John Cox: Hardest Working Presidential Candidate You've Never Heard Of
They're right ... I've never heard of this guy. Looks like I should have been paying more attention, though:
Chicago businessman John Cox is the hardest working presidential candidate you've never heard of. This past weekend, Cox attended six events around the state, from the Candia Old Home Day parade to the air show in Portsmouth. He was at barbeques, Greek Festivals and the only presidential candidate to attend Manchester's Latino Festival.The John Cox for President Website.
Although Cox has a New Hampshire campaign office on Elm Street and a state field coordinator, he has gotten little to no media coverage and has been excluded from participating in all of the televised presidential debates. He may not be registering, or even included, in the polls, but Cox is far from giving up. A staunch conservative who favors major tax reform, reducing regulation and school choice, he finds the current pools of Republican candidates lacking. In an interview with NHpols.com this week, Cox said he feels he is the fiscal and social conservative people are still looking for.
How would you describe yourself politically?
"I'm a Reagan conservative. I know there are a lot people who take that tack these days. It's pretty popular. I was on Jack Kemp's national steering committee in 1988. Jack Kemp was the natural heir to the Ronald Reagan agenda. Kemp was the author of the Reagan tax cuts. ... I've been a member of the Club for Growth, which was an outgrowth of the Kemp campaign, ... since it started.
"I'm also a social conservative, a very committed social conservative. I'm a pro-life Catholic. I'm a member of the Knights of Columbus ... and a life time member of the National Rifle Association."
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Labels: Elections, Republicans, Social Conservatives
posted by Pro Ecclesia 10:11 AM
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5 Comments:
Odd you've never heard of him. I blogged on him ten months ago, and mentioned him twice since then.
Paul,
You know I read your blog religiously, but I must have missed those posts. That, or the name just didn't ring a bell with me.
Well, frankly, Cox drops Reagan's name too often for my taste.
I don't want Ronald Reagan back. It's the 21st century, and I want someone to be, not the next Reagan, but the next great president for his time.
Which is what we remember Reagan for being.
I was surprised, but glad, to see that our state's very own John Cox was allowed to speak at the big Iowa Straw Poll event. He gave an impressive speech.
Mr. Cox is sharp, intelligent, ambitious, and energetic, and was actually the first candidate to formally announce for President of the United States.
I want to try to avoid openly endorsing a single candidate, as of now, but I will say that it is too bad that the fiscally and socially conservative John Cox does not have more name recognition, and major media coverage.
I agree that Cox should have higher name recognition. He'll be in a debate, on MSNBC, on Nov. 6.
Phil Collins
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