Anderson in a Ben Franklin costume
Giordani
Farley Merril Anderson, August 16, 1956 (Ogden, Utah) -
VP candidate for Independent American Party (aka Independence Party) (2016)
Running mate with nominee: Rocky Giordani (b. 1949)
Popular vote: 2,752 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
This one is sort of confusing. All indications in the documentation points to Farley Anderson of Utah being the 2016 Presidential nominee of the Independent American Party. The Green Pages wrote, "On 7 November 2015, the Independent American Party nominated Farley Anderson of Utah for President. The party has not yet named their Vice Presidential nominee."
The Party's Facebook post of June 11, 2016 reads, "Farley Anderson is running for president for the Independent American Party, as many of you know. I hope that you are at least considering voting for him this November. He is a faithful Christian, a strong constitutionalist, and is very knowledgeable. He has written several books, including 'The Restoration of Our Republic.' Again, please consider him when you contemplate how you will act this November."
Anderson's The Restoration of Our Republic was adopted by the IAP in 2013 as "its official plan and workbook." His "Proposed 28th Amendment" spells out how the Party stands on several issues--
Proposed 28th Amendment
The American Declaration of Independence Restoration and Recovery Act - (Draft)
By - Farley Anderson
Independent American Party
2016 Presidential Candidate
WHEREAS the United States has a founding document, The Declaration of Independence, and original intent, as iterated in the Federalist Papers puts this document as the prime document and interpretive filter for all law, Constitutional conception, and interpretation; and
WHEREAS The Declaration of Independence lists specific grievances which caused our forefathers to rebel from England; and
WHEREAS These grievances contain certain underlying principles for which England was in violation of, but which America defended through the War of Independence; and
WHEREAS Today the Declaration of Independence has been removed from its proper role and is no longer considered authoritative as part of judicial, executive, or legislative law; and
WHEREAS This neglect has been a major factor in interpreting away the original intent of the Constitution; and
WHEREAS this has contributed to the oath of office losing its meaning by many who take this oath; and
WHEREAS The People of the United States recognize and reverence The Declaration of Independence as the pre-eminent document in the rise of American prosperity, protection, and individual independence; and
WHEREAS the People of the United States have within their power and authority to amend the United States Constitution to rectify abuses and restore this document’s proper role;
NOWTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we as Americans under the banner of national unity, rule of law, equality, and representative government therefore come together to enact the following:
From this time forth the constitutionally-prescribed oath of office shall include the following words after the word Constitution… “and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.”
This amended oath of office shall be reissued to all public servants currently in office as well as for all newly elected and appointed representatives. Those who break this oath shall promptly be removed from office and be subjugated to prosecution for perjury. Furthermore, from this time forth, the principles of the Declaration shall be the foundational interpretive filter for the United States Constitution and all subsequent law. Congress is empowered with the responsibility to review, and cause to be removed from office oath-breaking federal judges.
The principles of the Declaration of Independence to be enacted upon retroactively are as follows:
1. The laws of nature and Nature’s God shall be applied equally to everyone including elected officials.
Thus all law will equally apply to everyone including elected officials, and any proposed legal exemption or exclusive jurisdiction of law is prohibited.
2. States are entitled to their separate and equal station, and likewise the people of these states are entitled to their separate and equal station. This equality includes the equal protection of “natural rights,” and disavows theft on an individual or collective basis.
Thus:
The 16th Amendment is repealed
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 is repealed
The Affordable Care Act is Repealed
All regulatory agencies in which Duties, Imposts and Excises are not geographically uniform throughout the United States, such as welfare and redistribution of wealth programs, will begin a transition of termination, and will be eliminated altogether within 10 years of the ratification of this Amendment.
3. It is self-evident truth that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, which includes freedom of conscience. Thereby government encroachment on the free exercise of religion shall cease.
Thus:
Taxation restraint upon political activism of churches shall cease
Force of law requiring a person or an independent establishment to violate their conscience in providing economic goods and services to other individuals or establishments shall cease
Atheism as the government prescribed religion shall cease, and it is thus reiterated that the U.S. Constitution only shall be the supreme law of the land
Let it be recognized that the Bible is an honored part of America’s birth and heritage
4. That the purpose of government is to protect the inalienable rights of all Americans to individual life—defined as human life beginning at fertilization, and ending at natural death—, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Thus:
The precedence established in the 1973 decision of Roe vs. Wade is repealed, and life, liberty, and property shall be protected, and not violated except within the framework of due process of law
In order to protect the sovereignty of the nation, state, and individual, legal immigration shall be enforced, and the borders of our nation shall be secure
5. A foundational natural law is that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed, and not through usurpation or fiat authority.
Thus:
Executive orders apply only to the executive branch, and not to the general population of American people
Homeland security and all other federal authority agencies shall enforce only those laws which fall under the proper, constitutional role of the federal government
States and local governmental jurisdictions have the right to nullify those laws which they interpret as being outside proper authoritative channels
It is reiterated that spying on American citizens without their consent is a violation of the 4th Amendment, and shall cease
Proper election procedures allowing only registered voters and honest counting shall be enforced
The 17th amendment, removing state representation, is contrary to this principle and is repealed.
Meanwhile, an ex-boxer and film actor named Rocky Giordani of Banning, Calif. filed with the FEC under the Independence Party in Aug. 2015. His campaign webpage included an autobiography as well his stand on the issues--
My name is Rocky Giordani and I’m running for president of the United States of America. Who am I? I am a sinner saved by grace. I am a father, an American, a conservative, a Husband and a Christian. I also happen to be a card carrying registered member of the Morongo Indian Nation. I live on the same Indian Reservation where my Grandmother was raised. Considering my income, my bank account, the value of my home, my neighborhood, my education, the schools I went to and by every other definition I am a regular middle-class guy. I grew up on the mean streets and back alleys that surround the beaches in Dogtown, Venice California.
My father died when I was seven years old leaving his wife with five children and no husband to care for them. If not for the Social Security survivor benefits I don’t know how my mother would’ve raised her children. Occasionally my mother worked in a beer bar because that was the only employment she could find or was qualified for. There were times when my dinner was the scraps that my older brother left in his plate. As a teenager I learned to hustle pool, shoot dice, play cards and do whatever else I could to make money and feed myself. I graduated high school alternately living in a pool room or in my mom’s garage.
I’ve been an athlete all my life. After high school I did a little boxing. I did odd jobs for local businessmen like collect money that deadbeats didn’t want to pay. For 50%, if you owed money, you were going to pay no matter what. I became a notorious thumper and a bit of a scoundrel but people in our neighborhood paid their debts. I did some work as a bodyguard sometimes for celebrities but mostly for neighborhood businessman with enemies.
I’ve probably been in 1000 street fights and both of my hands are broken into mere Meat Hooks. Now, I’m ready to throw elbows with the suits in Washington D.C.
We still have time to change our American situation and this is our opportunity we must not lack the will to do what must be done, and we must get it right this time. We need someone that can listen to the will of the American people and transform it into what will be our future.
Never underestimate the power of the free American people if they have the will to make a change. My past has prepared me for what needs to be done. People will ask us, “What makes you think that some middle-class guy from the middle of nowhere can be the President?” My question to you is “Who’s gonna stop me?”
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Rocky Giordani is a "Constitutional Conservative".
Rocky is a survivor because of the Second Amendment and promises to insure its longevity.
Tough on Illegal immigration... Tougher on securing the border and has a plan that will actually accomplish those solutions Immediately.
Takes a very hard stance on Fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget. He's the only candidate with an actual plan to reduce spending, balance the budget and payoff the national debt without cutting out Medicare or Social Security or taking a dime from any other program.
Emphasis on strengthening and rebuilding the Military. Our Military has been Emasculated. Rocky says "We must rebuild it and pass a bill that forever earmarks a percentage of the GDP for the military".
Prioritizes taking a blow torch to the "Progressive Tax Code" that we are burdened with and replacing it with a "Fair Tax" that is acceptable to everyone. Rocky is the only Republican candidate to put forward a tax plan that is not progressive.
He's also the only Candidate that actually has a plan to alleviate the strain of Obamacare on the economy immediately and then to end it... A plan that will work.
This Candidate believes that the devaluation of the American Dollar is a huge threat to our nation. It must be strengthened and he has a comprehensive plan to strengthen the dollar and make it once again a global currency powerhouse.
Has a common sense plan to deal with and wipe out I.S.I.S and Islamic extremism and Jihadists both foreign and domestic without risking American lives.
On Aug. 27, 2016 the Independent American Party held their convention and somehow Anderson was no longer the presumptive nominee. Giordani was the choice of the delegates and Anderson became the VP.
The ticket held at least one event together--
Oct. 8, 2016
INDEPENDENT AMERICAN PARTY
Bible & Gun Rally
Come support your 2nd Amendment rights
with like-minded people !!
FRIDAY, OCT. 14
4 TO 6 P.M.
on the front steps of the Utah Capitol
Salt Lake City - south side
* Meet and Greet *
Rocky Giordani & Farley Anderson
IAP Presidential and V.P. Candidates
Bring your Bibles and your guns (open carry)
to show President Obama
that UTAH conservatives DO love
their Bibles & their Guns !!
As Election Day neared, Giordani addressed his followers on Facebook--
Oct. 28
I'm leaving Utah guys... I'm finished here so I'm heading back to SoCal to see my family so, I'll be dark for awhile. I just wanted to tell my amazingly loyal friends and my wonderful family... Thank you... I mean from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I got into the race very late... The Independent American Party held their convention on August 27th 2016.
We've accomplished a lot in 2 months. Thanks to loyal friends like you We've already gained enough support to get on the ballot in every state in 2020...
Not easy to do.
I wrote an open letter on the IAP website announcing that I was going to Utah because I was convinced that Utah was where we would start the conversation that would put an end to the broken 2 party system and put an Independent in the White House in 2020.
I stated that If I could win Utah it would make it likely that neither candidate would have the minimum necessary to win the White House and the election would be decided by the House of Representatives.
Now all of the other Independent candidates have followed me to Utah and we are now "All of us" making our stand in Utah.
I will always be proud of what I have accomplished in 2016 regardless of the outcome of the election.
Mostly I'm so proud of my friends for their support that I swear it breaks my heart to think that I might let you guys down.
I started this fight with the GOP and the DNC and I promise to keep fighting until the reason for fighting is gone.
Rocky Giordani
Independent American Party
Presidential Candidate
Proudly the first ever from Venice California
Also the first Native American as I am a card carrying
member of the Morongo Indian Nation
The Giordani/Anderson ticket were registered write-ins in Kansas and on the ballot in Utah, where they finished 7th out of 10 with 0.24% of the vote in the Beehive State.
If I am reading this right, Giordani embraced the "stolen election" conspiracy theory and actually moved to Costa Rica after Biden was elected in 2020. He advocated that Trump should declare martial law, applauded the pardon of Flynn, and felt the COVID crisis was "phoney."
Election history:
2010 - Governor of Utah (Unaffiliated) - defeated
2016 - Independent American Party nomination for President - defeated
Other occupations: author, Independent American Party Executive Committee, Republican precinct chair (1991), Vice President of Mineral Resources International, owner of Replenishing Press, Founder/President of Liberty and Preparedness Institute, Founder of Utah Independence Project
Notes:
Anderson is the father of 11 children.
BS, Oral Communications, Weber State University, 1980, the same school where the Weber Cooks series starring the dynamic Steven Eugene Reed were produced.
