Adam Kokesh Announces Exploratory Committee

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http://kokeshforcongress.com/

[ronpaulhawaii]

my fellow patriots,

thank you for all you have done to help me in my journey over the past years. It has been an honor to stand shoulder to shoulder with you. Slowly but surely, in our struggle for freedom from authoritarianism, we are making progress. As long as we continue to hang together, we will not hang separately!

After leaving the marine corps, i joined the monumental fight to end the occupations of iraq and afghanistan, bring our troops home to defend america, and restore a constitutional foreign policy. Having won the public to our side, it is time we take the fight to the capitol, to the real enemies of the constitution. Posturing against war while voting to fund it is unacceptable! Tragically, we still have a government that behaves like it owns us, rather than serves us.

Since i was first politically active, people have been encouraging me to run for congress, including a recent effort to “draft” me to run (draftkokesh.com (http://draftkokesh.com/)). We need rallying points to keep our movement invigorated and growing, and if a run for congress from my home town of santa fe can serve as one, i will gladly step up. In that spirit, i am excited to announce the formation of the kokesh for congress exploratory committee.

While i am asking for your financial support in this effort, i want to make it clear that i am willing to make the personal sacrifices necessary to raise the standard of our national leadership. If elected, i will not accept the congressional salary of approximately $170,000, but only the national average income. It is unbearable in these difficult times, for congress to tell the american people what is best for us economically while they vote themselves another pay raise and burden our children with impossible debt. Enough is enough!
There is a temporary website up now at kokeshforcongress.com (http://kokeshforcongress.com/). Please sign up and donate there as we prepare for the launch of a complete site on june 1st.

It is time once again to draw the line between patriots and loyalists. I am a patriot because i am committed to the ideals of liberty and equality this country is destined to achieve, loyal to no false authority. I know that much more than political resistance is required to achieve a paradigm shift, but we can do no wrong standing up for what we know to be morally right. Regardless of my decision, i remain eternally committed to the cause of liberty.

Love, faith, respect,

adam kokesh

kokesh.blogspot.com (http://kokesh.blogspot.com/)


go kokesh !!!

:d

[ClayTrainor]

It's on now, folks!!! :D

[Bill M DC]

He sent it to me as well. Here is my reply:

Nicely written and inspiring Adam,

As the power elite and their lackeys push us toward and ever increasing
state of oppression under the "police state" and suffocate us with
un-Constitutional laws and morph the occupations while spending our money at
an unprecedented rate, I have become increasingly more disaffected as a
federal employee. I fear that sticking it out to retirement may be for
naught for the possibility that my retirement benefits may be held ransom in
exchange for my loyalty to the system or, that once we've reached a breaking
point, I may be unable to claim and enjoy those benefits for risk of
exposing myself to confinement as an "Enemy of the state".

In recent days I have done a serious soul searching and find that the time
may be close that I should leave the safety of the federal nest. This is not
an easy pill to swallow as I have grown accustom to the security and
standard of living which my employment provides. I have grown fat and lazy
while living off the public dole, wasted the talents and ability that
Providence has provided while selling out the Birth Right bequeathed me by
our Forefathers. At the same time I have grown weary of the low
energy-sleepy pace of this pitiful existence.

While you announce an Exploratory Committee for public office, I announce an
exploration of my own and myself in search of a mission loyal to the cause
of Liberty, worthy of my existence, and the trials endured and sacrifices
made by those who left us so much.

I care not what the call may be; whether as a cog in the political machine
to grind away at our fiat government and it's hidden masters, a voice in the
wilderness of sheep in denial or, as a last resort, a soldier risking life
and limb in defense of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I stand
committed and willing to defend, at all costs, those ideals which made our
Federation of States what it once was and can be again. Long live Liberty!


In Liberty,

(Bill) - Full name deleted

[Bill M DC]

Bump

[Deborah K]

I'm confused now. There is another thread that says he's announced that he will run????

[hotbrownsauce]

Awesome, go New Mexico patriots!

[Highmesa]

NM CD 3 becomes ground zero. I think we (and I say "we" because this will take a huge group effort) can make a serious push in this district.

The current officeholder, Ben Ray Lujan is in his first term and is the son of a long time political patrón. It will be a challenge to wrest support away from all the beneficiaries of his graft. Heck, I know right-wing repubs that are friends and supporters of the Lujans. In congress, Ben Ray is nothing more than a party drone. He will vote the party line, and kiss the party ass to curry favor. He will never, and I repeat, never think for himself.

On the left though, there is much anti-war sentiment in this town, and after the Big O's failure to follow through on his hollow campaign promises to bring the troops home, I think we can tap into that group.

[Rangeley]

Its probably been said someplace before, but do we know if he is running in a party, as an independent, or not yet decided?

[Highmesa]

Its probably been said someplace before, but do we know if he is running in a party, as an independent, or not yet decided?

Has not been decided yet.