Two years ago, when Ryan Mackenzie ran against Susan Wild in the Pa. 07 Congressional rare, I voted for Lou Shupe as a write-in. He has asked me to post a "Ask Me Anything" blog. I agreed but not before asking him why he's always too lazy to try to get on the ballot.
His explanation? "Since I announced my latest Democratic candidacy on January 9th, my windshield was shot out a day before my first campaign event on February 2nd, (please see exhibit a), luckily a supporter was able to pay for an Uber to get me to Lafayette college on February 2nd where I found it difficult to distinguish myself from the others as we were all pretty much in agreement. And my sister got sick and died a few weeks later. Distracted, I was. Then I moved into her house so my nephew who has special needs did not have to move. For that, several democrats accused me of being a carpetbagger like Senator McCormick. They would rather continue to see me homeless. But no, that wasn't enough."
"In the weeks that followed, I have been banned, shunned, stalked, doxxed, almost run over, hacked, vandalized, unfriended, blocked from posting, discovered who my real friends are, and much more while dealing with mold and blood infections from wearing my prosthetic too much and literally punishing my stump to where I could not walk for days at a time."
He sent me a pic of his stump and I believe him.
Ok, so here's what Lou has to say about himself.
Greetings all. My name is Lewis Shupe, and I am running a write-in campaign to become your Congressional representative in the PA 07th congressional district. So why should you vote for little old me? First off, I'm ugly. Second off, I have a plan available on real change dot us but I'll summarize most of my platform below. I could go on bashing both of the candidates, but they seem quite busy and effective enough trying to own each other.
- Reverse the SCOTUS decision "Citizens United"
- "Why is it that our constitution is considered the highest law in the land, yet it is infringed the most and infringers punished the least?"
- Reversing the trends of infringement against our constitution and amendments.
- Public funded political campaigns at all levels, unless you prefer "The best democracy money can buy"?
- On my first official day, I will propose some version of the American Anti-Corruption Act.
- I would also propose a "Journalistic foundation act" to create a new exception in the IRS code similar to a 501 (c) 3, but benefiting news organizations.
- Single payer healthcare.
- When possible, stream non sensitive events directly to my voters like I sometimes did with the Facebook group “Let’s Build a New Allentown Together" This also includes all lobbyist meetings, they will be streamed directly to the registered voters by my hand.
Full restoration of The Fairness Doctrine. Removed by Republican President Ronald Regan in 1987.
Ranked choice voting.
Right to repair.
Repair or replace SS7 or System Signaling Seven, an operating system used by telecoms and abused by spammers, scammers, and governments.
Data Center moratorium.
Hand marked paper ballots.
To save this planet for future generations, it’s the only one with beer.
