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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 3, 2016, 02:44 AM Jul 2016

Meet the Pa. guy who's running on the Prohibition Party ticket against Hillary and Trump

Jim Hedges is the kind of presidential candidate you might enjoy having a beer with, if only he drank.

The central Pennsylvania resident - he lives in McConnellsburg, population 1,015 - is the national Prohibition Party's official presidential candidate, with his name on the ballot in three states (Arkansas, Colorado and Mississippi) and pending in at least three others (Iowa, Louisiana, and New Jersey.)

Yes, the Prohibition Party exists, and for that its three dozen dues-paying members can thank Hedges, who publishes its quarterly newsletter and calls the party "an exercise in living history."

After his failed bid for the 2012 nomination, party regulars nominated Hedges to their presidential ticket during a conference call last summer.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160703_Meet_the_Pa__guy_who_s_running_on_the_Prohibition_Party_ticket_against_Hillary_and_Trump.html

[font color=330099]Didn't we try that already?[/font]

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Meet the Pa. guy who's running on the Prohibition Party ticket against Hillary and Trump (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP
Beware of Jim Hedges. I hear he's Untouchable. pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #1
Who is crazy enough in this day and age to still think prohibition will work? Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #2
Baptist and bootleggers. safeinOhio Jul 2016 #3
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