THE
RESULTS ARE IN!
(and a bit scary)
  
BHI began this experiment in modern American government just
five months ago. We wondered who among our current
Presidential Candidates would be willing to sign the
Founding Documents? We invited the 19 major candidates
to commit their names where the founders had before them. Each campaign was contacted no less than
5 times by mail, phone and e-mail. The
documents would be sent to them any time any place for
their convenience.
Now the results are in.
DISCLAIMER:
These results should in no way be considered a political
endorsement of or opposition to any political candidate.
BHI makes no claim to know the many reasons a candidate
may choose to sign or not to sign our charters of
freedom beyond those that were given by the campaigns
themselves.
Percentage of Candidates willing
to sign the Founding Documents
7%
Percentage of candidates who refused to sign 92%
Below are the candidates and after
that are the details of their response.
                  
Response details by campaign:
Here we have listed each candidate's name,
their decision and their given reason. I have also
included our subjective impressions of each campaign in
our dealings with them.
Joe Biden
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Campaign was very polite.
Sam Brownback
WITHDRAWN
Hillary Clinton
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Campaign referred us to
several departments before transferring us to leave a
message on a full electronic mailbox.
Christopher Dodd
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Campaign
uses the Constitution as a central theme. They were very
polite, seemed interested.
John Edwards
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason:
Will not sign any charters or statements of belief but
will sign photos or campaign materials.
Thanked
us for invitation. Contacted us by phone with answer.
James Gilmore
WITHDRAWN
Rudolph Giuliani
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason: Refused to give reason
The
campaign was polite and very straightforward.
Mike Gravel
Decision:
Refused to sign
Reason:
Refused to
give reason
Very nice people. Seemed to have clear
access to candidate
Michael Huckabee
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Very polite, very direct people at all
levels.
Duncan Hunter
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
They sounded ready to sign in October.
Office is very businesslike.
Dennis Kucinich
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Never actually acknowledged our attempts
to contact. They also have the only 8 digit phone
number. 1 (877) 41-DENNIS ?
John McCain
Decision:
Refused to sign.
Reason:
Scheduling demands on his time- too difficult to
schedule. (Hey that's what they said)
Thanked us for invitation and
confirmed their answer quickly.
Barack Obama
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
The
automated answering service directed us to other
automated mailboxes. Never did speak to a real person.
We do know our invitations were received because we now
get lots of automated mail from the campaign.
(Update) We were called by the
campaign with a solicitation to volunteer at 8:00 PM
November 29th. We declined and refused to give reason.
Ronald Paul
Decision:
Agreed to sign.
Reason:
His emphasis on returning to Constitutional principals
Said
yes immediately.
Bill Richardson
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Great staff. Treated us
very well.
Mitt Romney
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Absolutely friendliest
people. They were the first to call us and say they were
interested in signing. What happened?
Tom Tancredo
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Team Tancredo were fine
to deal with.
Fred Thompson
Decision:
Refused to Sign
Reason:
Refused to give reason
Never could speak to a
real person with this campaign. The only campaign with
an unlisted number. Still they got 5 contacts.
Tommy Thompson
WITHDRAWN
MORE IMPORTANTLY
You Should
Read Them!
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