- Stan Jones (politician)
Stan Jones (born
January 13 ,1943 ) is a Libertarian Party politician who has twice run unsuccessfully for theUnited States Senate in 2002 and 2006, and has run twice unsuccessfully forgovernor of Montana , in 2000 and 2004. The winner in 2000 was RepublicanJudy Martz , and in 2004 the winner was DemocratBrian Schweitzer . In 2002 the winner was DemocratMax Baucus . His loss in 2006 was his most significant, when he challenged incumbent RepublicanConrad Burns and DemocratJon Tester , and received 3 percent of the vote. This was well above the margin of victory that handed the seat to Tester and gave control of the Senate to the Democrats.Health issues
Jones developed
argyria , which permanently turned his skin a blue-grey color, by consuming home-madecolloidal silver , which he made due to fears theYear 2000 problem would make antibiotics unavailable. The peculiar coloration of his skin featured prominently in media coverage of his unsuccessful campaign [cite news|title=True-blue bids for Senate|date=3 October ,2002 |publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2297471.stm|accessdate=2007-06-16] , though Jones allegedly believes that the most prominent photo [ [http://www.billingsgazette.com/rednews/2002/10/03/build/local/72-candidate_large.inc Photo, Stan Jones, at Great Falls debate] ] was "doctored".Jones continues to promote the use of
colloidal silver as a home remedy.Policy stances
His stances on policy issues tend to be fairly conservative; among other issues, he supports the
death penalty , opposessame-sex marriage , and has calledabortion a "crime against humanity." [cite web|url=http://ontheissues.org/Senate/Stan_Jones.htm|title=Stan Jones on the Issues|publisher=On The Issues|accessdate=2007-06-16] During the senatorial debate held onOctober 9 ,2006 , Jones stated that a conspiracy of theEuropean Union and North American political elites is on the verge of forming a "one world communist government". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M5GK9Na8KU YouTube Video] of the Montana Senate debate on October 9, 2006]Personal life
He currently works as a business consultant in Bozeman, the seat of Gallatin County.
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