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By: POLITICAL: Lessig May Run « Reinke Faces Life

POLITICAL: Lessig May Run « Reinke Faces Life — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:38:31 +0000

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By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:30:20 +0000

He’ll at least have the best presentations of all candidates.

By: e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics

e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:26:27 +0000

Quick Hits — February 20, 2008…

Lawrence Lessig considers Congressional run. More at Techcrunch, Wired and tPrez.
Blogger Joshua Micah Marshall wins journalism award.
CNN retaliates by firing American Morning producer for blogging.
A Fuzzy Bear Explains Complicated Wiretapping Fight…

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:53 +0000

omg.. for once! someone with a god’s honest track record for change may take a run at Washington! Who better then Larry Lessig?!?!?!?!

i love this idea of “drafting” the right people for the job because the person who wants it so bad they can taste it and are constantly politicing their way through life… they are the dangerous ass holes that have jacked up our country. draft lessig… then go on and lets draft some more!! Stop letting them chose themsleves, government should be a task and a duty… not a dream come true.

bless you larry lessig for considering answering this call to attention. (although, this “considering” crap can take a rest.. its a little political, you’re running, you know you’re running… out with it already )

By: felder

felder — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:10:15 +0000

tc comment are great

By: reinkefj

reinkefj — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:57:42 +0000

Well, you couldn’t do any worse then the “professional congresscritters”. I’m not sure that I agree with your “progressive” label. I’d call your attention to Jim Babka’s DOWNSIZEDC DOT ORG and Carla Howell’s SMALLGOVERNMENT DOT ORG as examples of trying to make a difference. I certainly support anyone trying to change the system. You might even be a little L libertarian in disguise.

One detail I know I disagree with you on is the “public financing of campaigns”. I would suggest that a better answer would be that a candidate can ONLY raise money directly from voters in their district. It would be a measure of their support. Taxes are basically theft. Public campaign and election financing from those stolen funds is wrong. If voters voluntarily give you money in suport of your campaign that makes it untainted.

imho, go for it.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:03:33 +0000

I would LOVE to see Lessig in Congress, but he has an almost 0% chance of winning this one. Jackie Speier has the district locked up.

By: rubu

rubu — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:25:30 +0000

Four students posted on Facebook an invitation to come out and march a month before.

By: disinfo.com

disinfo.com — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:53 +0000

Techcrunch Says Larry Lessig May Run For Congress…

Our good friend across the hall here at Disinformation’s New York office, Erick Schonfeld, reported February 15 that a Facebook group was trying to draft Stanford Law professor and free culture champion Lawrence Lessig to run for Congress. It took 5 d…

By: Cyndi Danner-kuhn

Cyndi Danner-kuhn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:28:17 +0000

Wish I could vote for Lessig…..

By: Luigi Montanez

Luigi Montanez — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:24:46 +0000

The best thing you can do (if you’re a US citizen/permanent resident) is chip in some dough to his exploratory committee:

http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/18909

By: Manfred Henze, Germany

Manfred Henze, Germany — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:43:46 +0000

Dear Lawrence,
congratulations to your “change congress” ideas. It would be wonderful,
if you would decide to run for congress. A democracy needs people like
you with strong honest beliefs and values. Big world problems like
climate change could only solved with America and with politicians like
you. You have my full mental support

By: Jaime Ospina

Jaime Ospina — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:48:07 +0000

You wonder if Lessig would be the first candidate to run based on support via Facebook. On a similar note, on February 4 in Colombia about 6 million people (15% of the population, which would be over 50 million in the US) went out on the streets at noon in white T shirts to march against violence from the FARC guerrillas. Four students posted on Facebook an invitation to come out and march a month before.

By: johns

johns — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:36:03 +0000

I’m in the 12th district and I would vote for him. We need to get some serious personnel change and eliminate all the old, stale politicians who see holding office as a lifelong profession. Political business as usual, run by lobbyists and big business needs to end.

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:34:35 +0000

Sincerity - fixing the root cause. They will all be against him.

By: Hiren P.

Hiren P. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:56:06 +0000

I would support him if he did. No one can make a clear decision in D.C. when money corrupts the process. Hopefully either he goes on with this or gets into the Obama Administration (if he is elected).