But I don't, so you can't hold it against me.
The problem lies with the race for the Texas House of Representatives in District 20, between Dan Gattis-R (incumbent), Jim Dillon-D, and Craig Weems-L.
Gattis is a pretty standard fare: holds a J.D. from South Texas College of Law, in the legislature since 2002, and doesn't particularly hold any positions that really get my ire up too much. No Nancy Pelosi, but no Ted "series of tubes" Stevens, either.
Jim Dillon is another story. He describes his education as "a Ph.D. in the 9/11 truths". His political background includes two failed bids for office, one for Liberty Hill ISD school board in 2004, and one as a write-in candidate for governor as James "Patriot" Dillon in 2006. And if that's not enough for you, then...he speaks. (The following was taken from Community Impact newsletter.)
When asked about his platform:
"As a candidate for the Democratic Party, I'm supposed to adhere to their platform by and large. But I stray from it in the most important areas, which irritates them. My platform consists generally of personal liberties, individual freedoms, because our country was founded on the notion that independence and rugged individualism were what was required to win the West and survive under harsh conditions. Defeat the British, defeat Mexico, defeat the Indians--that was more of a genocide thing. The official platform of the Democratic Party includes a love of abortion, wide open borders and uncontrolled spending, extraordinary rights for homosexuals, and pretty much unrestricted drug use. So in those areas, my platform is uniquely customized to myself in that I have my own deeply held convictions on what the solutions need to be. In general, the two most important issues to me are the Second Amendment--gun rights--and abortion."
When asked what prompted him to run as a Democrat if, in fact, the Democratic Party is a manifestation of Beelzebub:
"They're the underdogs in Texas. They're the underdogs in Williamson County, which is where District 20 primarily is. The Democratic Party is only a label--not even a good fitting label. The Republican Party is not the solution. My association with the Democratic Party is very limited. They've disowned me 100 percent officially. The leadership of the party has ostracized me and ignored me to the point of invisibility. It doesn't hurt my feelings at all. I needed a position on the ballot, and the Republican party already had their candidate, a three-term incumbent. I could have run against him in the primary, but it would have been futile. I needed the Democratic Party, and they need me and candidates like me in order to mount a winning campaign for office and literally to save America."
And for the record, I'd probably vote for the Libertarian, Craig Weems. He's a high school government teacher who is "fed up with both parties" and is focusing on education, taxes, and government response to the people (for example, the inefficiency of the driver's license office as opposed to a free-enterprise business). And I'm on board with those things.
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