Above: Mike Muckin ; Below, Bruce Muckian from politics1.com
Michael G. Muckian, February 12, 1958 -
VP candidate for Committee to Reform American Politics (2000)
Running mate with nominee: Bruce James Muckian (b. 1953)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Bruce Muckian, a system analyst in Federal Way, Wash. and his third cousin Mike Muckian of Illinois, formed the Committee to Reform American Politics (CRAP) because the USA needed "nonpolitician outsider" leaders. Mike said he was qualified to be Vice-President as he shared a birthday with Lincoln.
Bruce had briefly made the news in 1994 as a potential opponent for US Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.). Muckian, who was called a resident a resident of Puyallup, was rather outspoken, calling most incumbents "hypocrites, liars, tax cheats and power-mad egomaniacs." Depending on the news source, he was going to run in the primary as a Republican or in the general as an independent, but neither scenario appears to have played out.
The Muckians did not register with the FEC nor become certified write-ins in any state. But their campaign did have some pretty catchy slogans: "The Mucks stop here" [displayed with a photo of the White House], "You've Done Worse and Vote for Muck-- The Others Suck," and "At least they're not the Clintons."
Bruce predicted their chances of winning the election were "somewhere between astronomical and totally outrageous!" and claimed he was really running in order to raise enough money to take his family on a vacation to Ireland via the Concorde.
In 2001 Bruce made an unsuccessful run for a position on the Puyallup School Board.
Election history: none
Other occupations: Health resource executive
Notes:
Washington State trivia alert!!!
A friend of mine from Alabama was driving on I-5 when his 1959 GMC pickup died. He coasted into
the first gas station and asked the attendant where he was. "Federal Way" was the answer. My pal
said, "Yeah, but what city is this?"
Puyallup = pronounced Pew-AL-Lup
