Do You Want These People In Office?
Aug 20, 2010 Political
Two candidates for Congress have decided to go on a hunger strike because the Republican (Duncan Hunter) who they will face will not debate them until October. Ray Lutz and Mike Benoit, the Democrat and Libertarian candidates respectively, decided to wage this strike because they are not getting what they want.
“The hunger has almost disappeared except when there’s food around and TV ads and stuff. The Hometown Buffet commercial is one of the worst. They are an all-you-can-eat buffet,” said Mike Benoit, the libertarian candidate in the three-way race.
The strike started with Democrat Ray Lutz, who said he got the idea from former California Rep. Jim Bates. Benoit immediately joined in. The pair are on their fifth day of a hunger strike they started at sundown on Aug. 12. Politico
One candidate needed an enema and has lost a good bit of weight.
Are these the kind of people we want running the country? Hunger strikes are for wackos who have some cause they want to push. Not being allowed to debate until October is not worthy of a hunger strike and calls the sanity of the candidates into question.
Lutz has at least a bit of sanity as he has decided that he will end his hunger strike on 20 August. He decided that the debate was not worth dying for.
So why do it in the first place? Does the hunger strike hurt Hunter? If these wackos were serious about the strike he could just wait until they drop dead of starvation and he would have no opposition.
These people remind me of children who hold their breath or throw tantrums when they do not get their way.
Interestingly, Lutz has a job that might help him out:
Lutz is an electrical engineer who owns Cognisys, a company that sells electronics to psychologists and other professionals to help treat mental illnesses.
He could probably use some of that shock therapy…
There is absolutely no way these two should be elected to office.
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: benoit, hunger strike, hunter, lutz, morons