Oh good, bj and the missus klinton will be there so she can 'come out'....
Arkansas Ping
UALR - University of Absolute Last Resort.
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The video is marked as a Private Video, and won't display. What's the deal.
Gerry Studds was otherwise occupied:
Set for private viewing.
"OK, listen up! Pitchers on the right! Catchers on the left!"
Drew Pritt is an Internet celebrity due to his frequent attempts to run for office, which result in vast amounts of hilarity. He has tried to run for office at least as often as Lyndon LaRouche but has been far less succesful, garnering just single-digit poll numbers in the two occasions he has actually made it onto the ballot (for a city council position in Warren, AR and a county supervisor position in Bradley County, AR.) This doesn't deter him from announcing for virtually every office he can in multiple states.
Pritt got his start as a write-in candidate for the Arkansas Legislature in his first forays into electoral politics, in his early twenties. When these ventures proved unsuccessful, he went to Washington as an intern for a US Senator from Arkansas. In this position he lasted all of two weeks before getting fired. The legendary history of Pritt's termination is that he had asked for a day off to attend a Democratic political meeting while working for a Republican. Rebuffed, he then called in sick, assuming that the staff of a US Senator just fell off the turnip truck yesterday. When his office sent several fellow interns to the meeting to locate Pritt, they found him coming out. When he saw them, he started limping He was immediately fired.
Without a source of income, Pritt attempted to stay in Washington, but ended up bouncing a bunch of checks to stay afloat. Hot checks, incidentally, became a major part of the Pritt repertoire. He would ultimately spend time in jail in West Virginia for writing checks on an empty bank account.
Pritt later went on to launch a campaign for the US House in Tennesse. He failed because he could not obtain 25 signatures (yes, 25) that he needed to qualify for the ballot. He would later claim that he had been drafted for this race, presumably by the same people who killed OJ's wife and ruined Enron when Ken Lay wasn't looking.
In early 2005, Drew announced his candidacy for Congress in Wisconsin. A month later he dropped out and headed home to Arkansas, having found that he could not even win support in the state that elected Joseph McCarthy to the Senate.
Most recently he ran for Lt. Governor of Arkansas, spurning a wild web following that regards his campaigns as major lulz. Added to the humor is the fact that he clearly regards the internet as serious business and will respond to comments about him on message boards, even going so far as to write his own Wikipedia page (which was later deleted.)
Drew is best known for having spent some time living in his mom's basement, and for having reached 30 and lost most of his hair without ever having had a real job.
A Democratic candidate for Arkansas lieutenant governor paid restitution for checks written on a U.S. Senate account while on the staff of then-U.S. Sen. Tim Hutchinson, a Republican, records show.
Andrew Caleb Pritt of Warren was charged with writing unauthorized checks in 1999, a Class C felony. The charges were dropped on Oct. 17, 2003, after Pritt paid restitution and fees of $1,617.44, according to a spokesman for the Drew County Circuit Clerk's office in Monticello.
The checks were drawn from the U.S. Senate Credit Union, according to the information on the arrest warrant that was issued in the case. A spokesman for the U.S. Senate staff said in a telephone interview that Pritt was on Hutchinson's staff in 1999.
Pritt announced his race for lieutenant governor on Aug. 1. He is a graduate of Hermitage High School and attended the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He said he has operated his own political consulting firm and has worked for a number of national, statewide and local campaigns across the country. That experience includes working as a field coordinator for retired Gen. Wesley Clark in his presidential campaign, he said.
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Pritt is an an active member of Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas. He is a member of the National Cathedral Association, Delta Caucus Initiative, the NRA, the Knights of Pythia, the Interfaith Alliance, and the Human Rights Campaign. He has been recently named the Entertainment Coordinator for Pride 2006 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Drew Pritt is a candidate for public office from the state of Arkansas. Pritt is the son of a Presbyterian minister and is a strong supporter of organized labor, as well as the cousin of former State Senator Charlotte Pritt and Roger Pritt of West Virginia. He has worked as a political consultant and served as Democratic County committeeman for Bradley County, Arkansas, from 1992 to 1998.
Thanks for your eye witness account. Pinging the list later.