Daniel D. Robbins, September 14, 1959? (Roseburg, Oregon) -
VP candidate for Independent (aka APV Party) (2016, 2020)
Running mate with nominee (2016,2020): Mark Clayton Pendleton (b. 1954)
Popular vote (2016, 2020): ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign (2016):
Mark Pendleton of Salt Lake City had filed with the FEC on Jan. 1, 2012 as an Independent for President. No sign of a running-mate in that one or that he made any ballot or was a registered write-in although Pendleton later asserted he "got over a 1000 write-ins and if the Lord is willing a[n]d tarries I will be on the 2016 ballot." At the end of that year, Dec. 27, 2012, he filed again as an Independent for the 2016 election. His running-mate was Daniel Robbins, place of residence not supplied but circumstantial evidence points to Utah as well.
His 2012 website included an autobiography--
I was born 1 July 1954 to Leon Roy and Barbara May Pendleton. The forth of four children we lived for most of my life in Richmond, CA. My siblings are Leon Roy, Gary F. and Alan C. My early childhood I went to school to Lincoln Elementary in Richmond, CA, Roosevelt Jr. High School in Richmond, CA. My experience in high school was split first attending John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond and finishing at Harry Ells High School also in Richmond, CA.
My hobbies included various science and math related activities as well as martial arts. Hobbies included, among other things, rocketry, aeronautics, light and optics (lasers and telescopes). I was an avid swimmer and played various sports. I took a Brown Belt in Judo and and an Orange Belt (instructor's rating) in Bok Fu.I also studied Kung Fu (Jeet Kun Do). I am not much of a sports spectator/fan, but do enjoy participating. I have started several businesses one of which is the focus of the "I Want To Buy Your Vote!"
I tutored/taught Chemistry and Physics at the high school from which I had graduated for a while. I worked as custodian at the Watergate Apartment Complex (West coast counterpart of that during the Nixon era) for a year before returning back to school at Contra Costa Community College in San Pablo, CA where I began my studies in Business Administration. It was during my tenure there where my religious experience ensued.
My work experience spans 40 plus years, 24 plus of those include teaching
I became a child of God on 4 August 1974. I subsequently completed studies at Contra Costa Community College and went to begin my studies for the ministry at California Baptist University (then CBC) in 1975 after being Licensed to Preached by Clinton Avenue Baptist Church. During my tenure at CBU (CBC) I became the Interim Pastor of West Whittier Baptist Church in Whittier California. I stayed there for 9 months and moved back to the Bay Area to begin studies at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (GGBTS). I graduated twice with the M.Div (1980) and the Th.M. (1983). Between 1981 and 1982 I served as the Minister of Youth and Evangelism at the 1st Baptist Church of Granger (West Valley Baptist Church 3831 S. 2700 West). Being led back to Mill Valley to complete studies in Comparative Theology an Philosophy I served on numerous evangelism teams in various states.
Upon graduation I left GGBTS and returned to Salt Lake City, Utah where I began a work in Rose Park, UT. I was the keynote speaker at various workshops and in various consultative capacities for the subsequent 26 years. I have written numerous books on a variety of theological topics.
On 10 January 1987 I married Donna M. Sanchez and became an instant father with the union with Donna who had 4 children Gale, Nicole, Rudy, and Ricky John, and later the arrival of David E. (1988) and Nina M. (1989). We now boast 20 PLUS grandchildren.
I filed for bankruptcy in the early 1990s due to extenuating circumstances that ensued when trying to assist one of my stepchildren. In short he was arrested and tried for a felony. I borrowed quite a sum of money from those Payday loan pirates. For a full discussion you may contact me through email at mark.pendleton84103@gmail.com. In 2010 I applied for un-employment, unsuccessfully, because I had been a teacher. The state in which I was residing at the time categorized Substitute Teachers in the same class as Full Time Teachers. The result that although as a Sub I was temporary labor the State Legislature equated temporary labor for education the same as full-time contracted labor and all I earned was not qualified and therefore I could not apply for compensation . . . they wouldn't even qualify me for Food Stamps. All this even though I had no income over the summer. The details of this are available upon request. But the long and short of it all is I know what it is like to be denied government assistance, what it is like to be in need. What it is to have absolutely nothing as well as to be in affluence. These experience qualify me in all areas of the social economic structure and help me to identify on all levels with Americans.
Why I am I telling you all this and willing to expose myself completely to you. There are three reasons. The first is that I don't want to put on any airs and I don't have anything to hide. This brings us to the second reason and that being that as I gain notoriety and influence I want to intercept any of my opponents in trying to use my past against me in trying to say that I am hiding something. As I said, I want to be as transparent as possible and I am working to that end. The third reason, and perhaps the most important of which is so that you know that I am truly from the ranks of ALL America. I, probably, am the only candidate that can personally identify with every socio-economic class in the United States. I know what it is like to be in want as I do to know what it is like to have plenty. With this as part of my resume you know that I have the best knowledge, gained through experience, to be the best representative for the American people. My candidacy is about EMPOWERING the American people, not about centralizing that power in the hands of elected representatives. If I am elected I am going to expect Americans to assist in the governance of America. John F. Kennedy said on numerous occasions: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can dio for your country." Well, if elected, that will be the focus of my administration, getting you involved in the running of YOUR country. Taking it back from the politicians and getting it on the right tract. I will seek to gain your approval and most importantly your assistance in getting through Congress the necessary things that will make this country better and great. I know that if elected, Congress is going to fight me every step of the way because I will be working to minimizing its power and getting it back to being what it is SUPPOSE to be . . . your representative and not your dictators.
In 2002 I began feeling the pulling of Holy Spirit in the direction of evangelism again and began interpreting the calling I was receiving. It has blossomed into what is now known as Paradigm Ministries International which is a totally self-sufficient ministry dedicated to presenting a clear and positive message of Jesus Christ. The ministry is dedicated to giving and not receiving and is therefore committed to accomplishing the commission thoroughly without accepting or asking for gifts and/or contribution of any kind.
As for political aspirations I became disenchanted with what was going on in our country. Especially with the current administration. I approached Mr. Obama with a letter written in 2009 explaining that I could fix the problem with the economy. It was either ignored, rejected, or simply not even looked at. I also presented this information with several news and media providers and met the same response. To me this said that those who had were really not interested in finding a solution to the economic woes of America and so I decided to do something about it. I believe in America and know that my initial program will fix the economy. But that is only the beginning. I want to fix the entire country, specifically the federal government. My platform reflects this and I am asking the American people to take a chance on themselves and America and open themselves to something other than Party Politics. Remember, this country was founded by Patriots and NOT BY Career Politicians. If you are of the mistaken impression that the political structure is not viewed as a career then just consider your situation if you are NOT a business owner. Question: "How do you AS AN EMPLOYEE get a raise?" Now consider how Congress ANNUALLY votes ITSELF a raise. If I am not mistaken don't the elected reresentatives WORK FOR US! That is one of the things I, with YOUR help hope to rectify when elected.
I am seeking only one term and hope to exercise the full authority and support of the American people in favor of America.
Much of the online presence of the Pendleton 2016 campaign has eluded archiving. There is a reference to his "APV Party" but the meaning of the acronym remains mysterious [not to be confused with the AVP, Approval Voting Party]. His Facebook page during that era seemed more interested in alternative currencies and complicated get-rich schemes than in electioneering--
Aug. 2, 2013
I neglected to mention. If you are a US citizen I need you to let me pay you $25,000 per yesr. THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM! But I need 1 million Americans involved to make it work. This program WILL end the recession and keep it from virtually ever happening again. the website is jobs4profit-plus.web.com. It will cost you nothing. Check it out.
Aug. 23, 2015
Hey folks, It is I. In two weeks I amke my public press release about my candidacy for President. I need your help in telling people about it as well as campaign funds. RELAX I don't want your money. I want you to pay yourself money and earn in the process. If you do funds will be sent to our campaign funds. the website for this is: contributeWITHOUTcontributing.webs.com, also get some FREE gold for yourself and in the process we will receive the same amount into our campaign fund. The link is as follows: BitGold.com/r/Fd18As.
Thanks for listening,
Pendleton, who at the time was working at Paradigm Ministries International, had a very hard to follow financing plan with the hook "I want to buy your vote" and "Contribute without contributing."
It appears the Pendleton/Robbins ticket was not to be found on any ballot, nor did they seem to be registered as write-ins in any state.
The campaign (2020):
Pendleton and Robbins officially announced their 2020 Presidential campaign on Nov. 5, 2019.
Robbins, who gave himself the label of "Libertarian," provided an autobiography on the campaign webpage--
My name is Daniel D. Robbins. Born in Roseburg, Oregon and raised in a nearby small logging town, I grew up with the quality influence and moral code of my Grandmother and Grandfather. My grandparents were adults during the depression and helped my mother raise me by old west rules of respect for each other and a sense of pride in hard work and a job well done.
Everybody knew my grandparents and they knew our neighbors. Knowing each other in a small town and knowing all the neighbor kids didn't stop the occasional switch to the backside from my friends mom if I got out of line and another switch waiting when I got home. I learned what was right and what was wrong from my grandparents and a small town full of honest, hard working, and proud people. Small town living gave me a sense of responsibility for myself and my actions as well as a sense of responsibility for helping my neighbors when they needed a helping hand.
My mother was a single mom raising 3 kids by the time I was 4 years old. Life was hard, but my mother worked hard to put food on the table and Grandma and Grandpa helped where they could. We were poor enough that sometimes we only had enough for one meal a day. But that was the incentive. Work and be part of the community or go hungry. The fact that we didn't starve is testament to how poverty wasn't so bad without the government handouts. Those were tough times, but they made strong people and strong communities.
I went to a small High School and graduated with Thirty-six Seniors. We were all pretty much poor, but it never mattered to most of us. We had no idea what racism was and the 2 adopted North Korean kids in my nearly all white country school never were considered anything else other than classmates and friends. The idea that their skin color meant anything was foreign to us. The things that were important were simple. Learn your math and how to read and write. A strong sense of sports and sportsmanship were next on that list. Teachers doubled as coaches and were dedicated to the kids, not to a union. Money was in short supply for our schools, but it was spent on a library full of books, not on resource officers and 3 meals a day for the underprivileged. We had milk and the option of a cafeteria lunch. Parents had to be responsible for taking care of their children not the State.
I got my first job during the summer when I was 6 years old. I had to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and was in the bean fields by 6 o'clock helping my mother pick string beans until 5 o'clock in the evening. I soon was picking cherries and apples on my own and did so until I left home at 17 years old. When I was 14 I used an axe to clear trees on ranches, worked on a chicken farm cleaning the chicken dropping from the coups, stretched fences, and bucked hay from sun up until sun down. I even pumped gas for free only getting paid with tips from the customers. Hard work was the recipe for success and the idea that someone owed me a living was never a thought.
I volunteered for the Air Force within a few days after turning 17 years old. For me, that was the only way I could go to college. I was trained as a mechanic and later helped train officers in the survival school that was just off base. The Air Force is where I learned about racism and bigotry. I found out very quickly that I was both a racist and a bigot specifically because I was white. I was able to make some really great friends of all races and fell in love with a beautiful young woman, but had to break it off because her family didn't approve of me being white. Hard lessons, but valuable, and I never became so cynical that I couldn't see beyond race and concentrate on the character of the individual. I am proud to say I continue to hold these values as core values in my life today.
I went to college my first year in Chicago. It was a small Liberal Arts College and a Seminary. I learned so much from that environment and learned firsthand how harsh people can be in the big city. I would have stayed, but I contracted Hepatitis and dropped out until I started up again at Boise State University.
I have continued my education in several disciplines of Economics and Finance. I land firmly on the side of Austrian and Chicago Economics and believe vehemently that Keynesian Economics and Central Banks such as the Federal Reserve have destroyed the dollar and the economic powerhouse that used to be the United States. They are the only reason it now requires both parents to work to raise a family. The rest of the destruction of the family unit has be decimated by government handouts and nanny state regulations and laws.
I have worked hard my whole life and can say that I have been successful. I started a computer repair business twenty five years ago and although I am mostly retired from it, I have customers that won't go anywhere else. I have never been rich, but I feel as though I could have been if that had have been what I dedicated my life to. But, I am also a proud husband and a father to 7 wonderful children. I am proud of them and continue to hope for their continued health, happiness, and success.
I am a dedicated patriot to these United States of America. I am a strict Constitutionalist and believe that it is more relevant today than when it was first written. I believe the size of Federal Government and the power it now has taken is now the greatest threat to the liberty and freedom of all Americans. We are being destroyed from within and it needs to change. I believe in "We the People..." and I think we need to change the direction we are moving in. I believe we can make the United States strong by making the individual strong and independent. We must take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. We must reach out and become a nation of neighbors. We depend on the government to take care of us and we now have this sense of entitlement that just because we breathe we deserve to be taken care of. Well, I think we all need to carry our own weight and help only those that can't. I believe that a true patriot is a person that is willing to stand up to the oppressive government and just say no.
We have a lot of work to do. But, I believe it is a noble task and I believe it only takes a few voices that speak the truth to start a movement that can spread from shore to shore and get this nation back on track using the best of the values from our history to become the greatest nation on earth once again.
The Pendleton/Robbins platform included--
-Opposed to using the Constitution to enforce the rights of special groups, particularly in the case of same sex marriage. "Donald Trump of the current Administration is purposed to make America great again. A position with which I whole heartily agree. Too long has the needs of the country gone the way of self-seeking interest groups or complacent politician rather than in the best interests of the Country. If this Country is to be Great again it is going to have to treat the Constitution as the guide in which it was intended and not as the floor mat the Federal Government has made it."
-Create a Constitutional amendment protecting the right to privacy.
-Repeal Obamacare.
-Curb the influence of "Big-Pharma."
-Regulate credit collecting agencies.
-"The Tax Code is too complicated and cumbersome and basically forces the average American to look outside of their own abilities and resources to complete, therefor I am proposing the re-structuring of the Code completely and establishing a flat tax of 0% for individuals making under $25,000.00; 10% for ALL individuals at $25,000.00 and above (5% may be returned because of charitable contribution), and 15% business and corporate (with up to 5% reclaimable due to charitable contributions). and for dismantling of the IRS superstructure as currently operating. This constitutes a total elimination of all superfluous taxes such as the inheritance tax (which essentially is double taxation) and estate tax."
-Eradicate diplomatic immunity.
-End dependence on fossil fuels.
-Dissolve the US Dept. of Education.
-Regulate the insurance industry.
-Reduce Federal salaries by 25%
-Term limits for US House and Senate.
-Federal judicial positions should be elected and not appointed for life.
-"NO MORE NUMBERS GAMES AMERICAN POLITICAL STRUCTURE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A NUMBERS RACKET (PROPAGANDA) AND THAT RACKET IS SYSTEMATICALLY USED TO deceive THE AMERICAN PEOPLE."
-Expand the powers of Homeland Security.
-Pro life on abortion.
Once again, it appears the Pendleton/Robbins ticket was not to be found on any ballot, nor did they seem to be registered as write-ins in any state. If Robbins was indeed a resident of Utah, there might have been a Constitutional roadblock since both candidates were residents of the same state.
Election history: none
Other occupations: agriculture, US Air Force, computer repair
Notes:
PNW trivia alert! Previous third party VPs Joseph Lane (1801-1881) Constitutional Democratic Party 1860, and Frank Lyle Varnum (1916-2013) American Party 1980, both lived and died in the Roseburg, Oregon area in their later years, birthplace of Robbins.
