Why is Joseph Spence of Ringgold, Virginia (near Danville) a candidate
to become the 44th President of the United States? "Issues--I've got
a laundry list. The huge federal deficit that nobody seems to be able to
do anything about.... Our borders are not secure, our nuclear labs and our
archives are not secure. The war in Iraq is not going well--it was poorly
planned from the beginning, and they don't have enough people there to do
the job.
"Both of [the major party canididates] are against a draft, but
I don't know how they're going to get enough young people into the military....
I served in the military [he was drafted into the Army in 1954, and then
spent time in the Marine Corps as well] and worked as a civilian health
services worker for the Army after that."
He fears that national leaders since Nixon have not realized the potential
threat from "Red China. People say, you know, if you're trading with
someone you're not going to go to war with them. But I think this trade
with China is a mistake, they've been against us since they went Communist."
His campaign has taken him from Richmond to Galax, and into North Carolina
"mostly to conventions, festivals, flea markets--on weekends, when
people are around to talk with." He doesn't have a website. "I
spoke with some college kids about making one for me, but there were some
problems in it and they couldn't do it." (Dave Sagarin, October
27, 2004) |