Kicking The Darkness Until It Bleeds Daylight .......

Awhile ago I said I was going to run for President of the United States in Pennsylvania. My motivation was explained and I had hopes that it would come to pass that my name would be on the ballot, unfortunately this is no longer possible. But wait, there is a bright side. My Candidate Package came today. Cashing in at 9 pounds my stack of papers would choke even the most hardy of bureaucratic 'In' boxes. Along with the gold sealed letter of 'Welcome" from one Pedro A. Cortes (Sec. of the Commonwealth), a 'Candidate Affidavit' (form DSBE-PBCA), various papers explaining the nomination process, came a stack of paper packets (around 35) titled 'Political Body Nomination Papers' (form DSBE PB-G).It is the nomination forms that make up the bulk of my package. One of the forms that explains the process has my required signatures (sigs.) amount spelled out in black and white. For President - 59,319For Congress in the 15th District - 2,124Guess which office I will be going for? I feel bad I won't be going for President, conceding defeat doesn't come easy for me. It would have been nice to see my name next to that office, and to see how many votes I could garner without actually trying. But Congress, that a different ball wax. Running for Congress means I can get deep into it. Collect my sigs. and start campaigning in earnest. The 15th district is only so big, but I think it is at least manageable. The incumbent is "Charlie Dent(R)":http://dent.house.gov/. Charlie isn't such a bad guy. I actually like him. I was checking out his voting record and I have to say, he doesn't always vote the party line. In fact he has voted against the Republican Majority on several occasions. So that's it, I am dropping my bid for President and starting my run for Congress as an Independent. Wish me luck. If your interested and you have a pdf viewer you can check out some of the forms they sent me by hitting the links below. Oh yeah, Enjoy Willy Mason. Heard this song for the first time today, and it had me weeping. "Requirements":http://www.withoutguile.net/req.pdf"Major Dates":http://www.withoutguile.net/dates.pdf"Instructions pg. 1":http://www.withoutguile.net/ins1.pdf"Instruct. pg. 2":http://www.withoutguile.net/ins2.pdf"Instruct. pg. 3":http://www.withoutguile.net/ins3.pdf"Nomination Paper, front":http://www.withoutguile.net/nomfront.pdf "Nomination Paper back":http://www.withoutguile.net/nomback.pdf"General Instructions":http://www.withoutguile.net/genpapers.pdf"Pedro's Letter":http://www.withoutguile.net/let_front.pdf"Candidate Affidavit":http://www.withoutguile.net/aff.pdf