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Considering candidacy. Seeks common ground on today's most divisive issues, especially taxation, Social Security and Abortion.

Michael Bindner

Bio:

Possible Unity*08 Presidential Candidate. Author of Musings from the Christian Left. Current member, Libertarian Reform Caucus. Former aid to Senator Roger W. Jepsen, (R-IA) and Mayor Marion S. Barry (D-DC). Former Secretary for Information, D.C. Statehood Party (a state-wide elected party office). Currently employed as a federal contractor. Former Presidential Management Intern with the Department of the Air Force. Founder of the Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity, which provided comments on Tax Reform and on Social Security. Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, 1981. Master of Public Administration, The American University, Washington, DC, 1986. Born in San Antonio, Texas to Jim and Peggy Bindner, 1962. Roman Catholic. Married to the former Moira Foley, 2024. One daughter, Catie, age 4. Does speak in complete sentences (see below), but doesn't want to repeat I, I, I in Bio.

Why I joined Unity08:

I joined Unity*08 to support candidates who seek common ground on the most divisive issues of the day, like abortion, Social Security and tax reform. These are issues where if your view is different from the partisan mainstream, you have no chance of electoral success. Sadly, there are many individuals who are similarly situated. I joined because I believe I will find them here. We must each decide in our heart of hearts why we are here. Is this all a publicity stunt? If not, we should not be wasting each other’s time. Is this a way to split off support for Hillary or Rudy? If so, it is unconscionable. Are we making a political statement? If so, it must be a darned good statement about either returning the government to the people or seeking common ground. We need to ask ourselves if we are serious about winning, for if we truly find common ground on the divisive issues of the day, like taxes and abortion, we will be victorious. If we are serious, we must go beyond nominating a candidate for President. There are two reasons for this. The first reason is that a serious effort will yield, as the measure of their success, not just a share of the popular vote and ballot status, but the winning of enough electoral votes to throw the election to the House of Representatives, where each state has one vote and a majority of states is required to elect a President. Therefore, we must run candidates for the House, especially in states where we might achieve a majority, a plurality or a stalemate between the two major parties, forcing one of them to form a coalition with us, preferably behind our candidate. The second reason is that if we would prevail, the President we elect needs a majority in the Congress in order to govern. We cannot hope for a majority if we don’t run candidates.

City: Alexandria

State: VA