# Lesser-Known Candidates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 3, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211 "2012-01-03T01:25:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211/1 "2012-01-03T01:25:03Z")

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[http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111220/NEWS0605/712209967](http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111220/NEWS0605/712209967)

This article noted some of the lesser known candidates in this year’s election.

I was inspired to look up some of the people mentioned here, such as John Haywood: [http://www.haywoodforpresident.com/](http://www.haywoodforpresident.com/)

A very well-done website and a progressive agenda that most people here will like (although his “anti-Zionism” is rather fishy…)

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211/2 "2012-01-03T12:57:39Z")

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I could see supporting Vermin Supreme. His name alone tells you hed’s the only honest candidate! 😃

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211/3 "2012-01-03T13:20:36Z")

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Randall Terry’s still kicking around, I see. I’d rather have Vermin Supreme in the office, frankly.

This guy looks like fun:

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> Bob Greene, who holds a Ph.D. in physics,

A good start

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> said he was running to educate the population about thorium, an overlooked energy alternative.

Ah. Oh well.

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> “We have enough thorium for all of our energy needs over the next thousand years,” Greene said.

…as the effects of heavy metal poisoning kicked in…

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-known-candidates/608211/4 "2012-01-03T16:27:44Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> I was inspired to look up some of the people mentioned here, such as John Haywood

I prefer his cousin, John Haywood-Jablome.