Russell Howard
VP candidate for Nationalist Party of America (2012)
Running mate with nominee: Billy Roper (b. 1972)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Billy "Future Race Conscious White Mister President" Roper of Russellville, Ark. founded the group White Revolution in 2002 after being purged from the neo-Nazi National Alliance. The vision of leading a unified racist effort fizzled and White Revolution was dismantled in 2011. Meanwhile, Roper had started another entity, the Nationalist Party of America and had run for Governor of Arkansas under that banner in 2010. He had also shifted to the Christian Identity movement as well as the KKK via Thomas Robb's Knights Party.
Roper ran for President for the 2012 election. The NPA platform included the following. Of particular interest is the section on military service--
--Abolition of the Internal Revenue Service, the Income Tax, and all Property Taxes. We support the creation of a national sales tax of 23% to fund the federal government.
--A 10-year moratorium on all legal immigration at a level below 250,000 per year.
--A 2000-mile double-line electric fence and barricade wall between the United States and Mexico, delineating a patrolled frontier zone occupied by U.S. military forces.
--A federally legislated end to all social welfare benefits for illegal aliens, except for emergency medical services.
--A crackdown on major businesses that chronically hire illegal aliens and the elimination of deductibility for all wages paid to illegals.
--A federal law to restate the true meaning of the 14th Amendment through inclusion of a clause limiting natural born citizenship to the children of legal U.S. citizens.
--A policy allowing legal immigrants to bring in only spouses and minor dependent children to the United States.
--An end to dual citizenship in the United States and any other country.
--A deportation program beginning with all aliens convicted of felonies and every gang member who is not a citizen of the United States, and continuing with all aliens who are in the United States illegally.
--Citizenship
Full citizenship, including the right to vote, will be granted only to those who complete four years of armed forces or Home Guard service from the age of eighteen to twenty-two. Upon completion of the National Service requirement, all citizens are considered members of the standing militia.
--Military
No male can enlist in any combat or combat-related duty in the armed forces of the United States unless he has a son to carry on his name. Further, no females can enlist in the armed forces but as nurses, doctors, or other non-combat related roles. Homosexuals and non-citizens will be prohibited from serving in the military. The Home Guard, similar in duty to the National Guard, but not deployable overseas, may include males without male offspring. Home Guard service will also satisfy National Service citizenship requirements, and rank may be transferred to the regular armed forces if and when a male heir is born.
--Traditional Values
Marriage will be defined as the legal union and partnership of a man and a woman. Domestic partnerships between homosexuals will not be recognized by law.
--Monetary Policy
The United States dollar will return to the gold standard, rather than existing as fiat currency. The Federal Reserve, currently a private banking and lending institution, will be nationalized and regulated according to our nation's best interests. Unsecured lines of credit, such as credit cards issued by banks, will be legally limited to interest rates not to exceed double the interest rates of secured lines of credit offered by the same institutions. Usury, the practice of charging exorbitant interest rates or fees on monetary loans, will become a criminal offense.
--World Government.
The Nationalist Party opposes United States membership in any organization which in any way infringes on the sovereignty of the United States and its citizens.
--Foreign Trade.
The Nationalist Party is for cutting off all trade, aid and "recognition" of a state which denies its citizens the right to leave and take their property with them.
--Second Amendment
The Nationalist Party shall strongly support the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. America is one of the few nations on earth with the right to keep and bear arms. That right is largely responsible for our independence and sovereignty. Our enemies envy us our success and would deny it so that we become reduced to their level. We wholeheartedly support 2nd Amendment rights as guaranteed by the United States Constitution and as given to us by Almighty God. We hold this to be an individual's right. No law is legitimate that restricts this right. In keeping with this belief, we will call for repeal of all Federal Gun legislation and nullification of all state laws that are not in accordance with an individual's Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. As a foundation block of the Constitution, it is imperative this freedom remain unhindered so our liberty and independence remain unfettered. The Nationalist Party must actively work to impeach any politician or judge who would deny the Second amendment since he is not upholding his oath "…to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," and would allow the tyranny of government to prevail. The Second Amendment is the ultimate persuader against a politician or party intent upon domestic mischief or skullduggery.
Needless to say Roper was on the radar of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who gathered together some quotes clarifying Roper's positions--
"Every non-White on the planet has to become extinct. We need to remove these minor-league amateur races out of the game, and refine the playoff brackets a bit, if you get my meaning. The whole world is ours, and the only part of the earth that non-Whites should inherit is however much it requires to cover them."
— January 2005 interview on Blood & Honour Radio
"I'm a biological racist. I'd rather have the entire species become extinct except for one white boy and one white girl who were raised by a pack of wild wolves, than our race go under and the world [be] inherited by Asians and mulattos who can play the classical violin and recite Shakespeare."
— June 2003 essay in White Revolution Report
"The enemy of our enemy is, for now at least, our friends. We may not want them marrying our daughters, just as they would not want us marrying theirs. We may not want them in our societies, just as they would not want us in theirs. But anyone who is willing to drive a plane into a building to kill jews [sic] is alright [sic] by me. I wish our members had half as much testicular fortitude."
— Sept. 11, 2001, E-mail to National Alliance membership celebrating Al Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center just minutes earlier
During the course of the campaign Roper had unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the Boston Tea Party.
Early in the campaign the NPA website listed Vernon McNew as Roper's VP. But by May 2011 his name had been replaced by that of Russell Howard, who was introduced to voters thusly--
Russell Howard
Candidate for Vice President of the United States
Mr. Howard was chosen not least of all because of his tireless activism and promotion of the cause of White racial survival through the internet, with the creation of the White Aryan Survival Project (WASP), a facebook-based recruiting and educational tool which has survived many attempts at censorship, due to his leadership. Not being affiliated with any particular White Nationalist organization, Russell is unencumbered by any divided loyalties, but has achieved a growing name recognition throughout the patriot community. Finally, the two candidates know one another personally, have worked together before, broken bread together, and trust one another, so they enter this partnership as a team.
At some point in 2012 Roper suspended his campaign and endorsed Merlin Miller of the American Third Position. Roper's later activity will be covered in the 2016 election as well when I get there.
Election history: none
Other occupations: founder of White Aryan Survival Project
Notes:
Another mystery VP
Roper was the "Whack Job of the Week" on Uncovered Politics, May 19, 2010.
