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33 comments on Draft Roscoe Discussion Thread w/ Poll

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Jack on September 28, 2005 - 10:51am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
I think it would be a bit of a publicity stunt in that the objective would be to inform the public about peak oil rather to actually get him into office. However, it could be a great publicity stunt.
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ericy on September 28, 2005 - 11:00am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Agreed.  He would be a longshot, but there would be press coverage of the issue.
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Super G on September 28, 2005 - 11:00am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That's exactly my thinking. Nobody expects him to win. Just to show up at the primary debate. Maybe run peak oil commericals in Iowa and New Hampshire.

After all, Bartlett will be 82 in 2008, and I think that he oldest candidate on record was Bob Dole, who was 73 in 1996.

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Glenn on September 28, 2005 - 11:07am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
And the road to the White house starts right after the mid-term elections.
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Jack on September 28, 2005 - 11:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Maybe Bartlett's campaign slogan could be "Oil will peak before I do"
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Glenn on September 28, 2005 - 11:06am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Here's why I bring up Ross Perot: He ran twice (albeit in the general election and with significant $$$) talking mostly about one issue - balance the budget. By 1997, Clinton and the Republicans finally did it. I doubt that would have happened without RP.
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Super G on September 28, 2005 - 11:10am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I wonder if a better analogy is Steve Forbes, who ran in the Republican primary in 1996 and 2000. He was not taken seriously, and to this day, we still don't have the flat tax.
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Yankee on September 28, 2005 - 11:44am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
You better hope that's not a better analogy. The whole thing only works if we're looking at Perot as a model for this issue.
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pbrewer on September 28, 2005 - 12:16pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
We don't have a flat tax, but policy makers address the idea of a flax tax (either to say they're against it, or to say that their plan makes the tax system flatter) when they make a proposal.

If peak oil just got that far--so that anyone who talked about energy policy had to take a position on peak oil and talk about their plan in the context of peak oil--we'd be way ahead of where we are now.

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Super G on September 28, 2005 - 12:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Excellent point pbrewer. Of course both Perot and Forbes had lots of cash. Who's going to bankroll Roscoe's campaign? I hear T. Boone Pickens is rich. Any other wealthy peak oilers out there?
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Super G on September 28, 2005 - 12:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
For the record, Pickens is worth $1.5 billion.
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Yankee on September 28, 2005 - 1:34pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hell, let's just draft Pickens. I mean, we need rich people (Perot, Forbes), so why not?

(I don't mean it. Bartlett is much more my type, even if he's a Republican.)

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Prof. Goose on September 28, 2005 - 3:53pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
just to complete the circle...for some reason, I liken Pickens to Perot's Adm Stockdale.

"GRIDLOCK!"  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500148/quotes

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