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Related: About this forumBeardPAC Aims To Elect America's Next Bearded President, Files With FEC
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Talk about a potentially hairy situation. The U.S. election watchdog has received paperwork from a political action committee that supports bearded candidates.
The Federal Elections Committee received documents Wednesday from the non-partisan Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy -- or BEARD -- founded by Jonathan Sessions, 30, a member of the Columbia, Mo., school board, The Hill reported Thursday.
"With the resurgence of beards in popular culture and among today's younger generation, we believe the time is now to bring facial hair back into politics," Sessions said in a statement posted on the PAC's Facebook page.
Sessions said there hasn't been a bearded major-party presidential candidate since Republican Charles Evans Hughes' unsuccessful bid in 1916 and noted the retirements of bearded congressmen, including David Obey of Wisconsin and Steve LaTourette of Ohio.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/04/05/PAC-to-back-bearded-political-candidates/UPI-23261365166150/#ixzz2PiKl0TPc
The Federal Elections Committee received documents Wednesday from the non-partisan Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy -- or BEARD -- founded by Jonathan Sessions, 30, a member of the Columbia, Mo., school board, The Hill reported Thursday.
"With the resurgence of beards in popular culture and among today's younger generation, we believe the time is now to bring facial hair back into politics," Sessions said in a statement posted on the PAC's Facebook page.
Sessions said there hasn't been a bearded major-party presidential candidate since Republican Charles Evans Hughes' unsuccessful bid in 1916 and noted the retirements of bearded congressmen, including David Obey of Wisconsin and Steve LaTourette of Ohio.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/04/05/PAC-to-back-bearded-political-candidates/UPI-23261365166150/#ixzz2PiKl0TPc
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BeardPAC Aims To Elect America's Next Bearded President, Files With FEC (Original Post)
Initech
Apr 2013
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UrbScotty
(23,979 posts)1. So if Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) runs, he's got some support!
Initech
(99,914 posts)2. Apparently as long as he keeps the facial hair!
I think this guy would be their ideal candidate:
Heywood J
(2,515 posts)3. Does it specifically have to be a beard?
Will a 1930s/1940s "Ming the Merciless" or a Mirror Spock look do?