Man drops bid to be Libertarian party chair by strip dancing live on CSPAN

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Man drops bid to be Libertarian party chair by strip dancing live on CSPAN

Bethania Palma Markus
29 May 2016 at 20:28 ET

Hunter S. Thompson once wrote that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Perhaps even Thompson, who gained fame writing about motorcycle gangs and U.S. politics in the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s, never imagined things would get as weird as they have in 2016.

A YouTube video posted Saturday reportedly shows James Weeks drop out of the race for Libertarian Party chair by accepting a dare to strip down to a thong on live television.

The video shows Weeks turn on music, then start clapping and dancing, before he takes off all his clothes, except his underwear. He appeared to be broadcast live on CSPAN.

According to the Washington Times, he was at the Libertarian National Convention in Florida and started out by telling the crowd, “I thought we could use a little bit of fun.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/man-drops-bid-to-be-libertarian-party-chair-by-strip-dancing-live-on-cspan/

[saltpoint]

1. Well good for him. It might be the

only meaningful thing that happens at the Libertarian Party convention.

[shenmue]

2. Zoiks

[oberliner]

6. Maybe Gary J can take some votes away from Trump

Every little bit helps.

[saltpoint]

7. He may, if we could be sure they're

minus Trump's totals and not ours.

I'm not hogwild about the Libertarians.

[Monk06]

11. Well that depends How big are his hands?

[gregcrawford]

3. Why is it getting so warm?

And what are we doing in this hand basket?

[YvonneCa]

4. ...

...

[NV Whino]

5. Sounds like he dropped a bit more than a bid.

Oy.

[shadowmayor]

8. Shedding one's clothes in public?

How libertine or was it libertarian?

[left-of-center2012]

9. I saw that

A lot of the delegates were disgusted by it and wanted him tossed out of the party.

I learned today that Libertarians are pro-gun;
want to shut down Obamacare;
pro small government;
and want to shut down the Dept of Education;
among other things
which could appeal to non-Trump Republicans.

[Joe Bacon]

10. Please don't give Trump any more ideas!

The mere thought of Trump stripping down to a jockstrap...