On April 20, Howard Phillips, founder of the Constitution Party, died. He was age 72 and lived in Virginia. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for this news. UPDATE: here is a New York Times obituary.
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Edited By Richard Winger
On April 20, Howard Phillips, founder of the Constitution Party, died. He was age 72 and lived in Virginia. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for this news. UPDATE: here is a New York Times obituary.
RIP
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How many SMALL leftwing and rightwing parties at the moment in the U.S.A. — regardless of the oligarchy ballot access laws of the Donkey/Elephant gerrymander monsters ???
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
As a member of the Nixon administration, didn’t Philips support many of the positions. I know he loved to talk, sometimes much about nothing.
Rest In Peace Howard Phillips.
No. Nixon betrayed him. Howard was a Spiro Agnew fan. Watch this excellent interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkIYjDUub0
I will never forget writing in Howard’s name for president in 2000 and then standing in the doorway of the clerk’s office at the Jefferson County courthouse and watching them go through the pile of punch card sleeves and sort out and count the hand-written write ins. Having seen this, I couldn’t help but laugh at the ensuing fiasco. God Bless you Howard. My prayers for your family. Rest in peace.
The IGVA had a great deal of respect for Howard. It was a pleasure to work with him on several statewide ballot drives in Virginia. He was a man of honor and wisdom that we valued. He will be hard to replace. RIP Mr. Phillips.
Howard Phillips. CINO. Constitutionalist In Name Only.
Richard:
Did anybody ELSE from Massachusetts ever run for President as a National (not a favorite-son) candidate 3 or more times like Howard did?
#8, I’m not sure I would characterize Howard Phillips as “from Massachusetts.” I know he was born and grew up there, but I think most people associate a presidential candidate with the state in which he or she lives at the time of running, and so I think for all three times, that would be Virginia.
Uh, Richard you never had the pleasure of having Howard Phillips take you on a “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” tour through the City of Boston…often the wrong way down one way streets…like he owned it. I have a tee shirt that says “I survived Howard Phillips’ Tour of Boston..December 2006.”
Howard had been the chairman of the Republican Party of Boston and ran for office in Massachusetts. Furthermore, in 1992 he won a completely open primary that gave him ballot access in that state.
Yes he was in later life a Virginian, but as one who has heard both Howard Phillips and Virgil Goode speak it is clear which one is the Bostonian and which one is the Virginian.