What's this bogus campaign business card about?
January 4, 2016 11:11 AM Subscribe
Yesterday on the bus I saw a business card in the route map holder.
It says Sanders For President across the top, a logo of Bernie (presidential seal) 2016 in the middle which caught my eye. Under that the card then had the name Andrew Nelson, Vice Presidential Candidate (D-Illinois), a phone number and an email with a .biz address, a P.O. Box and then www.BernieSanders.com.
On the right of card there is a photo of a middle aged black man. On the back of the card is a full card photo of possibly the same man with much darker skin holding a cassette tape and a book with "World Order of Bahá'u'lláh Selected" visible. Beneath the photo it says Andrew Nelson "America's Black Hitler".
The most I can find out is that in 2013 he ran for Mayor Chicago and seems a bit kooky based on his press release.
Is this just an attempt to get attention by being provocative? Or is this some sort of smear campaign? Anybody know any thing more?
On the right of card there is a photo of a middle aged black man. On the back of the card is a full card photo of possibly the same man with much darker skin holding a cassette tape and a book with "World Order of Bahá'u'lláh Selected" visible. Beneath the photo it says Andrew Nelson "America's Black Hitler".
The most I can find out is that in 2013 he ran for Mayor Chicago and seems a bit kooky based on his press release.
Is this just an attempt to get attention by being provocative? Or is this some sort of smear campaign? Anybody know any thing more?
Best answer: Andrew Nelson is definitely nutty; Bahaullah is the 9th prophet of the Bahai, whose North American temple is in Winnetka, just north of Chicago, and there's a lot more Bahai stuff in Chicago than other parts of the US as a result. The World Order of Bahaullah is a book by one of the early leaders of the Bahai, which I think is mostly about how to organize the faith community? And also maybe about how to organize the world as the whole world inevitably becomes Bahai. Nelson does claim to be Bahai (and the community is definitely a mix of regular religious people, hippies, and nut jobs, and is very diverse).
Last I heard Nelson thought he was a shoe-in to be appointed/elected mayor of Chicago when Rahm resigns/is recalled. He is the only one who thinks that. AFAIK he just campaigns for random offices and gets a lot of publicity by being aggressively weird. I don't know how much is a pose for publicity and how much is actual nuttiness.
Assume I put in all the proper accents and apostrophes on the Bahai words while trying to type on my phone.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 11:33 AM on January 4, 2016 [3 favorites]
Last I heard Nelson thought he was a shoe-in to be appointed/elected mayor of Chicago when Rahm resigns/is recalled. He is the only one who thinks that. AFAIK he just campaigns for random offices and gets a lot of publicity by being aggressively weird. I don't know how much is a pose for publicity and how much is actual nuttiness.
Assume I put in all the proper accents and apostrophes on the Bahai words while trying to type on my phone.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 11:33 AM on January 4, 2016 [3 favorites]
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You answered your own question before you asked it:
It says Sanders For President across the top, a logo of Bernie (presidential seal) 2016 in the middle which caught my eye.
If it had been just a picture of Nelson, you wouldn't have given it a second glance. He's hitching his wagon to a brighter star.
posted by Etrigan at 11:26 AM on January 4, 2016