Politics1: Presidency 2000 - Don Rogers (American Party

PRESIDENCY 2000:

DON ROGERS of California
American Party Presidential Nominee

DON ROGERS BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

POLITICAL: State Senator, 1979-97 (Elected 1978; Re-Elected 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992). Former Republican.

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AL MOORE of Virginia
American Party Vice Presidential Nominee

Moore, the party's National Vice Chairman, was selected as the Vice Presidential candidate at the April 2000 nominating convention.

LINKS:

Rogers-Moore Take America Back Campaign - Official Site.
American Party - Official National Site.
Constitutionists' Networking Center - Organization.

ANALYSIS:

Rogers is an unapologetic arch-conservative. He is a staunch supporter of state's rights, tighter immigration restrictions, opposes gun control laws, opposes the United Nations and a "one world" government, and is pro-life without exception. Rogers, however, is also highly controversial. He twice attended events in the mid-1990s sponsored by The Jubilee Newspaper (a leading Christian Identity movement publication in California) -- and was a featured speaker there along with Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, white supremacist and neo-Nazi leaders. He has also been a speaker at various militia events. Rogers also raised eyebrows when -- during an extensive legal battle with the IRS -- he filed a notarized document in 1992 with the Sonoma County Recorder's office in which he stated that although he considered himself a US citizen under the 14th Amendment (which extended citizenship to former slaves), he described himself as a non-resident alien individual who held "white man's citizenship" and didn't have to pay any federal income taxes. He later filed for bankruptcy protection after the IRS sought nearly $150,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties. Rogers later renounced the affidavit four years later by saying he had "received bad tax advice." The party saw its worst finish ever in the 1996 Presidential election, as 1996 American Party nominee Diane Beall Templin was on the ballot in just 2 states and captured 1,900 votes. Rogers is likely to continue the party's downward slide, as the ticket failed to qualify for ballot status in any states in 2000. In fact, only 39 delegates attended the party's 2000 National Convention.

ROGERS IS ENDORSED BY:
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Endorser Names Not Yet Available

THE DON ROGERS / AMERICAN PARTY LIBRARY:

To Tame A Tyrant by Walter Myers (1996). According to the author's publicity site, this book "describes America's birth as a Christian nation, the major Federal actions responsible for its transformation into a nation-state of the New World Order characterized by humanism, socialism and economic bondage" and lays out a conservative "plan designed to promote unity of effort on the few actions through which Constitutionists' can reclaim control of government and yet retain their freedom to pursue their special interests." Why is the book listed here? Because Rogers wrote a testimonial praising the book as "a logical, clear plan to restore the constitutional republic's dream." List: $18.90. (Note: order directly from author at the above link.)

This page was last updated on October 1, 2000