The supersecret Draft Dean Barkley supporter
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An unidentified Dean Barkley supporter has created a website encouraging Barkley to run for Senate. DraftDeanBarkley.com is fielding comments from Barkley supporters. A background check on who runs the site prompts you to another. That server promises to provide privacy to those who want to establish domain names. I sent a note to the person who e-mailed the DraftDeanBarkley updates to me. I asked for their identity. Here's his/her/its response:
For now I am Anonymous - Not Dean.
I am a political campaign professional, so personally I need to keep a low profile. Because every time I do Independence Party stuff my company suffers. I work with both the "Major" parties.
That being said I have been active in the Independence Party (IP) in the past, but currently I have no official or unofficial role in the IP (or with Dean Barkley).
I have met Dean only a few times (at various IP functions) and have always been impressed with him. I am not sure if he knows me or not.
Dean Barkley (and Ross Perot) is the reason I got involved in politics. I have voted for Dean every time he has run for office. I will gladly do so again.
He is smart and a hard worker. Our State (and our Nation) could use someone like him in Washington - again. I think he could raise the money and be very lively in debates, making him a credible candidate.
Right now, and do to legal reasons, we are only looking for emails. Trying to actually Draft Dean Barkley is the goal. As for the site I will hope that I get a few emails that contain offers to run it for me, I am pretty busy this time of year so don't have a lot of time to mess with 'free' stuff.
Not Dean
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