Michelle Marie Tidball

 

Michelle Marie Tidball, January 1, 1963 (San Diego County, Calif.) -

VP candidate for Birthday Party (aka Non Affiliated aka Independent aka Unaffiliated aka No Party) (2020)

Running mate with nominee: Kanye Omari West (b. 1977)
Popular vote: 71,079 (0.04%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Entertainer Kanye West, who had been identified as a pro-Trump Christian conservative in recent years, announced he was running for President on July 4, 2020. Giving his address as Cody, Wyo., he filed with the FEC under the Birthday Party on July 16, 2020. His running mate was also from Cody, a Biblical life coach, dental office worker, and self-proclaimed servant of God named Michelle Tidball.

Tidball had an autobiography on her commercial webpage that had been removed by the time of the campaign--

I had my first encounter with God as six months old when my mother awoke to find that I was slipping away into a crib death. In a hospital tent God first visited me and spoke life and destiny which I can still recall today. My childhood consisted of visitations and atmospheric encounters. Being raised in the church I loved God, encountered Him, but wanted to know more. At seventeen I had an encounter in the heavenly realms and made a decision to serve Him all the days of my life. The first thing God did was teach me about His Sabbath, Feasts, and Word!  I began walking in His cycles and began to know and understand.

I have various degrees in mental health and criminal justice. I worked as a mental health therapist for ten years and then shifted into life coaching. This seemed a good transition helping people get “unstuck” in their lives using biblical principles and prophetic insight. I use this as well to help sons who are “stuck” and are not encountering God as they were designed to.

I have been involved in almost all aspects of ministry including speaking, pastoring, prayer, teaching, and the most time spent in bringing deliverance to those who are in bondage. My heart has always been to walk in the fullness of sonship and to bring others into manifesting their sonship – to be about His business and see the completion of things He mandated before the foundations of the world.

I look forward to bringing the word with experience and practical counsel on walking as brilliant sons manifested upon the earth!

Shalom!

Michelle

For the most part Tidball remained elusive to the media and took little part in the electioneering.

West's official platform was released on his campaign website--

Kanye West Presidential Platform

1. Restore faith and revive our Constitutional commitment to freedom of religion and the free exercise of one’s faith, demonstrated by restoring prayer in the classroom including spiritual foundations.

We will not hide the truth from our children, but will declare to the next generation His praises and wonder. Psalm 78:4

2. Restore the sound national economy. Reduce household debt and student loan debt.

God has plans to give us hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

3. Provide leadership to restructure our country’s education system to serve the most at-risk and vulnerable populations allowing the widest possible range of educational and vocational paths to job opportunities and career success.

Direct your children on the right path. Proverbs 22:6

4. Maintain a strong national defense, fully prepared, but not so quick to tie up our country’s young men and women in foreign quagmires that do not advance our national interest, and which last for decades.

Through God we shall do valiantly. Psalm 60:12

5. Reform the legal system to provide true justice, equitable for all citizens, regardless of race or ability to defend oneself in court. Recognize the disparity in verdicts and prison sentences, caused by the lack of financial resources or legal assistance.

There will not be differing weights and differing measures. Proverbs 20:10

6. Reform the approach to policing in a manner that treats all Americans the same, regardless of race, color, or ethnicity. Refocus police forces on real crime. Eliminate federal sentencing guidelines that tie the hands of judges, resulting in ridiculous sentences for the most minor offenses.

We will speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Proverbs 31:8

7. Take care of the environment, diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority.

The past is forgotten and everything can be new 2 Corinthians 5:17
8. Ensure that we always place Americans’ best interest first and foremost in dealing with foreign affairs. We must project strength, not aggression. We want trust, but we must also verify. We want fair trade, not one-sided deals that hurt American workers.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9

9. Support faith-based groups to provide vital local services, giving communities a shared purpose in government.

We will provide ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works Hebrews 10:24

10. Creativity and the Arts can be an important source of innovation and development of other national strengths and resources.

He has given them skill in all kinds of work done. Exodus 35:35

As the campaign began it was apparent West knew a lot more about how to gain publicity than he did about the basic workings of government. On July 8 he had a long interview with Forbes which was used a reference point until Election Day. Some quotes--

I would run as a Republican if Trump wasn’t there. I will run as an independent if Trump is there.

Trump is the closest president we’ve had in years to allowing God to still be part of the conversation.

One of the main reasons I wore the red hat as a protest to the segregation of votes in the Black community. Also, other than the fact that I like Trump hotels and the saxophones in the lobby.

One time I talked to Jared Kushner, who was saying, ‘We don’t have Black leaders, we just have hustlers.’ Why? Because they killed all the Black leaders.

That is a form of racism and white supremacy and white control to say that all Black people need to be Democrat and to assume that me running is me splitting the vote. All of that information is being charged up on social media platforms by Democrats. And Democrats used to tell me, the same Democrats have threatened me. . . . The reason why this is the first day I registered to vote is because I was scared. I was told that if I voted on Trump my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a Black man into the Democratic party. And that’s what the Democrats are doing, emotionally, to my people. Threatening them to the point where this white man can tell a Black man if you don’t vote for me, you’re not Black.

Let’s see if the appointing is at 2020 or if it’s 2024—because God appoints the president. If I win in 2020 then it was God’s appointment. If I win in 2024 then that was God’s appointment.

It’s so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed. . . . So when they say the way we’re going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious. That’s the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven. I'm sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them. And the sad thing is that, the saddest thing is that we all won’t make it to heaven, that there’ll be some of us that do not make it. Next question.

God just gave me the clarity and said it’s time. You know I was out there, ended up in the hospital, people were calling me crazy. I'm not crazy. Between all of the influences and the positions that we can be put in as musicians—you go on tour, you put out all these albums, and you look up and you don’t have any money in your account. It can drive you crazy, through all of that I was looking crazy because it wasn’t the time. Now it’s time. And we’re not going crazy, we’re going Yeezy, it’s a whole ‘notha level now. N-O-T-H-A.

I don’t know if I would use the word ‘policy’ for the way I would approach things. I don’t have a policy when I went to Nike and designed Yeezy and went to Louis and designed a Louis Vuitton at the same time. It wasn’t a policy, it was a design. We need to innovate the design to be able to free the mind at this time.

A lot of Africans do not like the movie [Black Panther] and representation of themselves in…Wakanda. But I’m gonna use the framework of Wakanda right now because it’s the best explanation of what our design group is going to feel like in the White House…That is a positive idea: you got Kanye West, one of the most powerful humans—I’m not saying the most because you got a lot of alien-level superpowers and it’s only collectively that we can set it free. Let’s get back to Wakanda . . . like in the movie in Wakanda when the king went to visit that lead scientist to have the shoes wrap around her shoes. Just the amount of innovation that can happen, the amount of innovation in medicine—like big pharma—we are going to work, innovate, together. This is not going to be some Nipsey Hussle being murdered, they’re doing a documentary, we have so many soldiers that die for our freedom, our freedom of information, that there is a cure for AIDS out there, there is going to be a mix of big pharma and holistic.

West had registered to vote for the first time in his life at the same time he announced. Even with the backing of Elon Musk and several Republican operatives, West's attempt to gain ballot access in several states was something of a debacle. Missed deadlines and suspicious petition signatures were part of the problem.

The candidate found himself frequently defending his campaign against charges that he was either in the race for commercial self-promotion, or, was a Trump-backed ringer designed to draw votes away from Biden.

There was also a weird sideshow that began in mid-August--

The far Right and Christian-based American Independent Party in California, which had nominated Trump/Pence in 2016, chose Rocky De La Fuente as their nominee, who was already the nominee of the Alliance and Reform parties. But De La Fuente's running-mate Darcy Richardson was bumped as the VP and replaced with Kanye West. Apparently this VP choice was accomplished without input from any of the nominees. De La Fuente said, "I was not consulted to see if I wanted Mr. West as my running mate ... Obviously, we're a weird—and I wanted Mr. Richardson as my running mate—but it was their decision and their decision only."

De La Fuente had entered the AIP primary in Mar. 2020, but came in second to Phil Collins, who was also the Prohibition Party nominee for President.

The Independent Political Report quoted Darcy Richardson--

“Please let Rocky know that if he runs with the unstable, bi-polar Trump-loving Kanye West in California that I will withdraw as his vice-presidential running mate nationally,” Richardson declared in a text message to [AIP official Mark] Seidenberg earlier today. “I’ve spent my entire adult life battling the duopoly and certainly DO NOT want my name associated with a candidacy that peripherally includes a Trump/GOP plant like the unhinged rapper….Bill Shearer must be rolling over in his grave.”

It should be noted that Richardson did remain in the race, or at that was my impression when I posted our interview Oct. 6, 2020. In it he said--

Rocky and I are on the ballot in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont.  We also hope to be official write-in candidates in a couple of dozen states.

Rocky is also on the ballot in populous California where --- much to my chagrin --- he's paired with unhinged, pro-Trump rapper Kanye West on the American Independent Party ticket, a remnant of segregationist George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign.

https://thirdpartysecondbananas.blogspot.com/2020/10/darcy-richardson-2020-vp-alliance-party.html

West was also not pleased with being nominated VP, calling the AIP "deceitful" and issued a statement that included, "I am campaigning to be the next president of our great country — not vice president ... The political party in California that listed my name as its VP candidate has done so without my knowledge ... Californians, I ask for your vote for president and urge you to write in ‘Kanye West.’"

The De La Fuente/West ticket placed 5th out of the 6 positions on the California ballot with 0.34% of the vote in that state. It was by far De La Fuente's largest bloc of votes nationally.

Back to the Birthday Party vote tally-- West was on the ballot in a dozen states and registered as a write-in a dozen more. His strongest results: Utah 0.48%, Idaho 0.42%, Oklahoma 0.36%, Arkansas and Tennessee and Vermont 0.34% each, Kentucky 0.30%, Mississippi 0.28%, Colorado 0.25%. Amazingly, the West/Tidnall ticket finished in 7th place, ahead of several longtime third parties such as the Constitution and Socialist Workers parties.

West has been teasing a run for 2024.

Election history: none

Other occupations: therapist, life coach, dental officer worker, pastor

Notes:
She has had numerous surnames over the years but Tidball seems to be her name at birth.

William Joseph Bayes

 

William Joseph Bayes, April 26, 1951 (Amsterdam, N.Y.) -

VP candidate for Prohibition Party (aka Independent) (2016)

Running mate with nominee: James Arthur Hedges (b. 1938)
Popular vote: 5,623 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Jim Hedges of Needmore, Penn. filed for US President with the FEC as the nominee of America's oldest active third party, the Prohibition Party, on Oct. 22, 2015.

Hedges held the distinction of being the only member of the Party to hold public elected office since 1959. He served as the Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, Penn. for several years starting in 2002. A veteran of the US Marine Corps with a strong interest in music (tuba player), geography (masters degree), and history, Hedges had been active with the Prohibition Party for some time, rising to the office of Executive Secretary. He was nominated for President by conference call, July 31, 2015. His running-mate was Bill Bayes of Hattiesburg, Miss.

The 2016 Prohibition Party platform was an interesting mixed bag, slightly retooled from the 2012 document and perhaps just a tiny bit less extreme Right wing--  

PREAMBLE -
We, the delegates to the 38th Quadrennial Prohibition National Convention, assembled by telephone conference on 31 July 2015 after several weeks of emailed discussions of the agenda. recognizing Almighty God as the Source of all just government, and with faith in the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, do hereby pledge to serve the needs and to preserve the prerogatives and freedoms of the citizens of the United States of America.

CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT -
We affirm our loyalty to the Constitution of the United States of America. We will protect it from violation by legislation, by evasion, or by judicial usurpation of rights belonging to the executive and legislative branches of government or reserved to the States and to the people.

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE -
We will conduct foreign affairs with the preservation of American Liberty and independence as our chief objective. We are jealous of American sovereignty; we are opposed to the interference of America in the like sovereignty of other nations.
American garrisons in foreign counties should not exceed the level required to protect American diplomatic missions, unless specifically authorized by Congress.
    We support volunteer armed forces, well trained and highly motivated; we oppose conscription except in time of Congressionally declared war.

FOREIGN TRADE -
The importing of goods from and the off shoring of services to other nations are the primary causes of lost jobs and impoverished communities in America.  We favor free trade only on a reciprocal basis among equals. We will impose balancing tariffs on all goods imported from countries whose wage scales, labor benefits, and environmental protections are not similar to our own.
    No nation which fails to protect the civil rights of its citizens may be accorded "most favored nation" status.

MONETARY POLICY -
The Constitution mandates that Congress shall have the sole power to coin money and to regulate its value. We will abolish the Federal Reserve System. establishing in its place a government-owned National Bank. Predatory lending activities and punitive rates of interest will be banned. We will encourage the formation of state banks where qualified entrepreneurs can borrow money for investment in job-creating enterprises at minimal interest.

SECOND ADMENDMENT RIGHTS -
We support the right of citizens to own and to carry fire-arms for personal defense and for sport; we encourage instruction in gun safety.

LABOR AND MANAGEMENT -
We will defend the right of all workers to freely choose to join or not to join a union. Toward that end, we urge all states to adopt right-to-work laws. We will index the pay of Congress and of federal officials to changes in the federal minimum wage.

TAXATION AND SPENDING -
We favor a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution

SOCIAL SECURITY -
We advocate an actuarially sound federal Social Security System.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION -
We would deploy sufficient resources to stop all illegal traffic in people and drugs across America's land and sea borders. We would not provide drivers' licenses, educational subsidies, or welfare benefits to illegal aliens, except that the medical conditions of gravely ill illegal's would be stabilized before they are deported. We strongly oppose granting citizenship to "anchor babies" born to illegal-alien mothers.

MARRIAGE -
We deplore the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage as an abomination to God. We call for a Constitutional amendment, which shall read as follows:  "Marriage is. historically. an Institution and Sacrament of the Church. Only the Church shall decide what qualifies as a 'marriage.' For the purpose of two individuals who need only legal protection, such as for inheritance and for power of attorney one for the other, the state may license Civil Unions.''

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY -
We find a constitutional right of individual citizens to believe, worship, fellowship, educate, evangelize. and organize religious institutions. Voluntary prayer and other religious activities shall not be prohibited in schools and other public spaces.

EDUCATION -
The 10th Amendment gives to the States and to the people full responsibility for education.  The major emphasis in primary and secondary schools should be on science, mathematics, citizenship, American History, and English. We advocate free tertiary education for all qualified citizens. We would promote re-training programs for displaced workers, paid for by tariffs on imports.

PRO-LIFE -
We consider abortion lo be morally repugnant.  We will implement policies to minimize the number of abortions without infringing on the doctor/patient relationship and without thrusting government into family decisions about child rearing.  Abortion procedures should not be funded by government.

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE -
America must not allow itself to be dependent upon other, sometimes hostile, countries for its energy supply. We advocate increased research on and development of non-fossil fuel resources, tax breaks for companies engaging in such, and subsidies for consumers wishing to change from fossil fuels to renewable domestic sources of energy.

THE ENVIRONMENT -
We believe God has given Man dominion (responsible use) over all the Earth. We will safeguard the biosphere, soil, water, and air which we all must share. However, pollution abatement projects must balance costs with benefits.
    We believe that climatic change is an existential threat to civilization. and we will co-operate with other nations in mitigating its effects.

HEALTH CARE -
We prefer state-level health care programs to federal programs. We will find ways to reduce the 33% inefficiency imposed on American health care by insurance industry overhead and profits.

PUBLIC MORALTY -
We would agitate against all forms of gambling, including state lotteries, which prey on the poor and the poorly educated. We believe schools should place more emphasis on developing self-discipline and habits of good citizenship.

RECREATIONAL DRUGS -
The alcohol question is the Prohibition Party's unique, signature issue. Beverage alcohol is America's #1 narcotic drug problem.  We also oppose tobacco in all its forms: Alcohol and tobacco together are responsible for 40% of America's health care costs. Cannabis and so-called "hard drugs" such as heroin and cocaine account for a smaller, but still significant, share of the total public health bill.
    Prohibitionists oppose the traffic in all of these drugs - their production, transportation, and sale, except for medicinal use as regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration. We believe a sustained program of education and legislation, building from the local to the national, is the best way to strengthen community disapproval of drug indulgence and enable a return to National Prohibition of all recreational drugs.
    We consider it immoral for government to subsidize the cultivation of tobacco and to promote exporting tobacco products to other countries; We would end business expense deductions for advertising tobacco and alcohol products. We support programs to assist tobacco farmers and vineyard owners in switching to alternative crops.

Hedges was one of the entries in the non-binding American Independent Party primary in California, where he finished 6th with 10.56%.

Running-mate Bayes' political views were considerably even more to the Right than the Party's platform. A look at his Facebook posts during the 2015-2016 campaign season presents a neo-Confederate Christian nationalist stance with polemic memes.

Bayes was a recent convert to the Party. A former Republican, he told Larrison Campbell of Mississippi Today, "But they keep leaning more and more left and I keep going, ‘Why are they doing this?’ When the state party supported John McCain in ’08, that was it. Because he may have an ‘R’ after his name, but everybody knows he’s a liberal Democrat."

On his status as the VP nominee, Bayes continued, "They wanted somebody a little bit younger, though I did turn 65 yesterday. A lot of them are older. They wanted to bring young blood in ... Prohibition, it’s not really the driving force of the Prohibition Party now. It is one of the planks. And of course it is the name, but primarily the Prohibition Party, and what drew me to it, is it’s the states rights party." On that subject he elaborated, "When you read about the founding of this country, and you see where we are today, you say, ‘Wait a minute. How did we get here?’ Of course, I believe it all changed in the Civil War ... What was the Civil War about? Well, it wasn’t about slavery. It was about an ever-encroaching federal government." 

His following quote to Ms. Campbell seems a bit ironic since the Prohibition Party was one of the earliest political groups to champion the cause of  women being full participants in the political process: "I will say I’m very pro-female, but females make a lot of decisions based on emotions. You’re emotional creatures far more than other people are. So with males, we think more logically, women think more emotionally. And the Democrats have always played on the emotions."

Hedges/Bayes were on the ballot in three states: Arkansas (0.42%), Mississippi (0.06%), and Colorado (0.01%). In Arkansas, a state where dry counties exist to this day, they placed 6th out of 8 on the ballot, ahead of the Constitution Party. In Arkansas County, Ark., they finished in third place. They were also registered write-ins in at least five other states.

Nationally they finished in 16th place. It was their greatest number of popular votes since 1988, over 10 times higher than 2012. In fact, their total combined vote from 1992-2012 was just slightly higher, 5,724 compared to 5,623 for 2016 alone.

Bayes' story will continue as part of the 2020 Prohibition Party VP profile.

Election history:
2017 - Hattiesburg (Miss.) City Council (Republican) - primary - defeated
2020 - Constitution Party nomination for US President - withdrew
2020 - US President (Prohibition Party) - withdrew

Other occupations: high school band director, manufacturing business

Notes:
Full disclosure: I have been honored by an occasional email correspondence with Mr. Hedges, who has graciously assisted me in the past with compiling some profiles. He has been unfailingly intelligent and thoughtful. He has also afforded me an opportunity to contribute a few small tidbits to the Prohibition Party's historical website.
Some sources list Bayes as "Bill V. Bayes."

John Richard Myers

 

John Richard Myers, January 3, 1963 (Great Falls, Mont.) -

VP candidate for Constitution Party of Idaho (2016)

Running mate with nominee: Arlon Scott Copeland (b. 1963)
Popular vote: 2,356 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

In a convention process that apparently created division and rancor, the Constitution Party nominated their 2008 VP candidate for President in 2016. Darrell Castle's running-mate was Scott N. Bradley of Utah.

Among the many factors that tore the Party asunder was Castle's own on-off-on again availability. He was one of the contenders early in the game, but withdrew for health reasons. After his healing had taken place, he was willing to be back in the arena.

Idaho [PNW trivia alert!!] walked out and nominated their own Constitution Party ticket of Arlon Scott Copeland and John Richard "J.R." Myers, but Castle and Bradley managed to also be listed in the Spud State under the banner of "Independent."

The Constitution Party actually held a primary in Idaho, where Copeland and Myers placed first and second. Castle did not run in that contest citing his health as a reason he failed to file, which did not sit well with the members of the Constitution Party of Idaho. State Chair Floyd Whitley told the press, "Mr. Castle is the insider, or the party elite or the establishment, if you will, in the Constitution Party ... He apparently did not believe he needed to compete in Idaho, because it was his party, so to speak."

Copeland filed with the FEC as a Constitution Party candidate on May 5, 2015. His campaign website provided a biography--

About Scott

Reverend Scott Copeland

Scott was born on October 7, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi. The native Mississippian was transplanted by God to Texas. He married his wife Jackie on January 7, 2007. By a previous marriage he has two sons, Joshua (23) and Caleb (13). Scott’s family roots come from the area northeast of Philadelphia, Mississippi. He is a graduate of Mississippi College and attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

Scott is an ordained and licensed minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As a minister of God, Scott served for three and one half years in the northwest part of the U.S. traveling with a mission group called “The Proclaimers Straight From The Carpenter’s Shop” . He also served as a Youth Minister for three and one half years in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, and as a Pastor for seven years in Mineral Wells, Texas. He helped in the development and structure of the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention and served on the Executive Board for three two year terms. Scott also served on the Credentials Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.
       
Scott has worked in several family owned businesses. Scott worked for the MSDOT in the Right of Way Division for over nine years becoming the youngest supervisor to date. He prepared the Engineering Section’s budget for personnel, computer request, and served as the Division PC Adminstrator & Education Coordinator for CADD Intergraph Systems. Upon departing MSDOT Scott started a CADD service business working with many clients in the Civil Engineering and Land Surveying business as well as bidding and working on projects for the MSDOT Right of Way Division as a sub-contractor.
    
Scott has been involved in problem solving and the implementation of new policies for most of his life. He has authored one book entitled “Your 2012 Middle Class President”. Scott is not a politician, but believes firmly God has called the United States of America to be a leader in God’s created world. Scott is committed to the Word of God as a life building guide to a personal relationship with God. The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Ammendments are firmly based in Judeao-Christian values and morality, and the citizens have the God given rights to demand the government remain true to these documents and America’s politicians be held accountable for their actions. The videos and website have been developed as alternatives to the gridlock ideas of the establishment parties. Scott offers a sound restoration of intended constitutional tax structure (details maybe seen at www.constitutionparty.com/ttaxes), downsizing of the federal government, strengthening state rights, and increasing the military to protect our borders and interest abroad.

Scott, praise God, has never held public office. However, he has entered the 2016 Presidential race and is seeking the nomination of the Constitution Party.

Copeland's platform mirrored the same theocratic-leaning and conservative policies of the Constitution Party, although it would be safe to say he was probably more of a political purist than Castle.

J.R. Myers, more of a political animal and party hopper than Copeland, had also tried to gain the nomination of the American Independent Party in 2016. Plus he was also running for the Alaska State House of Representatives under the Constitution Party banner that year. Myers filed with the FEC as a Constitution Party candidate for President on Nov. 26, 2015. He has run for public office ever since he was in high school in Great Falls, Mont.

His campaign website included an autobiography--

I was born in Great Falls, Montana, January 3, 1963.  My parents are still married to each other and reside on the East Shore of Flathead Lake in Montana.  I have an older sister Rebecca, who lives in Montana, and a younger sister, Rhonda, who lives in Iowa.  I have five nephews, a niece and many relatives across the USA.  I am the descendant of pioneers from several Northern & Central European countries, as well as the Cree/Metis people of Canada and Montana.

I graduated from Charles Marion Russell (CMR) High School and while there, was a Peer Counselor, President of the Native American Club and a National Merit Semifinalist.  I graduated a semester early and became the youngest Licensed Realtor in Montana.  At that time, I was elected by the Great Falls Native American community to serve on the Board of Directors of the Great Falls Native American Association and Health Clinic.  I was also a founding member of the Great Falls NAACP along with the late Reverend Philip Caldwell.  I was a Reagan Republican and was later elected as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and Served on the Flathead County Republican Central Committee.  I earned my B.S. in Liberal Arts, Cum Laude from the University of Great Falls, where I eventually earned both a Master of Human Services and Master of Professional Counseling degrees.  My political resume includes affiliation, service and leadership in the Montana Republican, Libertarian and Reform Parties, the last two which I chaired.  Since returning to Alaska in 2003, I was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party for seven years, rising to become AIP Vice Chair.  In 2010 I founded and continue to Chair the Alaska Constitution Party, which is a formal affiliate of the national Constitution Party.  I was also recently elected to a two year term as President of the Alaska Counseling Association by the annual conference of my peers.  

My family has deep ties to Alaska that precede statehood.  My late grandfather, Les Myers, called, "Mush", by his friends, first came to Alaska in the Army Air Force during WWII.  My late grandmother, Eleanor, had worked for Alaska Airlines and always had a special love for Alaska.  My grandparents homesteaded in the North Pole  area in the 1950's.  My father had his own sled dogs there.  They were used for daily transportation.  They did not have snowmobiles back then.  Their refrigerator/freezer was a hand dug hole in the permafrost.  Several of my aunts, uncles and cousins have called Alaska their home over the years.  Many of my family lived through the Great Quake of 1964 in Anchorage, and I grew up listening to stories about that, the Northern Lights, volcanoes, wildlife, climate and the people of this Great Land.  My father participated as a HAM radio operator in Anchorage to re-establish communications with the outside world after the devastating aftermath of the '64 Quake.  I learned to talk in Anchorage in 1964.  My first word was, "Peppermint".  My parents, my sister Rebecca and I returned to Montana in 1965.  I visited relatives in Alaska a couple times in the 1970s, driving up the AlCan with my grandfather once.

In 2003 I returned to Alaska, again for a third time via the Alaska Highway, to make it my home.  Before moving to Haines over two years ago, I lived on the Kenai Peninsula for eight years, where I still own property.  I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, NationaI Certified Counselor and Chemical Dependency Counselor.  I can usually be found every Sunday at the Haines Christian Center (Assembly of God) where I often teach adult Sunday School and sing in the Praise and Worship team.  I have dedicated my life to the service of others, striving to provide hope and healing in the Last Frontier.  I am stepping forth in faith to offer my service to the people of The United States of America as their President in 2016.

In the voters guide for the American Independent Party primary in California, Myers' entry included--

My Top 3 Priorities

    Review and repeal of all unlawful Executive Orders.
    Decentralize most government services and control of federal lands to the states.
    Uphold immigration laws, protect our borders.

I Support the Seven Principles Of The Constitution Party:

    Life: For all human beings, from conception to natural death;
    Liberty: Freedom of conscience and actions for the self-governed  individual;
    Family: One husband and one wife with their children as divinely instituted;
    Property: Each individual's right to own and steward personal property without government burden;
    Constitution And Bill Of Rights: interpreted according to the actual intent of the founding fathers;
    State's Rights: Everything not specifically delegated by the Constitution to the federal government, nor prohibited by the Constitution to the states, is reserved to the states or to the people.
    American Sovereignty: American government committed to the protection of the borders, trade, and common defense of Americans, and not entangled in foreign alliances.

Myers formally ended his Presidential campaign on Aug. 6, 2016.

Copeland/Myers placed 7th out of 8 on the Idaho ballot, with 0.34% of the vote in that state, behind the Castle/Bradley ticket. The Constitution Party of Idaho chose to disaffiliate with the national party in 2018, other states would either follow suit or seriously considered it. Myers would go on to form the Life and Liberty Party as the Constitution Party experienced a serious meltdown in 2019.

Election history:
1981 - Great Falls School District Board (Nonpartisan) - defeated
1982 - Montana State Senate (Republican) - primary - defeated
1984 - Great Falls City Government Study Commission (Nonpartisan) - defeated
1994 - Montana House of Representatives (Republican) - primary - defeated
1994 - County Government Review Commissioner (Nonpartisan) - defeated
1996 - Montana House of Representatives (Libertarian) - withdrew
1998 - Montana Public Service Commission (Republican) - primary - defeated
2000 - Montana Secretary of State (Reform Party of the United States of America) - defeated
2014 - Governor of Alaska (Constitution Party) - defeated
2016 - American Independent Party nomination for US President - defeated
2016 - Constitution Party nomination for US President - defeated
2016 - Alaska State House of Representatives (Constitution Party) - defeated
2020 - American Independent Party nomination for US President - defeated
2020 - Constitution Party nomination for US President - defeated
2020 - US President (Life and Liberty Party) - defeated
2024 - US President - pending

Other occupations: realtor, counselor, Board of Directors of the Great Falls Native American Association and Health Clinic, Flathead County Republican Central Committee, Central Emergency Emergency Service Area Board of Directors (Soldotna, Alaska), Board Member Haines Borough Fire Service Area #1, Founder & Chairman Alaska Constitution Party, Vice Chairman Alaskan Independence Party, Chairman Montana Reform Party, Chairman Montana Libertarian Party

Notes:
Copeland/Myers placed 23rd nationally in tickets with ballot access. With Copeland from Texas and Myers living in Alaska, they definitely had the landmass advantage over other parties, whatever that means.

I had several relatives in Anchorage during that quake in 1964. When it hit, normal kids were watching Fireball XL-5, but the goody-goodies were viewing Davey and Goliath, according to my sources. A few months after Alaska, we in Washington experienced a 6.5 quake which I remember well.

Kanye Omari West

 

Kanye Omari West, June 8, 1977 (Atlanta, Ga.) -

VP candidate for Independent (2016)
VP candidate for American Independent Party (2020)
VP candidate for Independent (2020)

Running mate with nominee (2016): Ryan Higa (b. 1990)
Running mate with nominee (2020): Roque De La Fuente Guerra (b. 1954)
Running mate with nominee (2020): Sammy Kenyatte Belton (b. 1979)
Popular vote (2016): ? (0.00%)
Popular vote (2020 : AIP): 60,160 (0.04%)
Popular vote (2020 : Independent): 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote (2016, 2020): 0/538

The campaign (2016):

Comedian Ryan Higa, a major personality on Youtube, had run for President in 2012 in a mock campaign. He repeated the joke in 2016 ("Vote for me and all of your wildest dreams will be dreams") but this time named a running-mate, Kanye West. Well, the only clue to that is a brief mention in a video where Higa refers to West as "my future Vice-President."

No disrespect is intended here, but I am not in West's target demographic as far as his entertainment career goes. My first real exposure to him was in 2005 when, while standing beside comedian Mike Myers, he stated "George Bush doesn't care about black people" in the course of raising funds for relief of Hurricane Katrina victims.

Other than that I am dimly aware he is connected with the Kardashians (who I also know almost nothing about), my main source of information being the covers of gossip tabloids on display while I wait in line at the grocery store. Also that he has been struggling with mental health challenges and is prone to making controversial statements. And, I can see he has large following and is considered a gifted, brilliant musical artist.

West the politician has been erratic. Over time he has supported Democrats and Republicans, changing alliances in a dramatic fashion. In Sept. 2015 West announced he was planning to run for President in 2020. In an interview with Vanity Fair, West stated--

    "I sit in clubs and I’m like, Wow, I’ve got five years before I go and run for office and I’ve got a lot of research to do, I’ve got a lot of growing up to do. My dad has two masters degrees. My mom has a PhD, she used to work at Operation PUSH. Somehow the more and more creative I get, the closer and closer I get to who I was as a child. When I was a child, I was holding my mom’s hand at Operation PUSH. I think it’s time. Rap is great. It’s fun. It’s fun to be a rock star, and I’ll never not be one I guess, but there’ll be a point where I become my mother’s child. With all the things I’ve done that people would consider to be accomplishments, what’s the point where I become the person that Donda and Raymond West raised? My parents’ child."

The campaign (2020 : AIP):

As good as his word, West did indeed run for President in 2020. I'll cover that campaign when I profile his running-mate. Meanwhile--

Perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente had an interesting year in 2020. He initially ran for the Republican Presidential nomination and at the same time entered the Republican primary for the 21st congressional district in California. In the latter race, his son was running in the primary as a Democrat. In all of these cases, victory proved elusive.

De La Fuente went on to gain the Presidential nomination of the Alliance Party on Apr. 25, 2020. On June 20, 2020, the Reform Party also nominated De La Fuente, just as they had in 2016. His 2020 running-mate was Darcy Richardson.

Then something unexpected happened on Aug. 15, 2020.  

The far Right and Christian-based American Independent Party in California, which had nominated Trump/Pence in 2016, chose De La Fuente as their nominee. But Richardson was bumped as the VP and replaced with Kanye West. Apparently this VP choice was accomplished without input from any of the nominees. De La Fuente said, "I was not consulted to see if I wanted Mr. West as my running mate ... Obviously, we're a weird—and I wanted Mr. Richardson as my running mate—but it was their decision and their decision only."

De La Fuente had entered the AIP primary in Mar. 2020, but came in second to Phil Collins, who was also the Prohibition Party nominee for President.

The Independent Political Report quoted Darcy Richardson--

“Please let Rocky know that if he runs with the unstable, bi-polar Trump-loving Kanye West in California that I will withdraw as his vice-presidential running mate nationally,” Richardson declared in a text message to [AIP official Mark] Seidenberg earlier today. “I’ve spent my entire adult life battling the duopoly and certainly DO NOT want my name associated with a candidacy that peripherally includes a Trump/GOP plant like the unhinged rapper….Bill Shearer must be rolling over in his grave.”

It should be noted that Richardson did remain in the race, or at that was my impression when I posted our interview Oct. 6, 2020. In it he said--

Rocky and I are on the ballot in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont.  We also hope to be official write-in candidates in a couple of dozen states.

Rocky is also on the ballot in populous California where --- much to my chagrin --- he's paired with unhinged, pro-Trump rapper Kanye West on the American Independent Party ticket, a remnant of segregationist George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign.

https://thirdpartysecondbananas.blogspot.com/2020/10/darcy-richardson-2020-vp-alliance-party.html

West was also not pleased with being nominated VP, calling the AIP "deceitful" and issued a statement that included, "I am campaigning to be the next president of our great country — not vice president ... The political party in California that listed my name as its VP candidate has done so without my knowledge ... Californians, I ask for your vote for president and urge you to write in ‘Kanye West.’"

The De La Fuente/West ticket placed 5th out of the 6 positions on the California ballot with 0.34% of the vote in that state. It was by far De La Fuente's largest bloc of votes nationally.

The campaign (2020 : Independent):

Sammy Belton, a hair stylist and musician of Milwaukee, Wis. filed as an Independent for US President with the FEC on July 25, 2020. An online petition he created provided a thesis statement for his campaign--

I Sammy K. Belton must be President of United States of America in order to bring justice to the families of African American men and women who lost their lives due to unethical conduct of law enforcement while yet honoring the noble officers who uphold the code of conduct with a significant raise in salary for upright law enforcement with more severe repercussions for infractions. I'd declare reparations and free healthcare for African Americans. Most importantly the constitution will reflect the biblical constitution of God.

His electioneering was chiefly on social media. In October he included Kanye West as his VP, although it is doubtful West himself knew about the honor or would have agreed to it. Some samples from Facebook (in many cases accompanied by a video presentation)--

July 20, 2020
We don’t own the music
The First Black President to follow God’s Laws
Vote Sammy Belton for President 2020
Sign the petition Now
Words of Wisdom & Warning
Conquering Corona Through Submission To Jesus Christ the Son of God & Savior to All Mankind

Oct. 10, 2020
We don’t own the music
Presidential Address
Make Sure You Write -In Sammy K. Belton for President of The United States
In Jesus Name
Supernatural Energy Aligning All Mankind Unto Christ

Oct. 11, 2020
We don’t own the music and video in background
Presidential Address
African American Jewish Reparation Foundation - $6 Trillion+Owed to African Americans
Celebrity Status Gospel Live
Fall of Man
Syncretic Deification -Taoism Wu Wei The Way 10 Precepts
Forbidden Fruit
Covid 19 In relation to This Election and God speaking to Wisconsin & America Through Me
Our Requirement to Establish The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
Vote Sammy K. Belton for President of The United States In Jesus Name!
Kanye West for Vice President
“Don’t keep blaming white people and police for our disobedience to God as Black People “
As we unite in Christ as African Americans the world will follow God!

Oct. 13, 2020
We don’t own the music and video in background
True Birth of Jesus Christ 3/19
COVID-19- March 19, 2020
Therefore you are experiencing the coming of Jesus Christ
Use wisdom and follow Me as I Am being lead By The Holy Spirit to save our nation world and universe alike in Jesus Name Amen!
Forgiveness for our universal ignorance of who we are as mankind!
Vote Sammy K. Belton for President of The United States
Vice Presidential Elect-Kanye West

Oct. 30, 2020
We don’t own the music and video in background
Presidential Address
Attention Wisconsin & America Alike
Especially Local Christian Leaders & Assemblies
Judgement to those who don’t accept God’s Messenger to liberate His People
Warning ⚠️ to The Church ⛪️
Vote Sammy K. Belton for President of The United States 🇺🇸
VP CANDIDATE KANYE WEST
IN JESUS NAME NAME AMEN 🙏
VIDEO RELEASE TONIGHT ALL SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS

Nov. 2, 2020
We don’t own the music and video in background
Presidential Address
Apocalyptic Potentials - Preparedness for Kingdom Citizens
The necessity of Believers in Christ to United and Trained to protect each other
Vote Sammy K. Belton for President of The United States VP CANDIDATE KANYE WEST
IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST YOU MUST VOTE FOR Sammy Belton TRUST GOD!
Shalom

Nov. 3, 2020
We don’t own the music and video in background
Presidential Address
Polygyny-Kingdom Marriage
Purification of Our Family Lifestyle
Benefits for our children men and women to break the cycle of disfunction
Restoring our African Edenic Kingdom Lifestyle
Importance of Unity Upon Armageddon
Planning Our Return Back to Africa- Dual Citizenship
Donate to cash app $Pastorkash100
Vote Sammy K. Belton for President ofThe United States 🇺🇸 VP CANDIDATE KANYE WEST
Shalom

Belton did not appear to be a registered write-in in any state, so no votes were reported.

Election history:
2020 - US President (Birthday Party) - defeated

Other occupations: musical artist, producer, fashion design, Fatburger restaurants, philanthropist, actor

Notes:
West has been teasing a run for President in 2024.

Blossom Vedalyn Brackman

 

Blossom Vedalyn Brackman, August 3, 1959 (Birmingham, England) -

VP candidate for None (2016)

Running mate with nominee: Wiley Smead Drake Sr. (b. 1943)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Wiley Smead Drake Sr. of California, in his second bid for the office of US President, filed under the party affiliation of "none" with the FEC on Sept. 1, 2015. A day later his running-mate Blossom V. Brackman of Reading, Penn. filed with the FEC for the office of Vice-President. Earlier in 2015 Drake had endorsed Republican candidate Mike Huckabee.

In 2008 Drake had been Alan Keyes' American Independent Party running-mate, only in California. The controversial minister's name had already been in the news several times. On the humanitarian side, he had provided a place for the homeless on his church parking lots and legal assistance for illegal immigrants. On the homophobic side, he called for a ban on Disney for recognizing Gay partnerships as the same as straight marriages in terms of employee benefits. Drake loudly opposed the appointment of an American ambassador strictly based on sexuality.

In 2007 Drake's name was in a letter of support for James Kopp, convicted sniper, terrorist, and murderer with his targets being abortion doctors. Drake claims he did not authorize the use of his name.

Drake campaigned partly from his pulpit. At first for Gov. Huckabee in the Republican primaries but then for Keyes later in the season. The Americans United for Separation of Church and State advocated for an IRS investigation of Drake. Drake's response was to pray for the death of his enemies.

Drake went on to, in a very public way, pray for the death of President Obama and of anyone else who displeased him as he urged God to be his hit man. Keyes, Drake and AIP Elector Markham Robinson filed a petition with the Superior Court in California at Sacramento challenging the right of Obama to assume the office of President based on spurious "birther" claims. The action was filed by Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation, an organization characterized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-Muslim hate group.

Drake filed with the FEC in March 2012 with no party affiliation for his own run for President. He unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the California-based American Independent Party and had already selected Christian hip-hopper Robert Ornelas as his running-mate. Ornelas, also known as "Battle Ax," or Robert SOG Ornelas [SOG = Son of God] had been inspired to become an evangelist by Drake's work with the homeless.

Drake's 2016 platform was very theocratic--

WILEY DRAKE FOR PRESIDENT 2016.  

Introduction

"A new Godly party is urgently needed today because the leaders of the two existing parties, Democratic and Republican, have deserted the principles and traditions of our nation's founding fathers. Both of the existing parties have become the proponents of big government, crushing taxation, dictatorial federal power, waste and fiscal irresponsibility, unwholesome and disastrous internationalism, compromise with our nation's enemies, and authoritarian regimentation of the citizens of this Republic. Control of the government, under the domination of these two existing parties, has left the hands of the people our government was created to serve."

The declaration pledged the support of any party "limited constitutional government, with emphasis on the rights of the several states to govern their own local affairs and educational systems without federal bureaucratic or court interference." As to foreign affairs, the declaration stated that "the American Independent Party supports a foreign policy based on America's best interests, not world opinion," and "preservation of our national sovereignty."

We Acknowledge the Creator's Gracious Gifts
 We gratefully acknowledges God as the Creator of all and appeals to Him for help in protecting all He has graciously given us. With all these gifts comes the right to use them justly. Hence all such rights are the gifts of God—as affirmed in our Declaration of Independence. These include the right to life and liberty.

Declaration of Independence Rights are God-Given
All rights are unalienable in that none have a right to take them unjustly. Liberty includes the pursuit of happiness, which is the possession and exercise of virtue. Liberty includes the right to use and claim as an individual possession any unclaimed thing received from the hand of God, in or upon or above the Earth. This right to any possession includes its entire use, that is, its exchange, control, protection, and entire disposition. And the first and greatest of these possessions is our life.

God-Given Duties to Individuals
God gave Man this earth to make of it a well-tended Garden—not to leave it an uninhabited wilderness. He gave us our lives—not to be lived to ourselves alone—but in love to one another. And the duty to love certainly includes the duty not to act hatefully towards others. Therefore, we have a duty to be at peace with each other. Our duty to love one another includes a duty to protect each other from unjust harm. We have further a duty to cooperate with each other in the fulfillment of these duties. Such duties are the basis for just government.

As the only creature made in God's image and likeness, all men have an equal duty to love themselves and others to honor that image of the God they are commanded to love. To obliterate that image by unjustly taking a life is the highest crime that one may do to another. To take a life justly is the most somber obligation God ever imposes.

Our Constitution Enables Us to Protect Our Rights and Fulfill Our Duties
To secure and fulfill all God-given rights and duties, governments are instituted among men. To fulfill those duties and protect those rights, We the People of the United States of America ordained and established a Constitution for ourselves.

Rights and Duties of Association, Including that Forceful Association—Government
God created Man with two great dimensions—individual and social. In so doing He gave us the right to associate with each other to take advantage of our rights and to fulfill our duties. The right to associate includes the right to choose one's associates, but does not include the right to force others to associate.

God has imposed on men a duty to associate in governments to put a justified fear into the hearts of evildoers. These duties are given for the good of all—but not to deprive any of the rights they are designed to protect! Governments should never commit the crimes they are created to prevent!

No association of men has any rights of itself, but only by reason of the rights contributed to it according to the covenant established among its members. That fundamental limit on associations includes the greatest and most forceful of all human associations—government. However, among all our rights we find those derived from our duties, for we all have a right to justly pursue our duties.

Therefore:The Constitution: the Original Contract that America has with Itself
 A ordered liberty in a nation under God. We believe in strict adherence to written law. We believe the Constitution is the contract America has with itself. Its willful distortion has led to the violation of our Tenth Amendment guaranteed right to limited government—which inevitably requires oppressive taxation. Its faithful application will lift that awful burden

Freedom from "Liberalism"
Freed from the lawless oppression of Liberal rule, we may then compassionately and justly use our energy and ingenuity to provide for ourselves and our families. We will then establish truly free and responsible enterprise and reassert the basic human right to property.

The Protection of Life, and the Duties and Rights of Families
We believe in protecting all human life however weak, defenseless, or disheartened; we endorse the family as the essential bulwark of liberty, compassion, responsibility, and industry; and declare the family's right and responsibility to nurture, discipline, and educate its children. We maintain that all humans are persons from the beginning of their biological development and especially deserve our love and nurture when they are weakest and most dependent.

Marriage Between a Man and a Woman
We insist that marriage is between a man and a woman and assert the role of the law in establishing and reinforcing the mutual rights and obligations of that God-ordained contract.

The Individual and Common Defense
We assert the absolute, concurrent Second Amendment guaranteed individual right to self defense against impositions by other citizens or our government, coupled with a strong common defense, a common defense which requires a national sovereignty not damaged by imprudent or un-Constitutional treaties.

Our Great Pro-Life Constitution
The Republic established by our Constitution is the greatest of all pro-life institutions. In the first place, it protects our lives from the impositions of foreign nations and internal disorder. Our Constitution in its Fifth Amendment also forbids the government to take life—or liberty or property—unjustly. The Fourteenth amendment requires all States to apply all the protections they provide for life equally to all visitors or citizens, and to all born or unborn persons within the territories governed by their laws.

Public Servants, Not Public Masters! All Governments Under God
We believe that all those who govern are the servants of God for the good of citizens. Therefore all governments are under God.
In consequence whereof, we call upon all men who value their God-given liberty to join us in pursuit of these political convictions!

Some Drake 2016 campaign quotes in the media--

"It's time for the Judeo-Christian voice to be heard by our policy makers. They can try to kick the word of God out of politics, but they will never stop the voice of God through 'We the People of the United States.' We are the People of His Presence."

"The Democrats have done a lot of damage, but the Republicans have done almost as much. Party politics have ruined this country. It's time we got back to our history of ministers of the Gospel running for office without a party."

"When I am elected as president, I will have no obligations to any party. We want to get America back to one nation under God. We, as politicians, need to be responsible only to Almighty God. Not Allah, not some other god, but the God that this nation was founded on."

"We must get back to justice. The justice system of this nation was based on the Word of God, and we must get back to that. We must show mercy to those that want to come to this country - we are a nation of immigrants. Mercy must be extended to those who want to leave other countries and come to the United States for true freedom. Mercy must also be shown to the seniors in our nation through a better healthcare system."

"[Trump] isn't spiritually mature enough to be President. He sort of has the concept, 'I have always been a Christian. I was born a Christian' and that of course is contrary not only to evangelicals, but most importantly it's contrary to the word of God. I have not heard Mr. Trump say, 'I personally invited Jesus into my heart and into my life and therefore he's my savior.'"

In June 2016 Drake had run unsuccessfully in the California primary for the Presidential nomination of the American Independent Party.

One biography of VP nominee Brackman included--

As a seasoned solider in God's Army, Prophetess Brackman's story is amazing and wonderful. Blossom was born in Birmingham, England. Blossom is living proof that what God has blessed, no man can curse.

Blossom Brackman was ordained as a Prophetess in 2007 and was commissioned by Israel as a watchman on the wall in the fall of 2006. Prophetess Blossom also holds an Prophetic Apostolic Ordination by Christian International Apostolic Network,founder Prophet Bill Hamon and  a ordained Ministry License by Kingsway Fellowship International located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Thoughout her life she struggled with physical, emotion and spiritual abuse and was healed, in one day after an encounter with God. Her two and a half pack a day cigarette habit also disappeared and her testimony does not stop there. Later in life she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. When the surgeon scheduled a biopsy to remove it, there was no cancer!

In addition to her physical and emotional experiences and great effort to overcome life’s difficulties, she was also stricken with Hepatitis C. Only by God’s miraculous hand, she was completely healed. Prophetess Brackman stands as a testimony of what the power of God can do.

The Drake/Brackman ticket did not appear on any ballots, nor does it seem they registered as write-ins in any state. On Facebook Drake said he did not vote for Trump.

Election history: none

Other occupations: Chairman of the Congressional Women of Sovereign Authority International, prayer deputy for The Congressional Prayer Conference, motivational speaker, Executive Director at Eagles of Fire, Executive Director of Men of Sovereign Authority In Action, Executive Director of Women of Sovereign Authority,  Executive Director of Ezekiel School of the Prophets - Apostles - Intercessor, life coach, pastor, author, radio and television host    

Notes:
Brackman was born in England to a Jamaican father, which might have been problematic as far as the Constitutional requirements for office were concerned for holding the office she sought in the event of her election victory.

Nathan Revo Sorenson

 

Nathan Revo Sorenson, January 15, 1959 (Yuba City, Calif.) -

VP candidate for Independent American Party (aka Independent) (2016, 2020)

Running mate with nominee (2016, 2020): Kyle Kenley Kopitke (b. 1957)
Popular vote (2016): 1,096 (0.00%)
Popular vote (2020): 762 (0.00%)
Electoral vote (2016, 2020): 0/538

The campaign (2016):

"Doctor Kyle Kenley Kopitke" of Flint, Mich. filed with the FEC for President running as an Independent on Sept. 17, 2015. The "Doctor" prefix is academic, Kopitke lists his public administration degree as being from the Capella online university, attained in 2015.

Kopitke, described in 2007 by the Attorney General of Nebraska as a "professional con artist," had a history involving setting up military museums in several states that authorities deemed to be a scam. One episode in this narrative resulted in Kopitke serving jail time in 2006 for criminal trespass. Kopitke was barred from ever forming a nonprofit corporation in Nebraska again.

He also unsuccessfully ran for various public offices prior to 2016 in Illinois, Utah, Florida, Hawaii, and Nebraska both as a Republican and Democrat.

In Sept. 2015 Kopitke started a campaign blog with the announcement--

President Kopitke 2016

Welcome to my daily Presidential Campaign Blog

Today, the 17th of September is Constitution Day; it is also the anniversary of my Baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Today, it is also the day I have filed with the Federal Elections Commission my Form 2 paperwork as a Candidate for the Office of President of The United States of America.  Please kindly remember me in your prayers.

In 1992, I defeated Hillary Clinton as I was outspent by the Clinton Campaign probably 20 to 1.  At that time, I was the State Director for the Jerry Brown for President Campaign during the Utah Democratic Primary.   

So, I am seeking to replicate my 1992 victory in Utah and expand it to the other States.
I am running as an Independent, so this means, that in November 2016, there will be Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and Kyle Kenley Kopitke on the Presidential Ballot.

The reason I am running is because I see our Beloved and Inspired Constitution under attack; I am running to save the Constitution of the United States of America to the best of my abilities.  I am also running to the preserve Christianity to the best of my ability.  

I would not be running unless I saw in my mind’s eye that there is a possibility that I can win.  Now, the world is full of nay sayers, and those who brisk and chide when someone tries to do something.  They laughed at our Founding Fathers, at the Wright Brothers and at Columbus.   I am certainly not George Washington, or Wilbur or Orville or Christopher Columbus; I am just Kyle.  But Kyle is not going to sit by and watch the Constitution and Christianity get pummeled.

We have to Save our Earth; we have to Restore our Military; we have to Fix our State Department and Foreign Policy.  I hold the Triple Crown of Presidential Experience; a Veteran of The United States Army (Semper Ra); former President of an Environmental Group, and Classical Foreign Policy experience in The United States Peace Corps.

My campaign book “President Kopitke: Towards an American Renaissance” is online.

Another book online is “On the Trail with the History Detective: Did Joseph Smith, Jr. have more than one wife; A Scholarly Review.”  Based on my research, I found no credible evidence that Brother Joseph had more than one wife.  In the book I recommend changing the LDS Historical Department Edict of November 2014 that claims Brother Joseph had around 40 wives; he did not.   

I'll update this page with links and more info tomorrow.

Praise Ye The Lord,
Kyle

Kopitke's blog revealed a strong anti-vax stance, as well as promoting conspiracy theories regarding HAARP, One World Government, New World Order, natural cures for cancer, the alleged assassination of Justice Scalia, the 9/11 attack, the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, etc., with links to a variety of Right wing online sources.

Some samples--

"Why are so many American Natural Health Doctors who question the link between Cancer and Vaccines dying?"

"For the New World Order to achieve their dastardly plans of Global Domination, they need to destroy the Constitution and Freedom in The United States of America.  They are working on this through several tactics. One of these is destroying American Manhood.  It is important and vital for you to understand that these Gender Bending Feminizing Chemicals that are destroying American Manhood are intentional. If you think I am a quack; then research it on the internet for a couple of hours, and also view some Youtube videos; learn for yourself"

"Am I the only Presidential Candidate that is not a puppet of the 1%, and the Globalists of the One World Government of the New World Order?  If I am, then you need to take a good look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why you are not standing with me to defend our Beloved and Inspired Constitution when she is under such a venomous attack by the New World Order.  Sharing posts, donations, gathering Signatures and volunteering to be a State Director or Co-State Director is what is needed of you.  Are you a sniveling little coward that masquerades as a Patriot?"

"Are the chemicals in underwear causing women to miscarry and develop Breast Cancer?  Why do the Democrats and Republicans just sit there and allow this; answer: Mega Political Donations.   Tell me just how you cannot realize that the Democrats and Republicans are addicted to greed and are just bought off?"

"Do you know what a FEMA Camp Name Gatherer is? Or what “Trolling for Patriots” is?  Probably, one of the fastest growing job segments of our National Economy, besides low paying part-ti9me jobs, are either Corporate, political or Federal Government paid persons who “fake” their identity online to promote the agenda of those who pay them.  This is a form of COINTELPRO.  I suppose that these are merely “Name Gatherers” that place your name of a FEMA “style” Camp List for future use.  While a few survived the World War II Camps, the Globalists of the New World Order, I suppose will not anyone leave alive."

"Did Nathan Rotheschild and the Federal Reserve create the world-wide Great Depression in the 1930s, or did it just happen?   It is said that President Kennedy was seeking to print up real US Treasury notes backed by silver.  One of the challenges is that it is reported that we have about $1.3 Trillion in coin and currency; the rest is just numbers on paper; where is the $19 Trillion National Debt?  As President Kopitke, I will seek to reform the Fed.  I have not seen a real plan to replace it that seems appropriate. I will seek some mid course corrections."  

"The Globalist One World Government tactic to make America drug addicted.  To achieve destroying our Inspired Constitution, the Globalists first have to destroy Christianity and the American Family.  They are doing this through the injection into American Society of drugs.  We can stop drugs coming into our nation but the Globalists need this to happen to create a weak America so they can have their satanic One World Government of a New World Order."

"Another Political Assassination?  The “timing” of the Wikileaks director’s death is questioned.  With 15 days left before the November Election, a key “Truther” who has a high level of accuracy has died.  Was he murdered to prevent further leaks, and/or “to send a message?”  The death of Gavin Macfadyen on October 23rd, 2016,  on follows the questionable deaths of John Jones, a key Wikileaks Attorney on April 16th, 2016, and another Wikileaks Attorney, Michael Ratner on May 11th, 2016."  

"Why does the Federal Government bring in immigrants with infectious diseases?  Because it fits their New World Order Agenda.   This is realy being done by Collaborators of the Globalist One World Government of the New World Order than have infiltrated our Federal Government.  And you cannot see this yet?"

"Vulgarity and swearing are the number one tool for the Globalists in destroying our Beloved and Inspired Constitution.  Please don’t swear.  Once people start swearing, the rest of their personal ethics go out the window.  If you love America; don’t swear.  Behind almost every divorce and broken home and broken family, and behind every drug addict; there is the path of swearing found.  Swearing and cursing are the foundation for all government, personal and corporate corruption.  You want to save America; don’t swear.  The most hideous form of cursing and swearing is in taking the Holy Name of God in vain.  Please don’t curse America and your loved ones by cursing in the Name of God."    

The running-mate was originally Randall Jay Bizzle of North Carolina, who had previously been running for President himself as a Republican before terminating his campaign in Feb. 2016. At that point he left the Republican Party and became Kopitke's VP. But something happened, and on Apr. 30, 2016, Kopitke revealed his new Vice-Presidential choice--

 I am pleased to announce Nathan Revo Sorenson has accepted a Call of Service to be my Vice Presidential running mate.  Nathan is the former Chairman of the American Independent Party.
 We are now beginning to collect Signatures in Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, Arkansas and New Jersey.   If you live in one of these States please help us. If you live in another State, then please pray over making a donation of $10 or a tad more, so that we can hire someone to collect Signatures on your behalf.  https://politics.raisethemoney.com/kkopitke

Sorenson expressed a hope that in spite of Kopitke's unfortunate initials (KKK) the standard bearer could pull enough votes from the Left due to some of his platform issues to hurt Clinton's chances. However, at first glance it seems that the Kopitke/Sorenson ticket would be more likely to eat into Trump's conspiracy-based and anti-science support.

Kopitke/Sorenson were on the ballot in Colorado and registered as write-ins in Tennessee. In Colorado the team finished 10th out of 22 with 0.04% of the vote.

On Nov. 10, 2016 Kopitke reported--

We are now in 24th place for total nationwide Votes for President of The United States of America; as of today we are at 1,048 Votes.  One chart showed me in 23rd place, and another shows me in 24th place.  Both charts claim to be “totals” for the election.  I am so overflowing with joy that we went over 1,000 Votes.  Thank you forever.   You know the march continues.  We must stand up against the Globalists.  Have the Globalists taken over the Democratic and Republican Parties, and the Mainstream News Media?  GO back and read past editions of my Blog or visit my Youtube channel and you will learn.      

The campaign (2020):

Kopitke filed with the FEC as an Independent for his second run on July 16, 2019 although on his blog he officially launched on June 4. On June 18, 2019 he announced Sorenson was once again his running-mate.

In an interview in Oct. 2020, Kopitke's responses to a Vail, Colo. reporter included--

About 45 minutes after my son’s MMR vaccine, his precious mind was blasted into autism.  1 in 28 children now have autism; it is the vaccines.  My qualification is I understand our vaccines are not safe. 1 in 2 young adults have a developmental disability; it is the vaccines.  If you think injecting vaccines into your child that contain the DNA from pigs, mice, insects, dogs, and from aborted male and female fetuses; think again.  Other qualifications: United States Army; United States Peace Corps; Doctorate in Public Administration; donated kidney to my brother; Missionary 2 years in England for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Former head of an environmental group.

Sadly, I am only on Colorado and Vermont.   I have faced a near total media blackout; I am the only Presidential candidate whose campaign website (Kyle2020.com) is banned and blacked out on “Facebook”; if you try and share Kyle2020.com on Facebook, you will be blocked.  Partly because I say the 11 words you cannot say: “One World Government”; “New World Order”; “Vaccines cause autism and SIDS.”  I also discuss the dangers of Common Core, and Chemtrails, and forced mandated dangerous vaccines, and also the need to close nuclear power plants.

This is the only earth we have; we must take care of her.  As the former head of an environmental group, I am the father of the term “Climate Pollution” which is an alternative view against “Climate Change.” “Climate Change” is a tool of the One World Government & New World Order.  The Globalists have hijacked the true environmental movement.  My theory of “Climate Pollution” addresses the pollutions of nuclear power, fracking, the need to recycle, banning Roundup and other harmful chemicals in our everyday clothing and uses.  Banning GMOs.  The policy of “Climate Change” was created by Maurice Strong who is also the father of Agenda 21 (New World Order).   

America needs to Repent. We need to Repent as a nation and turn back to Jesus; only He can heal us.  We need to stop swearing.    We need to keep the Sabbath Day Holy by going to Church, and by not shopping.  We need to read from the King James version of the Holy Bible each and every day. We need individual and family vocal kneeling prayers. I also treasure, and am inspired, by prayerfully reading over the Book of Mormon.

In other sources Kopitke expressed approval of conspiracy theories regarding 5G towers, the 9/11 attack, and "fake news." His blog included--

"As your President I will remove Fluoride from our drinking water and food; Fluoride is not safe.  We need to remove Fluoride from our drinking water and food; it is not safe.  I am the only Presidential candidate calling for the removal of Fluoride from our water and food."

"The March of the Globalists towards a One World Government of a New World Order:  This is how they enslave us and keep their perpetual power and income.  Remember, the Globalists that support a One World Government of a New World Order are counting on you not to donate, and also to be only an “arm chair Patriot” where you just sit there and do nothing. Try volunteering and collecting Signatures for Ballot Access.  Tis up to you; act as becometh an American Man or lose your America.   Please also remember that swearing and vulgarity, especially Taking The Name of God in vain are tactical tools of the Globalists and their aim of their New World Order; don’t swear."

"Mainstream News Media supports microchipping of Americans; I will fight against it as your President."

"The Environment: To me, it appears, looking at it at the surface level, that the Globalists who support World Domination by a One World Government of a New World Order, where our God Inspired Constitution is destroyed, have hijacked the true Environmental Movement as a tactical plan for their World Domination.  As a former President of an Environmental Group (see PresidentKopitke2016.info), I am so sorry to see so many actual Environmentalists being duped and manipulated by the New World Order.   Instead of focusing on the core environmental issues of our day like moving away from oil under the ground to Hemp oil above the ground, or bringing forth real clean energy, or removing gender bending and cancer causing chemicals from our everyday products and vaccines, the New World Order Manipulators have the sincere Environmentalists running in the wrong direction. Classic “disinformation Campaign”; brilliant tactics by the Globalists and the 1%; we have to turn this around if we are going to save our Beloved Earth, which Almighty God has through His Infinite Goodness, given to us as Stewards.  One in six women should not be getting breast cancer; same with prostate cancer; we can remove these cancer causing toxins from our everyday products.  (Note from Kyle:  In addition, I will do all I can to remove dangerous LED and CFL lightbulbs.)  We must stop 5G."

"Chemtrails are real; what are they spraying us with; as your President I will stop Chemtrails by Kyle Kenley Kopitke, 19 October, 2019."

He also offered a long and detailed 100-step "Kopitke Containment & Eradication Solution Plan" for battling the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for measures requiring considerable government control.

On May 2, 2020, Kopitke issued the following statement:

The Lead Story: I need a new Vice Presidential running mate. Someone who will not drop out and who will have some time to devote to saving the Constitution.  Email me at KyleKopitke@gmail.com if interested.  Please pray sincerely with Faith in Jesus that I can find a sincere Patriot.   I have absolute tragic news for you.  My Vice Presidential running mate has withdrawn. So I am looking for a new Vice Presidential running mate. All signatures collected in OH, NJ, ID, OR, FL, AR, CO are invalid. UT is still good though.  Again, Prayers I can find a Patriot.

The circumstances surrounding Sorenson's decision to drop out were never spelled out. By June 2020 Kopitke's new running-mate was Taja Yvonne Iwanow.

Apparently it was too late to remove Sorenson's name as the Vice-Presidential candidate in Colorado, where the ticket finished 11th out of 21 with 0.01% of the vote. Kopitke also was on the ballot in Vermont, but with Iwanow.

Kopitke filed with the FEC for the 2024 Presidential election on Nov. 25, 2020.
 
Election history: none

Other occupations: US Army, LDS missionary, bus driver

Notes:
Sometimes listed as Nathan Re Vo Sorenson.