Ladies and gentlemen....I have secured an interview with one Lee Mercer Jr....

[slick8790]

Any questions you want me to ask him? This should be VERY interesting.

[grantcart]

1. How is his campaign going in American Samoa

Does he feel that the Clinton campaign high interest there will result in them sending surrogates there and further resulting in him getting all of the American Samoan delegates?

[Hand]

2. Hmm, no questions, but...

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Maddy McCall]

3. If you're serious, I hope that you treat him with dignity.

And I am not joking about that.

If you are doing this to futher make him a butt of jokes, then what you're doing is despicable.

[Bicoastal]

15. Amen! Underneath it all, I think you'll find just an ordinary guy...

...unqualified for the presidency, and perhaps not the best writer at the world, but ordinary nonetheless.

And I think he'll be shocked and astounded at his popularity here! Don't scare the man!

[slick8790]

19. Absolutely.

And I am serious. I was just so....astounded by his site that I really wanted to see where he is coming from with all of this.

[sniffa]

4. ZOMG

This is exciting news for us Mercernaries. :woohoo:

I need to compose myself before coming up with questions, but off the cuff, I'm dying to know about Jeb Bush and his disease.

Thank you for evading the media blackout on Lee Mercer. :patriot:

[slick8790]

5. I was sure you'd be here, sniffa.

I'll make sure I ask about Jeb Bush.

[sniffa]

10. Thank you.

And please tell him that his Mercernaries are behind him 100% (all three). :patriot:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. What are his plans for the hotwire?

What will he do about the Bush family death order?

Why is Jeb Bush all in his house with disease?

And...Does he know that he has a following here at DU? :D

[JVS]

7. tell him we love him

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Who is this Lee Mercer?

And dont' give him his website. Is this guy for real or what>

[sniffa]

9. Oh, and K&merceR

:bounce:

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. No specific questions.

Just give us an idea of where he comes from and what he's about.

[Marie26]

12. Don't make fun of him

That's my only request.

[slick8790]

14. I don't intend to, honestly.

I wanna see where he's coming from with the stuff on his site. If he's joking or what.

[More Than A Feeling]

17. Is it by phone, email, or what?

[slick8790]

21. Not entirely sure yet.

I left it up to him, phone or email, and when he emailed me back indicating he would do it, I asked which he'd prefer.

[More Than A Feeling]

22. That's so awesome.

Post it in other places too. He deserves to be an internet phenomenon far beyond DU!

[Muttocracy]

28. based on web traffic, someone must have covered him last year before he broke through here

http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mercerforpresident2008.com

[Mojorabbit]

13. Please be kind.

I love it when anyone puts themselves out there for their vision whatever that may be.

[slick8790]

16. Will do. I'm more curious about him than anything.

[tammywammy]

18. Are you going to post it online

I'd love to see what he actually says.

[slick8790]

20. I'll post it here after I do it. n/t

[kurth]

23. Best News of the Day

[LoZoccolo]

24. Ask him why he's running as a Democrat and not Republican / independent / third-party. n/t

[UALRBSofL]

25. I have a question

Who is Lee Mercer? If it's the posting ID that has "Lee Mercer Jr. For President", I wouldn't have guessed he was running for Prez.

[LoZoccolo]

29. He's a Democratic candidate for President.

http://www.mercerforpresident2008.com/home.html

[Muttocracy]

26. I found an earlier interview online and posted it somewhere here...

maybe you could dig it out of the archives. It was a phone interview with him that someone posted as a video (you could see the interviewers, not Mercer).

Might be worth listening to before you interview him yourself to get a sense of how he responds to different types of questions?

I'd say open-ended concrete policy questions, e.g., what's his take on the health care and insurance situation?

campaign finance reform?

has he run for office before?

have fun!

[slick8790]

27. Yeah, I think I saw that.

Interesting stuff. I'm kinda nervous about this, but it should be a lot of fun.

[Muttocracy]

30. I would be cautious about sending him to DU

Not sure how he would take the DU Mercerization phenomenon?

[ursi]

31. what's the debriefing all about?

http://www.mercerforpresident2008.com/61ef56b176271955f090407ba0f48cbd.html


I too admire him for sticking his neck out like this.

[troubleinwinter]

32. Wow. Congratulations. Looking forward to this! I found a wonderful Mercer campaign bumpersticker.

Available here:
http://www.zazzle.com/lee_l_mercer_jr_for_president_2008_bumpersticker-128346934259546457

[slick8790]

33. Kick for the morning crowd...

C'mon people, any questions? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

[applegrove]

34. Who the hell are you? And why are you the most popular candidate at the DU?

[mainegreen]

35. Please, post the interview if possible when done!

Honesty, I am more than a little curious!