What do you get when you take someone that enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1999, served in Fallujah as a sergeant in 2004, calls himself a libertarian and a constitutional conservative, and has the backing of Ron Paul, the Republican Liberty Caucus and the 912 Project?

A conservative contender running under the GOP ticket? Hardly. But that’s what Adam Kokesh has become. Why hardly?

If you meet Kokesh he’s likely to have his shirtsleeves rolled-up revealing tattoos. On one forearm it says USMC, and on the other, IVAW, which stands for Iraq Veterans Against the War. IVAW has issued bomb threats against the Gathering of Eagles and even threatened to assassinate Michelle Malkin.

In the past, Kokesh has handed out extremely hostile flyers on the George Washington University campus against Muslims. The flyers were made to appear they were the work of the Young America’s Foundation. When Kokesh appeared at protests, he was always wearing his Marine Corps. uniform. He’s been arrested for defacing public property, and has appeared at protests in Germany trying to convince American soldiers to go AWOL. When he was contacted by a Marine Corps major about wearing the uniform during the protests, Kokesh responded by telling the Major to “please, kindly, go fsck yourself.” His affiliations also include the Marxist and liberal groups C.O.D.E. Pink and A.N.S.W.E.R.

His fund raising gimmick is a silver coin with his face engraved on it. It’ll cost you $50. Melt it down and it might bring you $15. The coin is produced by a Texas company called the American Open Currency Standard which thinks we all should be hoarding precious metals because the dollar will soon collapse. Kokesh’s campaign signage and banners include the Ron Paul “R3VOLution” slogan.

Kokesh belongs to a group called the “liberty candidates,” part of the anti-government Tea Party who are running as Republicans. With his Ron Paul endorsement and backing of the tea party groups Republican Liberty Caucus and the 912 Project, he’s making waves as a frustrated conservative and actually raising money. The Republican Liberty Caucus is a group of disgruntled Ron Paulies that think the Tea Party has been hijacked. I’ve written before about the fringe elements within the Tea Party movement. In New Mexico the fringe is not the minority.

In my opinion, he’s a disgrace. Not only as a so-called constitutional conservative, but as a former Marine and as an American.

The “real” conservative running in the New Mexico District 3 race is Tom Mullins. Click on his name and go give him a few bucks.

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