Fluttershy

 

Fluttershy, October 10, 2010 (Pawtucket, R.I.) -

VP candidate for Independent (2012)

Running mate with nominee: Rainbow Dash (b. 2010)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was an animated television series that ran from 2010-2019 and in part gained an unusual cult following from adults who call themselves "bronies" or "pegasisters." Even if you have have not been exposed to the TV presentations, it is hard to ignore the copious Internet memes and references to this franchise. The My Little Pony toy products originated with Hasbro in 1981, the multinational conglomerate based in Pawtucket, R.I. Their "4th Generation" of the line, launched in 2010, presented several new characters.

My formative years were spent on a farm where we raised Shetlands, so I know a bit about little ponies, but the equines in this series are more than earthly as they are gifted with magical powers.

American capitalism and fandom being what it is, of course this commercial interest would have fictitious candidates running for President as a promotional device. Almost all of the My Little Ponies ran for President 2012-2020, but seldom with a running-mate, er, trotting-mate. Rainbow Dash, a blue pegasus who possesses the ability to somehow control the weather ran for President in 2012 with a VP, Fluttershy. Another pegasus, Fluttershy's chief personal attributes are kindness and empathy. She ran for President herself in 2012 and 2016 but apparently without a Vice-President.

Rainbow Dash's Tumblr campaign blog began in Jan. 2012 and lapsed into some serious commentary on one occasion--

Dash Slams Gingrich on Affair

In response to Newt Gingrich’s answers to the first question of the Southern Republican Presidential Debate, Rainbow Dash released the following statement:

    As the Element of Loyalty, I think it is totally not cool that he thinks he can get away with this. This is the man that tore down Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinski scandal, and now he’s trying to tell us that these are just attacks by the liberal media? It’s ridiculous. He’s cheated on two women already, so how does he expect anypony to think he won’t cheat on our country? It’s disgraceful.

Fluttershy was added to the ticket on Aug. 14, 2016--

We are pleased to announce that Fluttershy has officially accepted an offer to be Rainbow Dash’s running mate this election. Her gentleness and kindness will go a long way to helping mend a fractured Congress and a polarized nation

Election history:
2012 - US President (Independent) - defeated
2016 - US President (Independent) - defeated

Other occupations: fictitious character

Notes:
I wonder how she fared in the Gallop Poll?

Newton Leroy Gingrich

 

Newton Leroy Gingrich, June 17, 1943 (Harrisburg, Penn.) -

VP candidate for Independent (2016)

Running mate with nominee: Cynthia Torres Cavazos (b. 1971)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Cynthia T. Cavazos, a San Antonio, Tex. hotel housekeeper and "social services coordinator for A Mission of God's Love," filed with the FEC on Oct. 26, 2015 as an Independent for President. Most of her campaign was conducted on social media, mainly Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.

Cavazos provided a bit of autobiography on a Oct. 4, 2016 Facebook post--

Religious Beliefs: From both parent's being catholic, to my father converting to Jehovah Witness- I was into all that church stuff when I was young. My grandma...well, she was a Catholic and I was able to see all them saints and candles of Jesus, with those palm crosses hung over the door. I grew up with that in my grandma's home.
 My dad gave me my first bible- I from that after reading...I began to look inot other religions, I used to love when Mormons would come knocking on my door to speak- I allowed a whole group of kids to learn about John Smith.
I was baptized in The Baptist Church after the baptism in the Catholic Church at the age of 12- My children witnessed the dunking of a pool baptism. I was pregnant and finally after many years, I became confirmed, and, the neat thing...my lifestyle was as the poor in other countries living in a tent.  Having to go door step to door step until I came to a church where I stayed in my tent for about two months.- weird Huh? 9:32p.m.

Her stand on the issues came across as slightly cryptic, and the same applied to her philosophy behind the choice of a Vice-President. For reasons never really spelled out, she wanted the names of 13 men as running-mates. Although not officially designated as her VP, I am going to profile the eclectic four names out of the 13 she identified as desirable for her ticket: Newt Gingrich, (probably) Danny Google Aguilar, Rick Perry, and Joaquin Castro.

Tracing Cavazos' Facebook entries regarding the VP saga presents a murky story--

Mar. 31, 2016:
Email your Vice Presidential Resume to: meetcynthia@outlook.com

June 7, 2016:

Still looking for a Vice President [Accompanied with a short video where Cavazos makes a direct appeal for a VP]

July 14, 2016:
Searching for  a Vice President....To make sure y'all understand, If elected, I will choose one for now...and once I have my Vice President running Mate...I will search for six more....this is the first time if I am elected we will have Seven Vice Presidents (all men) if Cynthia T.Cavazos is elected the next President of the U.S.

July 16, 2016:
I have several people in mind to choose from...but, based on what I am looking for, I will choose 13 Vice Presidential Elects ....The Electoral College will choose from the 13 nominated to be the next Vice President.

July 18, 2016:
Having to look for a Vice President with Immigration Standards is not too hard...based on the quality and communication these candidates have, I am thinking about choosing...
(Round 1) Without Immigration as to where they stand.... Newt Gingrich, Aguilar from Nevada, Rick Perry, Joaquin Castro,
 California not sure of who and other states I have not searched, but I am keen when it regard Human Resources. "A few I have seen to be an asset".
Understand this, because I have not yet chosen a Vice President...I am not saying the names listed will be my choice....but, they may be the list of 13 *I will submit as my chosen for legislature to choose from..after the people have chosen.

Newt Gingrich seemed like an odd choice. By 2016 the serial adulterer "family values" Republican was remembered as the has-been ethics-challenged former Speaker of the House who resigned in disgrace as well as being a failed 2012 candidate for the Republican nomination. He is generally credited for creating the atmosphere of turning politics of the 1990s into the polarizing bloodsport that now dominates the scene, but those who bestow this honor to Gingrich forget about Lee Atwater in 1988. A rabid conspiracy theorist, Gingrich in 2016 was reported to be on Trump's short list of VP choices.

Cavazos was registered as a write-in, with no running-mate, in Washington and West Virginia.

In 2017 Cavazos finished 4th out of 6 candidates for the San Antonio City Council.

Election history:
1974 - US House of Representatives (Ga.) (Republican) - defeated
1976 - US House of Representatives (Ga.) (Republican) - defeated
1979-1999 - US House of Representatives (Ga.) (Republican)
1995-1999 - Speaker of the US House of Representatives (Republican)
2012 - Republican nomination for US President - defeated

Other occupations: teacher, southern regional director for Nelson Rockefeller 1968, author, US House Minority Whip, lecturer, Gingrich Group,

Notes:
Gingrich, in keeping with his long list of other groundless conspiracies, promoted the stolen   Presidential election myth in 2020. But of course!
Earned an entry in The Encyclopedia of American Loons.
"I’m going to be the nominee. It’s very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I’m going to be the nominee."--Newt Gingrich Dec. 1, 2011