The
Cool Moose party is dead set on "breaking down the ideological
barriers that have kept common sense out of our government,"
and their candidate, Robert J. Healey, Jr., means to
do this by shaking Rhode Island loose from its entrenched
two-party system. The views of the party are outlined
in detail on the official site, but they never answer
the question that burns our curiosity the most. Why
the moose? Is Rhode Island some hotbed of moose habitat
and we just don't know it?
OFFICIAL
PLATFORM STATEMENT
FROM THE OFFICIAL WEB PAGE
SOCIAL
CONCERNS
Social
policy is best made without the involvement of government.
This does not mean that the government has no role in
the determination of social policy, but it means that
a government's role, when appropriate, should be well
defined, explicit as to its implementation, and with
a predetermined point at which such a role will achieve
its objective and cease. The failure to provide defined
outcomes for social policy has made government involvement
in social areas a political game rather than a worthy
endeavor. Based
on these principles, the Cool Moose Party supports the
following legislation: Welfare reform, Abortion, Gambling,
Minority rights, Crime, Public health, The Rhode Island
lottery, The judiciary, Political parties, Banking,
The legislature, Elections, Quasi-public agencies, Local
government, State government, Federal government, Ethics,
Arts, Environment, Fisheries and aquaculture, Energy,
Historic preservation, Libraries, Solid waste, Insurance,
Labor, Health care and related matters, Transportation,
Constitution, Taxation, Education, Economic development,
Voter initiative.
