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here are some interesting facts to consider, also, about Kokesh

READ what the IVAW people said to the the WORKERS WORLD PARTY:

http://www.workers.org/2007/us/military-0913/index.html

Madden: On Sept. 17 Adam Kokesh [who is co-chair of the board—WW] is organizing a National Truth-in-Recruiting Day.

WW: Did the convention change the IVAW’s political orientation?

Madden: What the convention did is show that the IVAW members were all more or less on the same page.

Stevens: The political statement Mejia made at the convention was that we need to look at the root of the problem—not just the war but the capitalist system. People responded positively to this.

LETS REPEAT THAT LAST SENTENCE:

not just the war but the capitalist system. People responded positively to this.

So, in an interview with a communist news organization, IVAW members confirm, BY NAME, Adam Kokesh is aligned with ABOLISHING CAPITALISM

If that in itself doesn't abolish Kokesh as a republican, I dont know what will!!

(Shrugs). If association with groups whose membership, or even leadership, may have committed anti-capitalist or even criminal acts were an automatic disqualification from running as a Republican... well, then we'd also have to kick out Kokesh's opponent, Tom Mullins, for his membership in the Teamsters Union -- after all, the Teamsters have been implicated in VASTLY more criminal enterprises than anything that has ever been even alleged against IVAW.

But, I'm generally unpersuaded by such "Guilt By Association" fallacies.

Instead, I'd rather judge each candidate on their own individual merits:

Tom Mullins says that he is Pro-Life. Adam Kokesh says that he is Pro-Life.
Tom Mullins says that he is a Fiscal Conservative. Adam Kokesh says that he is a Fiscal Conservative.
Tom Mullins says that we should pull our troops out of Iraq and stop trying to be the world's policeman. Adam Kokesh says that we should pull our troops out of Iraq and stop trying to be the world's policeman.

Tom Mullins has the track record of personal and business accomplishments to back up his claims.
Kokesh has... his claims.

Ergo, match point to Tom Mullins.