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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Aug 01, 2008 02:54pm |
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| News Date | Monday, November 9, 1992 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | He Made the Ballot in All 50 States, but in the Year of the Outsider There Weren't Many Presidential Candidates Farther Out Than Andre Marrou
IN THE SECOND-TO-LAST WEEKEND OF THIS FURIOUSLY CONTESTED political season, one presidential candidate took a break. He slept till noon, then drove with his fiancée from their home in Rockford, Ill., to dine with friends at a Chicago restaurant. Sunday night, he went bowling. Not that Andre Marrou is complacent. The 53-year-old Libertarian Party nominee worked for three years to get his name on the ballot in all 50 states. He is realistic enough to expect no electoral summons to Pennsylvania Avenue, yet he is equally certain he has been serving a purpose. "I am the real protest candidate, not Ross Perot," he insists. "If I had $10 million, I'd be a factor, and with $100 million I'd be the next President."
In this, the year of the political outsider, it would be hard to be more outré than Marrou. He and his fellow Libertarians—who have raised close to $1 million and are fielding 812 candidates in federal, state and local elections—have a platform that calls for abolishing income taxes, the IRS and most other government agencies and for ending foreign aid and all federal subsidies to businesses. The Libertarians, who won 1.8 million votes in the 1990 elections—making them the third-largest party in the U.S.—also support the legalization of drugs and prostitution. "Real personal freedom is scary if you aren't used to it," acknowledges Marrou. "But people are self-regulating and self-governing." He uses himself as an example: "I don't need health insurance. I take care of myself. I watch my weight; I don't smoke or drink. Why should I pay health insurance for someone who is a couch potato?" |
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