervor that helped make him a millionaire
businessman before he was 40.

As the University City entrepreneur sees it, he's
got nothing to lose - and a lot to gain - by taking on
President George W. Bush, a fellow
Republican whom Ashby voted for in 2000.

Ashby, 39, launched his first political bid this week
when he filed against Bush in the Republican
presidential primaries in New Hampshire and
Missouri. So far, Ashby is the president's only GOP
opponent in New Hampshire and among two in Missouri.

More primary filings are in the works, Ashby said
Wednesday, adding that he's prepared "to spend
whatever is necessary" - including some of his own
millions - to promote his message.

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[Khephra]

1. I don't know if this guy is a kook or not

But I think we should spread the word about his campaign.

:evilgrin:

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Shit, more than ever: ANYBODY BUT BUSH!

I hope this guy has a chance in the primaries; maybe the true conservatives will stand up and take their aprty back from the neocons....OH MY GOD WHAT AM I SAYING?! I can't believe I just wished goodwill on a republican...maybe I need to lie down for a while....

[sleipnir]

3. I'd even go so far as to donate money to him, just to watch * squirm

Competition isn't a bad thing, at least that's what all the capitalist Republicans keep telling us.

[Renew Deal]

4. Here is some more info

He does not have an official website yet.

http://www.state.nh.us/sos/presprim%202004/list%20with%20photos.htm

24. Blake Ashby (R) St. Louis, Missouri (mail: 763 Heman Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130 (filed in person)

[mikehiggins]

5. About time

It's about time someone in the GOP noticed what was going on, and grew enough balls to stand up and complain about it.

This is a real Don Quixote kind of thing but it should be encouraged. The old time conservatives kept their religion to themselves, and beleived the government should keep its hands out of their lives. They represented an opposition to the FDR liberal agenda, which might put them on the wrong side of history from our point of view, but you could at least talk to them and reach consensus more often than not.

This guy should certainly be encouraged and talked up.

Maybe Soros could send him some bucks.

[HereSince1628]

6. Wow....Ashby/Forbes? THE dream ticket!!!!

We couldn't lose!