Hey!  A sure sign the Campaign is heating up!  I saw a sheet of paper stapled to a pole urging…

“Write in Freedom Socialist Party Candidates”

I can’t think of many more more useless exercises.  Understand, if you want to feel free to cast a ballot for the Socialist Party or whatever left wing party is on the ballot — that is not a useless exercise — it will be noted in the media as whatever fraction of a percentage point.  But this will will just be lost in the jumble.  I’ve read that some people have been so impressed with Ralph Nader since he was first proferred as Presidential timber back in 1972 that they’ve written him in every cylce since if not cast their ballot for him.  Something like that makes sense as well — but unless I misjudge the stature of this presidential candidate, I don’t see where this one goes.

So it is an image of Stephen Durham and Christina Lopez, the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate.  A typical litany of issues — “Government that helps the needy, not the greedy”, “Soildarity with workers worldwide”, and then…

VOLUNTEER!  For the full platform, campaign material in Spanish, and how to get involved visit

… and it’s a website with “socialism” in the name.  I believe if you use a different suffix, or capitalize the “s”, you will find a different group of socialists…

and then, the Oregon Headquarters.  Bread and Roses Center apparently.

So what do we have here?  Campaign materials!  I imagine just a whole bunch more of these sheets to plaster on telephone poles?  Get the Word out and all that.  I think this blog post may do more on that score.

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