PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2000 - OFFICIAL CANDIDATES

Clifford R. Catton

This 50-year-old resident of Kingston, NY is the founder of the Church of God Party which he began in 1996. He does have one of the most unique reasons for declaring his candidacy that we at Dark Horse 2000 have yet encountered: "US Postal employees had been stealing my mail since 1981 suppressing my First Amendment rights to raise up a NEW Christian denomination, so I decided to be a candidate for President." Unfortunately, we are unable to follow Catton's leap between cause and effect, but we're pretty sure he could explain it given half a chance.

Catton's primary agenda appears to be raising everyone up out of poverty and assuring jobs for all. To this end he would create agriculture-based workers' cities, implement an 8% flat tax, increase the minimum wage and guarantee anyone who wants one a job paying at least $15,000 per year. A former consciencious objector, he is also strongly opposed to military intervention and would do all in his power to eliminate nuclear weapons. This is a candidate who has obviously given much thought to improving quality of life for all Americans. His stand on most issues would be considered moderate to liberal - at least on the surface. Where he loses us is when he devolves into vague religious rhetoric, though, admittedly, he tries his best to keep it out of his practical political statements. He is also quite vehement on the subject of "sexual perversions" which he believes have contributed to the moral decline of America. Unfortunately he doesn't define his terms. All we can tell is that certain sexual acts upset him nearly as much as his local postal authorities.

- JS

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