It appears that on March 9, 2010 Gordon Allen Pross made it as official as these things can be made.  Which is to say, he put up his customary website.

Gordon Allen Pross.  Will be running for the Republican nomination.  For United States Senate.

He’s run for the House or the Senate every election season since 1998.  He was the Democratic nominee for the fourth Congressional District in 1998, which naturally just served to remind the Democrats to get a goddamned candidate from then on out.

And apparently, in 2007, he made a bid for the Presidency, to honor the memory of Tim Russert?

Honestly, I didn’t notice he was running.  Which is unfortunate.  Because if I had noticed, I’d surely have left a blog post noting it, and thus the percentage of the “100% Censorship” would have been lowered to… I guess the 99.999% level?  I guess I didn’t notice it because of all that censorship?

Really, I’m pretty sure he could have gotten his name on the New Hampshire ballot with a little effort.  I’m pretty sure if he sent a letter to some small town newspapers in his area, the papers would have published his letter — gotta fill the space next to the Bridge Column somehow.  Otherwise, we’re back to the parable: if a bear pisses in the woods, and nobody’s there to see it — ???

Just to be sure, he has his sites on Patty Murray, as you can see with his utilization of 2 “Don’t Tread on Me” snake images and a picture of Abraham Lincoln, as he runs with a mix of William Jennings Bryan flair with a “GOLD~SILVER~STANDARD“ and something about Axe Tax, almost but not quite set up in a “Cross”.

I may have finally soured on this type of political run.  I once thought of them as a decent enough diversion for our democratic system — everyone gets to the starting line — this will sort away.  But it occurs to me that Serious Times call for a grim item of utmost Seriousness.   If I was once inclined to vaguely encourage this type of thing, I am now inclined to vaguely discourage them.  Sure, this thing doesn’t occupy all that much space, but — ???

And with Gordon Allen Pross, I once again keep coming back to the question:  What does this man think he’s doing?

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