PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2000 - OFFICIAL CANDIDATES

Charles Doty

At first review this 76 year old Christian minister from Tulsa, Oklahoma appears to be a stauch conservative. His first priority is national security and defense and he takes a hard-line stance on crime and drugs. But the WWII veteran is a Democrat who has also been a candidate in the past four presidential primaries. Where his pendulum swings to the left, Doty's social policies reflect a more moderate bent: he is pro-labor, taking a clear protectionist stance that many of his party mates avoid; he would provide, under a general welfar plan, food, housing, clothing, and medical care for the poor, indigent, and mentally incompetent; and he would grant a general amnesty for all except the criminally insane.

Doty also brings a wide variety of experience to his resume, leading us to presume he understands his labor platform from all angles. In addition to his military service and his ministry, Doty's professional experience includes dog breeding, food service, pharmaceuticals and real estate. He strikes us as somebody's tough but compassionate grandpa who's worked hard for what he's got and understands the value of a dollar. That doesn't sound like a bad sort of character to have in the White House, though he'd have to trade in his cap and work shirt for a suit and tie.

- JS

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