Wednesday, May 30, 2007

John Cox Gets Four Votes In Des Moines Poll - MAJOR VICTORY!

The lone (paid) blogger for fringe presidential candidate John Cox recently bragged that Cox was "tied for 5th place" in the recent Iowa Poll, conducted by the Des Moines Register.

Kudos to Cox!

Except that the poll surveyed just 401 likely caucus-goers. That means Cox is known to FOUR Iowans.

Sure, he tied with Jim Gilmore and Duncan Hunter, but they have not been exactly shining in the polls elsewhere, either. In fact, Cox has been to Iowa a dozen times, and has crisscrossed the state and appeared on TV and radio literally hundreds of times.

Gaining four votes shows SOME support, but come on. It's nothing to crow about.

Then again, if you're John Cox's paid blogger, what ELSE are you going to crow about? His lack of fundraising? Suing the GOP to get into the debates? Being thrown off the property at the Reagan Library? Burning through $800,000 of your own money in an ego-tripping race for president?

Friday, May 25, 2007

Keep John Cox out of the Debates!

John Cox is a millionaire from Chicago who is trying to get some attention running for president of the United States. Unlike the dozens of other fringe candidates who sign up with the FEC as "official" candidates for president, this guy has actually gotten some attention.

While it's mostly NEGATIVE attention (like the Weekly Standard article revealing how he snuck into the Reagan Library debate disguised as a reporter, and how no one is buying him as a real candidate) some blog postings are showing some sympathy for the guy.

We all love underdogs, but Cox doesn't deserve sympathy, or pity. And he doesn't deserve to be in the debates.

Here are some reasons why:

1. He is not a real candidate. He is not raising money, for starters. He's brought in just $13,000 or so in 13 months of campaigning (he got in the race back in Feb., 2006!) The 10 *real* candidates are raising millions, or at least in the case of Ron Paul, hundreds of thousands. How is he going to get his message out? He cries that media outlets are not covering him, but is he running ads? If he can't raise money, how can he? How will he defeate Obama or Hillary without the ability to raise money?

2. He snuck into the Reagan Library debate - as noted above - and was escorted off the premises in humiliation. While not yet a felon, like fellow fringe candidate Robert E. Haines, he's becoming an embarrassment nonetheless. After the debate, he took the MSNBC footage and spliced his own comments and his face into the debate to make it look like he was invited and was actually answering Chris Matthews' questions. Spooky.

3. Ten are Enough. We have ten Republican candidates already on the stage. Some would say even that's a few too many, but others think having conservatives like Tancredo, Brownback, Huckabee and Hunter on the stage are more than enough to counter "Rudy McRomney" - the three frontrunners - and get a strong conservative message out. Ron Paul is a character all on his own. We don't need another nut on the stage, and Cox has proven he's a loose cannon.

4. Cox is not a serious candidate. He has not appeared in any polls, until recently, and now he's consistently at 1 percent or less. That is effectively "zero" if you count the margin of error. Cox's one paid blogger online likes to say that this one percent is equal to others in the race - including Hunter, Ron Paul and Tancredo, but this is not an argument for Cox's inclusion, it's an argument for the OTHERS to be excluded. As such, that's a fair point, but these other candidates have tens of thousands of supporters on the ground in early primary states, and have raised millions, making future campaigning possible. Cox likely has less than a dozen supporters across the nation. To his credit, he's scored a win in a poorly attended straw poll in a small South Carolina town, and brags about coming in fifth in one other.

5. Cox is not a serious candidate. ALL of the other "second teir" candidates, and of course the frontrunners, have held or are holding political office. Cox has never held elective office, and his one appointed position - "president" of the Cook County GOP - was created for him as a consolation prize after so many electoral faiures. Cox was a big donor to the Cook Co. GOP. The position was eliminated when he left it.

6. Cox wanted a Federal judge to decide who the SC GOP could and couldn't put on the stage in the May 15 South Carolina debate. Those mean old Republicans demanded that he get one percent in a national poll. Cox, as we've seen, can't seem to do that. Is Cox REALLY a Socialist? Because he sure doesn't understand that activist judges shouldn't be allowed to tell private institutions (especially political parties!) who can and cannot have access to their stage. When Cox "pays for this microphone" he can pretend he's Reagan. Otherwise, he needs to win some polls first and prove himself worthy of inclusion.

7. Cox was defeated for Congress, defeated for the US Senate and defeated for a dog-catcher position ("recorder of deeds") in Chicago. He cannot win even local elections. In each case, fundraising was near zero, and his campaign staffs were a quickly revolving door, due to the poor temperament of the candidate.

8. If Cox gets on the stage, why not the others? There are 26 others officially listed as of February, 2007 as GOP candidates fore president (there are dozens of others listed as "independents," Democrats and other parties.) If 10 people are too many on the stage, how about 37? Ridiculous? Perhaps. But this obscure businessman, with no elective experience and no fundraising and no chance of attracting sufficient numbers to EVER appear in a real poll, has no greater claim to be on the stage than any of these other "official" fringe candidates:

Daniel James Barnett
Dewey R. Broughman
Edward Allan Buck
Anthony Lungo Carter
Eamon Patrick Clune
Dr. Hugh Cort
Lowell Jackson Fellure
Robert L. Forthan
Anthony Keith Gallagher
Daniel A. Gilbert
Joe Honeychurch
Mildred T. Howard
Timothy Charles Kalemkarian
Philip A. Kok
Yaphet Kotto
Alden Link
Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie
Yehanna Joan Mary Malone
James Creighton Mitchell
Robert Edward Edward Moreau
William Nathaniel Raven
Marshall Samuel Sanders
Freddy Irwin Sitnick
Michael Charles Smith
Richard Michael Smith
Johns Wallace Stevenson

True conservatives who are disappointed with the current field should NOT be fooled by this fellow or by the active paid blogger online who is pushing his inclusion in the debates. Look elsewhere among the "second tier" of candidates or outside the announced list (such as Thompson and Gingrich) for salvation. But don't be fooled by someone who cannot raise money, has serious "issues" with the GOP, behaves bizarrely, and cannot seem to win elections.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Myth: John Cox Fails Because He's Not Included in Polling

Fringe presidential candidate John Cox and his paid bloggers are furiously pushing the notion that Cox isn't being successful in his race because he's simply not being included in polls.

Leaving aside the fact that all pollsters will include the name of a candidate if enough people volunteer it (usually as low as 12 responses guarantees placement on the poll and a MENTION in future polls) Cox simply isn't correct that he's being left out.

For example, he scored one percent (or thereabouts) in the latest Iowa Poll put on by the Des Moines Register, and he was actually mentioned. Here's what the pollster says:

I’d like to begin by mentioning the names of the candidates running for the Democratic and Republican nominations for president. For each name I read, please tell me if your feelings toward the person are very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable.Arizona Senator John McCain. New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards. California Congressman Duncan Hunter. Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd. Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Kansas Senator Sam Brownback. Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Delaware Senator Joe Biden. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel. Chicago businessman John Cox.
Granted, the poll has a +/- 4.9 percent margin of error, so technically, he could be polling at a theoretical negative 3.9 percent, or zero. But let's give him that.

What this means is that Cox cannot compete in polling, and does badly even when included. In this case, it means that a massive FOUR voters (or three, if they generously rounded up) in the sample of 401 polled for this survey voiced support for him.

As proof that Cox, if he had any support, would certainly register in national polls, check out this wording from a recent Gallup Organization poll:
Next, I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primary for president in the next election. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in the year 2008, or if you would support someone else.
The fact is, very, very few people are "biting" once they hear the long, strange saga of John Cox, the egotistical millionaire who can't get no respect, and doesn't deserve any.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

"Invisible Candidate" John Cox Whines About the Media -- Again ....

The New Hampshire Union Leader features fringe presidential candidate John Cox whining about not getting media coverage.

This from a man who has been on FOX News, CNBC, MSNBC, and hundreds of radio programs in major markets CONSISTENTLY for over 13 months now, including every talk radio show in New Hampshire.

The fact is, John Cox cannot get anyone to support him, and his empty campaign coffers (less than $13,000 in contributions from people other than himself, as of April 1) illustrate this stark reality.

The article fails to interview anyone else other than Cox, who rambles on and on, implying that this or that New Hampshire veteran or businessman "LOVES" his message.

Former Cox campaign staffers have told this blog that his public claims of support, which he frequently repeats to the media, are often exaggerated or are proven false by alert reporters who follow up with those who have been (mis)quoted. Of course these are anonymous people Cox quotes to Rayno in his report - people whose supportive statements cannot be verified.

But the UL got it just about right in the first paragraphs:

Republican presidential candidate John Cox has spent more than a year campaigning in the early selection states of New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, declaring himself the true Washington outsider.

He has spent $800,000 of his own money hiring staff, organizing, printing campaign material renting office space, appearing on radio and paying for travel expenses because he wants to see change. But his message has largely been ignored by the national media.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Why Cox is Left Out of The Debates

Organizers of the Reagan Library debate and the May 15th SC GOP debate both left fringe candidate for president John Cox off the stage, and for good reason: He has failed to live up to the definition of “candidate” in almost every case.

The one thing going for him is that he’s declared he IS a candidate. That’s easy, though. Nearly 70 others have done the same thing with the FEC. That doesn’t mean 70 people should be on that stage, I hope.

But he’s failed in many other criteria. He has raised just over $10,000 in over a year of campaigning. That’s remarkably bad, given that he’s been on hundreds of radio stations (many, large ones in LA, Chicago, Jacksonville, Tampa, etc.) and has been on MSNBC and FOX News several times - although CNBC cancelled his appearance abruptly.

Cox has also failed to win in the polls, despite over a dozen trips to NH, SC and Iowa. He’s breaking 1% here and there, but mostly he’s at zero. Pollsters watch for people who “volunteer” names. Not one volunteered his name in a recent major poll, according to one national pollster.

This guy has some interesting ideas. So does my local grocer. Both he and Cox are not qualified to be president of the United States, and we don’t need five more pretenders like Cox, Jesus Michael Archangel, Mark Klein and John Smith on the stage, even though they have some great ideas, too.
John Cox Ties "None of the Above" in GA Straw Poll; Loses by a Landslide!

In a stunning victory for fringe candidate John Cox, which we are sure he will be touting on his blog and on his website, Cox gained ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT of the vote in Saturday's Georgia straw poll, tying "none of the above" and fundamentalist candidate Sam Brownback (whose bloggers recently argued that the Sun revolves around the Earth.)

This is an AMAZING victory for Landslide Johnny, who claims he has won "several" (one) straw poll in an obscure South Carolina county.

Official results:
44% Fred Thompson
18% Newt Gingrich
15% Rudy Giulani
9% Mitt Romney
4% Mike Huckabee
2% John McCain
2% Duncan Hunter
1.8% Ron Paul
1.4% Tommy Thompson
1% Tom Tancredo
.5% John Cox
.5% Sam Brownback
.5% Voted for None of the above
No votes for Jim Gilmore

Saturday, May 19, 2007

John Cox Speech: "Random Forgettable Nonsense"

The Palmetto Scoop reports on the appearance of fringe candidate for president John Cox at the Georgia State GOP convention Saturday:
"Following Gilmore, John Cox - we would give him a title, but we’re not sure he’s ever had one - addressed the convention. After he named the six largest S.C. counties - the only ones he knows - Cox threw in a few token FairTax plugs, delivered the usual “had abortion been legal I wouldn’t be here today” line, and then yelled into the microphone about some random forgettable nonsense for what seemed like hours."

Friday, May 18, 2007

Fringe Candidate John Cox: "I'm a Fourth Tier Candidate"!

In a moment of clarity for the attention-starved fringe Republican candidate for president John Cox, he told a paper this past Wednesday following the South Carolina debate (of which he was not a part) that he was a probably a "fourth tier" candidate.

The first tier, of course, being Giuliani, McCain and Romney, and the second tier being all the rest (Huckabee, Brownback, Tancredo, Hunter, T. Thompson, Gilmore, and libertarian Ron Paul.)

All of the others have been elected to public office at some point in their lives. Cox has not.

Cox tried to get a federal judge to force the SC GOP to put him in the Wed. May 15 debate. He failed. The judge laughed the suit out of court.

The Charlotte Observer quoted Cox saying:

"I'm probably the `fourth tier,' " said John Cox, an Illinois businessman who lost a lawsuit to join the others on stage.

Picking The John Cox Swan Song

Hillary Clinton is seeking a theme song and there are lots of great ideas out there.

The Club for Growth (which, incidentally, won't have anything to do with John Cox or his hopeless campaign) has posted some good ideas for Hillbillery's theme song. But we think that they work just fine for Cox, too:

"Lost Cause" by Beck"I Can't Win" by The Strokes
"The Art of Losing" by American Hi-Fi
"Don't Know Much" by Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
"Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra
"Disaster Waiting to Happen" by Jefferson Denim
"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" by Harry Connick Jr.

Any ideas for Johnny's farewell song?

Monday, May 14, 2007

John Cox Debate-Crashing Timeline

The Political Pale Horse blog has done an excellent job of detailing the increasingly odd and erratic behavior of fringe candidate John Cox during the Reagan Library debate on May 2.

It's hard to see how his behavior can be seen in any other way than bizarre.

This guy has very quickly moved from "longshot candidate" to "fringe candidate" and is well on the way to "lunatic fringe candidate."
John Cox Snuck into GOP Debate Posing As Press Photographer

Matt Labash, in a hillarious and deadly article for the Weekly Standard, "The Sane Fringe Candidate" (which could be used as a script for a Daily Show skit) shadows crackpot presidential candidate John Cox around as he snuck into the Reagan Library debate posing as Labash's photographer.

Labash tells the inside story about how he was promptly thrown out, and how Cox went back to his hotel room to "pretend" he really was in the debate by filming a video of himself making it appear that he had really been asked the questions on the debate stage. Very odd.

The resulting article is a very good read, made even funnier because it has been posted in full on the Cox campaign Website as if it was a positive article. I guess every mention in the press is a good one for this guy.

Here are some highlights:

The advantage of writing about someone who has absolutely no chance of winning is that you get to dictate terms. I agreed to see John Cox, but told him there'd be some conditions. I would not be manhandled or warded off at crucial junctures by any punk press secretaries. Also, I would be granted exclusive access. He told me nobody wanted access, so that wouldn't be a problem. He added that I'd better get out there shortly, he was having an important press conference on Monday. That would mean I'd have to fly to Chicago on Sunday. But it was perfect weather outside, and I wanted to get some fishing in over the weekend. "Can you bump it to Tuesday?" I asked. "I don't see why not," he said....

The next morning, I arrive early at the Intercontinental Hotel to get a good seat for Cox's brace-yourself announcement--that he has paid his $25,000 registration fee, and is on the South Carolina ballot. I needn't have bothered. There's nobody around, except for some California Closet Company conventioneers. When I ask the concierge where the John Cox press conference is, he says, "John who?" Cox's amiable press secretary, Dan Herren, a South Carolina political hand who's a Re/Max realtor on the side, tells me this isn't out of the norm. When Cox tells strangers he's running for president, a common reaction is "President of what?"

I find my way to the proper room. A "JLS Foods Inc." sign is still in the placard bracket from an event the day before. Only two reporters are there--a guy from a radio wire service and me. Cox, who is silver-haired and trim, immaculately tailored in a charcoal suit with a blue pinstripe, looks disappointed but not surprised. He muses that it doesn't help that the nationwide May Day immigrant-rights rallies are taking place the same day. Not only are illegals taking our jobs, they're taking our publicity.

Still, even while he makes plenty of noise about the need to seal our borders, the corrupt Mexican government, and a crackdown on businesses that hire illegals, he will not set his hair on fire by becoming a pandering immigrant-basher--he points to fellow GOP hopeful Tom Tancredo as an example. "I refuse to lower myself," says Cox. "I'm a businessman. I've got clients. I'm not going to make myself out to be a buffoon." [NOTE TO COX: TOO LATE]

Cox eyes us two journalists, then says, "No need to go there," nodding at the podium. Instead, he pulls up a chair next to us. "It's much more intimate this way," I say, trying to make him feel better. "Most of my gatherings are pretty intimate," he says, with a pained smile....

Before joining up with Cox, I'd told him that I was credentialed for the debate, so he should get someone from his campaign to apply to be my photographer, which Herren had done. The next day--debate day--we arrive early at the press credentialing table. I pick up my lammie, and Dan picks up his, giving it to Cox. Cox and I board the media shuttle bus at the bottom of a hill that runs us up to the Reagan Library. Cox, it appears, will have his day in the spin room.

But he is unhappy about the whole arrangement. It demeans him, he feels. I tell him to get with the program. His look is all wrong. For one thing, he's wearing American eagle suspenders over a crisp, white dress shirt. If he wants to pass for a journalist, he can't go around looking patriotic. "Put on your suit jacket," I tell him. As we arrive at the Library and walk through its gates, I give him more pointers on how to pass for a reporter. "If you see anything free, especially a drink, take it," I say. I hand him a prop reporter's notebook, and tell him if anyone asks why he's not holding a camera, since he's supposed to be my photographer, tell them he's taking mental pictures...

We are bounced from the debate before it even begins. As we ride past the fringe-sters on the curb--Ron Paul supporters wearing dolphin suits to illustrate Mitt Romney's flip flops, guys in "Stop Chemtrails" hats, etc.--Cox grows reflective:

"Am I an anarchist?...is it going to be attractive to go into politics where you've got to steal a press pass to get heard?"

Indeed. Not very attractive at all.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Fringe Candidate John Cox Barred from Debate

Below is an article in Saturday's "The State" (SC) newspaper discussing the failure of fringe presidential candidate John Cox to use the courts to force the SC GOP to include him in Tuesday's debate.

It's clear that he isn't a serious candidate in South Carolina (or elsewhere, actually - watch for the "money quote" in this article) and the court saw through his dangerous dog-and-pony show as he tried to prove the courts should be in the business of ordering political parties to place fringe candidates onto a stage for which THE PARTY has paid.

It's interesting that his lawyer in this case (who also happens to be his law partner in Chicago) discounted Cox's chances for victory in '08 in an interview the LA Times late last year, saying, "Realistically, he's a long shot." No kidding.

Judge denies John Cox’s bid to participate in S.C. forum
http://www.thestate.com/426/story/61872.html

Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate in Columbia is still on, and Illinois hopeful John Cox, who wants to be in the debate, is still out.

A federal judge rejected Cox’s suit to halt the debate, which has been in planning for months by Fox News and the S.C. Republican Party, ruling the sponsors had no obligation to include him.
“This is a nonpublic forum,” said Judge Joe Anderson. The debate will be telecast nationally, and Fox News and the S.C. GOP, acting as private parties, have the right to choose who will be in the debate, as long as their exclusions are not based on a candidate’s political viewpoint, Anderson said.

Ten candidates will participate in the Republican debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Koger Center.

S.C. GOP attorney Lawrence Richter argued that Cox, who also did not participate in the May 3 Republican debate in California, did not meet the criteria to be included in the South Carolina face-off.

Those criteria require debate participants to have received at least 1 percent of the vote in a recent state or national poll leading up to the May 1 registration deadline. The participants also had to pay a $25,000 filing fee to the state GOP and be a serious candidate for president.
Cox’s attorney, Christopher Oakes, argued that the debate is a public forum and that the media and the party prevent candidates like Cox from polling well by leaving their names off polling data.

Further, Oakes argued that other little-known candidates such as former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore and 10-term Texas congressman Ron Paul also hadn’t polled the requisite 1 percent in both a state and national poll, but will be allowed to debate Tuesday.

After Anderson asked the two sides to resolve the polling issue among themselves, Richter and Fox News attorney Vernon Dunbar of Greenville put up a poll contradicting Oakes’ claim.

“The record is not clear whether or not some candidates invited have met the 1 percent threshold,” Anderson said in issuing his ruling. “But it is clear that Mr. Cox has not.” [Note: This is a PRICELESS quote!]

Oakes said he and his client will discuss the ruling and decide whether to appeal Anderson’s decision Monday in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

"I'm No Crackpot" Says Crackpot Candidate John Cox
(Includes the "Cox Quote of the Week")

from the Chicago Sun-Times

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Chicago businessman John Cox, a long-shot presidential candidate, said Thursday he will protest his exclusion from a May 15 GOP presidential debate in South Carolina.

Cox, who also was not part of Thursday's Republican debate in California, said Americans are ''going to miss my contrarian view up there.''

''I'm no crackpot. I'm no threat to anybody,'' Cox said. ''It's not like I'm some anarchist or something like that.''

The South Carolina GOP and Fox News Channel agreed to rules requiring candidates to muster at least a 1 percent showing in polls to earn a spot in the debate to be held in Columbia.

Cox ran for U.S. Senate in 2002 and lost. He ran again in 2004 and dropped out.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Technorati "WTF" Essay on John Cox

"Republican presidential candidate John Cox is one of what political insiders call a "fringe" candidate: Ruthless in their ability to self-promote, no chance in hell of ever being able to win an election, and perpetually angry about their lot in life."... (more)

Click HERE to read it all (be sure to vote for this excellent expose!)
2003 Article Describes Cox' Failed Senate Race

Here's an oldie but goodie about ANOTHER failed campaign John Cox ran. Why did John Cox fail in his 2003/04 race for the US Senate (hint: No fundraising)

Total fundraising to date for his 2007/08 presidential run: $13,000 (rounded up to the nearest thousand, to be generous.) What is that they say? "The more things change..."


Conservative candidate Cox pulls out of GOP race for Senate
Chicago Sun-Times, October 9, 2003

BY SCOTT FORNEK Political Reporter
Republican millionaire John Cox decided not to put his money where his mouth was this time around.

The Gold Coast businessman and radio talk show host plans to fold his bid for U.S. Senate today, opting not to dip into his personal wealth to make up for fund-raising that one source described as "embarrassing."

"Fund-raising was a huge problem, and he had to make the decision whether he wanted to self-finance or not," said another source close to the campaign.

Always ready to mix it up with his rivals, Cox, 48, was one of the most vocal of the nine announced GOP candidates in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. But today Cox is expected to throw his support to state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger.

"John is concerned that if you've got a bunch of conservatives fighting it out for one vote, the problem is that maybe a more moderate candidate who doesn't have the same views as Steve and John would emerge from the primary," said Nicholas Tyszka , Cox's campaign manager.

But even if he wanted to fund his campaign himself, Cox likely could not have paid for the entire contest without wiping out his fortune. The primary and general election could cost upwards of $15 million, and Cox filed documents showing his net worth somewhere between $1.4 million and $9 million.

Just last year, he reached into his pocket for $1,022,507 to pay for a failed run for Senate, after dropping $548,000 on an unsuccessful 2000 bid for Congress. This time, Cox vowed to rely more on outside contributors, but a disclosure report due later this month "would kind of been embarrassing," a source said.
Blog Skewers Cox on MSNBC/politico.com Debate Forgery Video

The To the Right blog has posted a hilarious overview of John Cox and his latest antics:


"Cox is an Illinois businessman who is running for President. He previously lost primaries for a Senate seat and a House seat. He also lost a County Clerk race. He is now running for President because he thinks that the Republican field is lacking a conservative, despite the fact there are at least five conservatives running who have actual qualifications.


As if this weren’t pathetic enough, Cox has edited himself into the first Republican debate. His campaign took the MSNBC footage of Chris Matthews asking questions and has it cut to an awkward shot of Cox responding. As of now, his campaign has apparently pulled the video after relentless mocking by several Colorado blogs (PPH and CCP). Cox apparently thought that by editing himself into the debate, people would be fooled into thinking he was really there. We wonder how this tactic might work under different circumstances.


Cox is currently asking a federal court to force Fox News to place him in the next Republican debate because they are violating his constitutional right to free airtime on a cable news network, or something…


If this were Japan, John Cox would probably be forced to kill himself to save his family and household any more shame. Since this is America, he’ll probably end up with a radio talk show somewhere that no one listens to"