Aspiring Idaho politician changes name to 'Pro-Life'
And he's running for Larry Craig's old seat. What's the matter with Idaho?
A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.
As Marvin Pro-Life Richardson, the organic strawberry farmer from Letha, 30 miles northwest of Boise, was denied the use of his middle name when he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 because the state's policy bars the use of slogans on the ballot.
Now, though, officials in the Idaho secretary of state's office say they have no choice because Pro-Life is his full and only name. He says he will run for the highest state office on the ballot every two years for the rest of his life, advocating murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure.
Craig failed to file the necessary re-election papers, thereby keeping his promise to retire.
You gotta admit, that's pretty brilliant. Bet Lyndon LaRouche wishes he'd thought of it.
Don't you mean he's running for the seat of Pro-Gay Sex In Public Restrooms Craig?
ATTENTION IDAHO REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, STOP EMBARASSING IDAHO FFS!
Rusty Shackleford @ 1:
There's nothing brilliant about advertising ignorance..........
This Reslug. lunatic was actually who Larry Craig was supposed to meet in his favorite bathroom for sex.
Idaho Repubs want to prevent abortions in all ways possible- even if it means providing themselves as receptacles for your seed.
this has to be the result of inbreeding.
if Idahoans elect this douchebag they are dumber than the Preznitwit.
Conservatives are rapidly gathering to themselves the most crazed, bewildered nutjobs they can find to hew to their party purity. This embarrassing loon reminds me of the Libertarian mayor who drank colloidal silver treatments and turned his skin blue. Public. Stupid.
He'd get more votes if he changed his name to "wide stance"
What's wrong with Idaho, you ask? It's in the middle of nowhere. This guy should get out more often.
I don't get pro lifers, on the one hand they couldn't care less about children with no health care, but on the other hand they want to dictate to others how to live.
I'm gonna run as Ethics Honesty Transparent Government Big Penis Smith.
You think I have a chance?
Well, when he dies that ought to make for an interesting tombstone.
Marvin Pro-Ignorance Richardson is more like it..........
deezus @ 11:
Yeah
If your intention is to get mocked more than the number of votes you receive.............
Well..just when you think you've seen the height of extraordinary stupidity from the right...this guy pops up...what a complete idiot...these politicians who wrap themselves in religion...they should be forcefully removed from office and beaten with a big-ass hardback copy of the King James bible, until they promise they're out of politics forever.
I'm sick of these fucktards!
deezus @ 11:
I think so. Considering, most of us think our politicians are big pricks anyway.
Someone should confuse this nut's candidacy by claiming he is against the death penalty. His potential supporters would be flummoxed!
Some people were just born to be mental I suppose.
McDuff @ 10:
And they're pro-death penalty and pro-war...smells of hypocrisy to me.
That's it! I'm changing my name to "George W Bush is a douchebag and the War in Iraq is a soul sucking votex of stupidity" and my middle name will be "oh yeah, and Marvin Richardson's brain and spinal cord aren't touching"
Can we make suggestions for other politicians to change their names?
John McCain: Pro-War
George Bush: Pro-Oil
Dick Cheney: Pro-Gun
David Vitter: Pro-Hooker
Bill Clinton: Pro-Intern
Gary Condit: Pro-Missing Intern
Joe Scarborough: Pro-Dead Intern
thats like something from the onion
MCMetal @ 14:
I do exhibit what they call "attention seeking behavior" =p
Im going to move to Idaho, change my name to "Republicans are Idiots" Johnson and run for governor everytime this guy runs.
There is nothing wrong with Idaho. It is a wonderful state filled with wonderful people....we do seem to produce some dumb-ass politicians though...but it is really unfair to predicate their idiocy to us...and the fact that they win? It ain't just us what elects corrupt hypocrites so it isn't really fair to ask what the matter with Idaho.
No I live in Idaho and there is something wrong with the people here! This guy does not suprise me, he is the poster child of an Idaho republican!
I should have thought about this 6 years ago. I could have changed my name to Impeach Bush. By now i would have health care!
Would it be fair to rename Larry Craig 'Penis Breath Craig'? or more to the point 'George F**ked Up Bush'?
Will he be opposed by Pro-Death Smith?
Whats the difference between and abortion and firing a lazer guided missile into an Iraqi neighborhood?
White babys are being killed not Muslum children from Iraq
"the organic strawberry farmer from Letha"
I guess he didn't change his name to "Organic-Strawberry" Richardson because it was too liberal and gay?
I'm sure the skinhead nazi's will vote for him.
here in tennessee, we had a case of a similar name changer. byron looper faced dismal prospects in his run against the popular long time state senator tommy burks. so byron changed his name to "low tax" in an effort to get his message across to the voters. unfortunately, before the election the prospects for a "low tax" victory were much worse than slim to none. being a typical republican, "low tax" decided his best chance for an election upset was to ambush and brutally murder senator burks with a handgun. now "low tax" is locked up in the riverbend maximim security prison in nashville offering his political allegiences to the aryan brotherhood or crips whenever convenient.
"I don’t get pro lifers, on the one hand they couldn’t care less about children with no health care, but on the other hand they want to dictate to others how to live."
Here's another thing I don't get about religous "pro-lifers". Why is collateral damage (which is 1st or 2nd degree murder) during war a-ok? I would respect these guys if they were the ultimate pacifists but, in general, I have found, by in large, that they are not.
Also, they are usually big advocates for deadly force in self-defense also. Why not just let god sort it out and dole out the appropriate punishment in the end-times and continue to passivelypray for things to get better and attempt to peacefully convert infidels to your belief system? Better yet, thank the abortion doctors for sending the unborn to a faster reunion with Yahweh...or whomever...without the pitstop of this mortal life.
If someone wants to get an abortion then why in holy hell would anyone think that person would be a ideal candidate to be a parent at that time, especially when forced? This jackass needs to put those Idaho libertarian ideals to work and stay out of peoples personal affairs.
Or if anyone thinks that "life" starts a conception then the answer is simple...remove the fertilized egg immediately and see out viable and independent it really is.
I do believe that there should be a provision in the law where as if someone causes an unwanted pregnacy termination there should be criminal action against the offender taken after consulting with the woman (or her family in the case of murder).
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 25:
More like a private cell in Guantanamo ; courtesy of Chimpy and Co..........
Pro-Life Richardson was struck by lightning today as he stumped for the death penalty for abortionists....
Let me guess: he's opposed to comprehensive sex education and health coverage for oral contraceptives, things that would prevent an assload of pregnancies in the first place, and thereby reduce the call for abortion.
So tell me: are pro-lifers stupid, or just lying about their motives?
L.A. Confidential @ 28:
The former is either voluntary or necessary whereas the latter is not?
MCMetal @ 4:
I think the Pro-Life movement in general is not based in ignorance. When you start looking at the people that are pro-life and see that they are pro-death penalty, pro-war, and see that many of them are against providing health care or proper foster care for kids, then yeah there is ignorance. If we could provide a happy home for every (i cringe to say) unwanted child, then I would probably be a big pro-lifer, but since that world is an illusion at worst and a fairy tale at best, then I will remain pro-choice.
McDuff @ 10:
It's simple. "Pro life" is only a code word. What they really are is pro punishment. Their whole religion is based on punishment for anyone who doesn't follow their narrow minded rules. Forcing a poor, preferably dark-skinned, woman to give birth to an unwanted child is punishment for having sex that is not sanctioned within their regressive religious world view. For them, the fact that that child will most likely live a life of misery is just icing on the cake. You see, their religion also celebrates the concept of punishment for the descendants of "sinners", and their descendants, and so on for generations to come. They revel in the belief of a vengeful god.
Britisher @ 29:
Megalulz!
"advocating murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure"
Pro life wants to kill others? That is the part I don't get.
God thinks that is OK? Just wow.
Richardson is a truly unique candidate whose political position is so astonishingly limited and yet so universally applicable to every issue:
Taxes: abortion causes taxes
Agriculture: Private property is paramount and abortion limits the industry
Education: Public education should be abolished because it promotes abortion
Government: Most positions should be abolished and so should abortion
Can't wait for the next televised debate. This will be the highlight of the election cycle.
Reminds me of a Tennessee politician—Byron Looper—who legally changed his middle name from Anthony to "Low Tax" when he ran for state senate.
Before the election could take place, however, he shot and killed the incumbent. So instead of serving a term in the state senate, he's now serving a life sentence in state prison. (I am not making this up.)
Need I add that he's a Republican?
One must assume that MisguidedAssClown Richardson was already taken?
I guess MISTER POTATO HEAD was taken . I live in Idaho I know it doesn't seem that we do but we do have good people running but with one of the dumbest electorates in this ignorant nation they hardly stand a chance. Larry Lorocco is running for the democrats we can only hope he can pull it out. Jim Risch his main republican rival will beat the idiot from Letha hands down but he is just as bad. We are continually screwed here in Idaho by the ignorance of
people who like a lot of Americans vote against their own self interests . wish us luck people , please .
Since he's taking the name of a RELIGIOUS cause, he should therefore be banned from participating in politics...period.
Fair Witness @ 19:
OMG!!! DUDE!!!
I spit my coffee and almost pissed myself!!!ROFLMAO
If men could get pregnant, abortion wiuld have been legal 3000 years ago.
Idaho shouldn't allow ballot-lines which trick people into thinking they're voting for an issue when they're actually voting for a person.
If someone changes his name to something which sounds like a term for an issue, they should put his real name in parentheses.
I mean put his previous name in parentheses.
Well, it seems to me that there's absolutely no difference between Larry Craig's and Marvin Pro-Life Richardson's philosophy. They're both rigid in their belief that every sperm is precious. No, seriously... (;>
Is Pro-Life short for Proliferate?
Marvin Richardson may be pro fetus, but only his voting record reflects whether he is really PRO-LIFE.
Pro-Life means that one would support all legislation that supports
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
EQUITY IN EDUCATION
LIVING WAGES
Being Pro Fetus is one thing. Being Pro-Life is all together another issue.
Whats the difference between and abortion and firing a lazer guided missile into an Iraqi neighborhood?
Recruiting statistics.
Dale @ 51:
Not really. Most of the "pro-lifers" I've known have no problem with family planning and birth control when it comes to their families. And I've never known a single one who adopted when they already had children of their own.
Kathleen @ 52:
I guess he has no voting record as a politician. (which candidates he has supported via his own votes) So only his stance on these other issues would demonstrate whether he is truly PRO-LIFE
StevePam @ 46:
I would hate to be sitting in a bank or a realtor's office and be asked to sign "here, here, here, here and here, and initialize this, this and this".
Having said so, however, that's a good name.
was "douchebag" already taken?
1m totally running for the senate as "big tits"
As Bill Hicks would say:
Pro-Life Richardson? Wow! He looks it.
Can't wait to see pro-life richardson start blocking cemeteries to see how true they are to their belief.
Wouldn't it be shame to see tis guy's name voting against health care bills?
How about voting for war bills?
Hilarious
pro life my ass. pro death and slaughter of ACTUAL children but dont you touch that goddam collection of zygotic cells woman!... now he wants to force women to be barefoot and pregnant or face the electric chair? cute. he will have his very own little sex scandal in 5..4..3..2...
it seems the internet is just buzzing is crazy christian fundies today... Not five minutes after I saw this: http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/03/23/how-to-ruin-a-trip-to-the-museum/ on Digg, I came back to C&L to see this loony motherfucker...
Liberal Traitor @ 61:
sorry that should be buzzing WITH CCF today...
Gary @ 58:
That's funny.
My name will be "Picked By God to Win."
L.A. Confidential @ 28:
The missile kills more people and leads to armed insurgencies. The abortion just leads to wing nuts marching with rubber fetuses-on-sticks.
I wonder if his middle name is "closet nazi"?
I am so glad Idaho is so far away from my friends and family.
I think I'll change my name to "Jesus. No, really! Hussein Smith"
L.A. Confidential @ 28:
no difference at all, sweetheart... now run along now... grown folks are talking...
Collectible Marvin pre-"Pro-Life" Richardson merchandise is still available!
http://www.electionoutlet.com/index.cfm?action=cand_index&categoryID=EF5...
Be the first on your block to be dressed from head to crotch with Richardson 'O6 essentials--thong, camisole, cap, totebag, bumper-sticker and mousepad--one of which is proudly made in the USA!!!!
Why spend spend $6 for a coffee mug or $4 for a mouse pad made in China when you can help the US economy by spending $15 for a mug and $16 for a mousepad made in China, only the several hundred percent profits go to a white AMerican, not some commie chink!
And just imagine how much you'll be able to sell these items on e-bay for!
So I can assume that he is completely against all wars, will fight to bring our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq. He will fight to change the constitution to take all the guns away from Americans. He will fight to reduce the Military budget for the United States by about 90%. He will support single payer health care to assure that all Americans do not die from the lack of combatant medical help. I am sure he will want the national speed limit to be reduced to about 50mph to reduce the fatal accidents. Of course he is anti death penalty so he will fight for a national ban. He will want to pour vast amounts of money into medical research and supports college education for every American child.
In high school he was simply known as Ass-Hole Richardson.
Can't wait to run myself.
*sigh*
I'm an Idahoan. We used to have Frank Church. We had a Democrat for a governor a little over a decade ago.
Bush drew a line in the sand and made all the moderate Republicans here bat-shit crazy, that's what happened.
Don't hate the whole state. We had a huge turnout in the caucuses for Obama. We still have Boise and Sun Valley!
He missed the mark... he should have changed his name to to Asshat Richardson!
Liberal Traitor @ 61:
Thanks for posting that...
The last douche politician who did this [Byron "lowtax" looper], ended up doing life after he shot his opponent.
Here's hoping the reason this idiot goes to jail is less violent.
Phillybits @ 68:
Personally, I've always been drawn to the name Elvis Jesus myself.
Will his nickname be "Pro" ? thus conflating two of the world's oldest professions? Politics and other ... er professionals?
diamondmc @ 47:
ummm.. you mean in the US? :D
Actually abortion was not a legal issue throughout most of history in any society. The risk of crude procedures was probably as great as that of childbirth. It was only when a reasonably safe procedure could be established that it became a major issue--basically in the last 100 years.
mrplow @ 74:
I like the potatoes--mashed, boiled, baked, fried...does that cheer you up? :D
right on! @ 78:
Them names iz two differnt spellins fer tha saaame thang!
In an Idaho Republican primary for Senate, would ProLife be defeated by ProWar?
deezus @ 11:
As a Republican? Of Course!
ConcernedCanuck @ 43:
How about "Wicked, I'll destroy the party if I don't win" Clinton.
Yellow Elephant Safari (Hussein) @ 54:
Aaah, yes... perhaps his middle name is Hypocrite! Would suit him, I think.
Can we find out which companies this asshat supplies with strawberries and boycott them?
Ooooo...Ooooo...How about a Green Party candidate running on a platform of more efficient fuels...ProPulsion!
mrplow @ 74:
Idaho is a beautiful state and Boise is a cool town. My sympathies about your politicians.
diamondmc @ 47:
And you bet it would be "free on demand"
Britisher @ 81:
Not really. Everyone likes the potatoes. At least here you're assured the republicans can spell it right.
Organic strawberry farmer??! And still too much pesticides in his brain...
Wow - just - wow.
I'm sure his children are really impressed. I predict massive playground beatings for them.
I guess "Pro-Doofus" was taken.
"And if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
(Old bumper sticker saying. Just sayin'...)
I'll vote for Mr. Pro-Life as soon as he is able to get pregnant, carry a fetus to term, spend numerous hours in a painful labor resulting in either a "natural" i.e. no drugs, birth or having a c-section with scars to prove it.
Yeah, if he survives that, I'll vote for him..
I hear that a Republican in Mississippi is changing his name to "Pro-Lyncher" he is being supported by the local KKK.
That is awesome! He must be against ALL war, he must want to sink as much money as it takes to find cures for diseases, he must be anti-bush!
good for him!
mr bigstuff @ 31:
That's interesting. A quick google found me the whole story. There's an intersting read at the Crime library.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/byron_looper/2.html
He should have just changed his name to Hussein! Of course that's a face only pro-life could love..
Whitehouse @ 99:
And another thing. If Pro-Life would follow in Looper's footsteps, and murder his opponent, maybe his wish will com true and he'll get Life. Hahaha!!!
Left&Left @ 85:
How bout Barrack "Its ok to be a misogynist as long as she's not black" Obama?
He should have been an outright racist and called himself Marvin "Typical White Woman" Richardson!
Pro-Life "Fascist" Richardson. Anytime his name is in print, it should be listed as such. Or you could always go with "the politician formerly known as Marvin"...
"Shitstain" was too personally descriptive , I suppose..........
Left&Left @ 85:
How about "Hillary Balkan Adventurer" Clinton?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/hillarys_balkan_adve...
C&L, please keep following this one. I can't wait to see if he wins. What a nut!
and proBush and prowar as well, I would suppose.
I'll bet this guy is just fine with bombing Iraqi children and executing prisoners via injection.
Pro-life? Oh, sure.
He seems to be trying to outdo the gay caballero by one upping him. This guy is pro life. Larry is pro anti homo. What do you expect this guy likes to have sex with? Cabbages? farm critters? You can't go over the top of Larry, he just won't let you.
OMG!! I'm ashamed to be from the same country as that moron and the worst part of it is that lout got a chance to be elected .
Haha! Low-Tax Looper, Part II. I see many of you have already posted about him. That guy was an interesting mix of hilariously pathetic and totally scary sociopath. I'm guessing this Idaho guy isn't much different.
I wonder what his stance on capital punishment is.
Emma Hussein Goldman @ 107:
Emma I bet you that man gonna win. we already got a couple of loonies in the senate ..Sen. Robert Bennett (R.-Utah): Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah): Sen. James Inhofe (R.-Okla.):Sen. Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.),just to name a few:.. So what's the big deal..stupid people deserve/elect stupid leaders.
He probably changed his middle name to "pro-war" too and doesn't even see that it's an oxyMORON.
Can we just drop the south and midwest and advance and evolve as a peoples and a nation? These ignorant bastards have drug America down long enough.
I've just realized who this guy is:
Representing the Very Silly party. He just needs to keep adding names.
Ruthless People @ 115:
Again...this kinda shit is everywhere. Not confined to any one region, race or religion.
That being said...I sometimes feel that the right and the left are too completely different to live together for much longer...they want a fascist, hypocritical theocracy...the left...freedom, democracy, and truthiness...ya know...what America is SUPPOSED to be.
Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson: Standing at attention right outside your womb.
Fuck. him.
Joementum @ 118:
Or is that, "Rocky Rococco at your cervix!".
Somebody ought to give him an involuntary, post-partem abortion.
BWAHAHA! That's hysterical. If Idahoans are stupid enough to vote for a guy who's so obsessed with abortion, I'm sure they won't mind sleeping in cardboard boxes when their houses are foreclosed on.
These one issue zealots are Rush/Rovian in real life...
It doesn't matter what else is going on in the world as long as this one single issue is forced.
Some would think that Mr Pro life Richardson could understand that Planned Parenthood, Roe v Wade does not Forced anything on any female.
Why doesn't he try to teach or sway people against what engulfs his reality and blinds him.
When the NRA states Guns don't kill people it should dawn on Mr Pro Life that Planned Parenthood and the likes don't either......................................
"But it's pronounced Throatwarbler Mangrove!"
Rhett Cook @ 24:
Fair enough. I live in Michigan which is a very blue state. Yet we had Dick Devos run for governor (Eric Prince's brother-in-law), and have a few of the most crazy-assed GOP congresscritters (thanks to gerrymandering) you can find.
Pro- Life? Let's see, he advocates murder charges for doctors and pregnant women that obtain the procedure. Idaho uses lethal injections AND a firing squad if lethal injection is "impractical." Yep. Don't see any inconsistency there.
Perhaps Idaho should adopt a law that allows only the last name of candidates on the ballot. Then Mr. Richardson would have to change his last name as well.
mr bigstuff @ 31:
exactly who was on my mind when I read this....gee, who's this bozo gonna kill when he loses his election?
He wanted to change his name to "sick-puppy" but it was already taken!
Come on, don't be so hard on Idaho. He's just one guy.
Now if he wins...
Sure..keep em alive in the womb...then give them a gun when they're 18 and teach them to kill.... PRO LIFE MY ASS!
How does he feel about the U.S. Death Toll in Iraq now at 4,000??
LIke most of the Pro-lifers How many adopted Children does he or you have?
but you care right lol
How 'bout Spud-head?
SteveK @ 128:
I dunno about "sick-puppy" but this is taken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUS3PJ2PtpI
What is it with Idaho and all the fakes?
Maybe nut-job would be more apropos
Batshit crazy, fascist motherfucker. And I know some supposed "progressives" who will feel conflicted about him because he's also an organic farmer.
McDuff @ 10:
I wonder if someone will ask him if he supports this war. His answer is most likely yes. I guess women should just keep having babies so when they grow up they can become cannon fodder for their incessant wars. Guys like him give me the creeps.
RayC Hussein @ 71:
I wish we did have any politician who was for all this.
Russ in Ind @ 132:
I used to think about that also but then I thought how many adopted children would be screwed up by being brought up by these so called pro-lifers or so called Christians.
"Super tuber"; already championed..
Vickif @ 138:
He's from there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyBH-z6c1w
deang @ 137:
That just means he takes a dump out in his field Unabomber style.
What is up with the people of Idaho? One crazy son of a bitch after another.
Why doesn't the phoney change his name to Health-Care?
Maybe more access to Health-Care would mean abortion would be less of an option to women!!!
Sorry pal-you can't call your self "Pro Life" and be "pro war" at the same time.
The weird thing is,these sanctimonious assholes are pretty much ALL "pro war".
Total douche bag.
..."advocating **murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure."
==>>Hey pro-life, don't you execute murderers in the USA? Pro-life?? Come again. Or is this an eye for an eye, a death for a death. Hmmm... kinda nutty if you ask me.
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