Burnt Orange Report

LaRouche on Texas Ballot

By Byron LaMasters

Geez:

Perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, an economist making his eighth consecutive bid for the White House, has filed for a place on the Texas Democratic primary ballot.

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After LaRouche filed Thursday, Texas Democratic Party spokesman Sean Michael Byrne said his name will appear on the March 9 ballot, but the party contends LaRouche isn't qualified to be the nominee because he is not a registered voter.

Byrne said LaRouche also will be ineligible to win delegates at the national convention because he is not qualified under the party's rules.

When will LaRouche stop? I received a call from his scheduler last year when LaRouche was planning a speech at UT and I was president of the University Democrats. He asked if we would be willing to sponsor the event. I politely told him that I'd get in touch with my officer board and call him back. I never called him back. I've always felt like the best strategy in dealing with LaRouche is to ignore him. Let him on the ballot, sure, but other than that, just ignore him. He's harmless as long as we don't give him any attention (which I guess I'm doing here... oh well).