Man drops bid to be Libertarian party chair by strip dancing live on CSPAN
Source: Raw Story
Man drops bid to be Libertarian party chair by strip dancing live on CSPAN
Bethania Palma Markus
29 May 2016 at 20:28 ET
Hunter S. Thompson once wrote that when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Perhaps even Thompson, who gained fame writing about motorcycle gangs and U.S. politics in the tumultuous 60s and 70s, never imagined things would get as weird as they have in 2016.
A YouTube video posted Saturday reportedly shows James Weeks drop out of the race for Libertarian Party chair by accepting a dare to strip down to a thong on live television.
The video shows Weeks turn on music, then start clapping and dancing, before he takes off all his clothes, except his underwear. He appeared to be broadcast live on CSPAN.
According to the Washington Times, he was at the Libertarian National Convention in Florida and started out by telling the crowd, I thought we could use a little bit of fun.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/man-drops-bid-to-be-libertarian-party-chair-by-strip-dancing-live-on-cspan/
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)only meaningful thing that happens at the Libertarian Party convention.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Every little bit helps.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)minus Trump's totals and not ours.
I'm not hogwild about the Libertarians.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)And what are we doing in this hand basket?
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NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Oy.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)How libertine or was it libertarian?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)A lot of the delegates were disgusted by it and wanted him tossed out of the party.
I learned today that Libertarians are pro-gun;
want to shut down Obamacare;
pro small government;
and want to shut down the Dept of Education;
among other things
which could appeal to non-Trump Republicans.
Joe Bacon
(5,165 posts)The mere thought of Trump stripping down to a jockstrap...