Matt Laslo of Bills and
Brews has interviewed Sean
Haugh, the Libertarian Party’s candidate to represent North
Carolina in the Senate. Haugh’s poll numbers are greater than the
margin between the two major candidates, so he’s been attracting
more coverage than most third-party candidates get.
The headline here is that Haugh tells Laslo he not only has
smoked marijuana in the past but has continued to do so during the
campaign, a question he answers with direct (and perhaps slightly
tipsy) honesty. He also talks about going to Tulsa’s gay bars
when he was 15 because he knew they’d sell him beer. And then
there’s the part where he says it’s “stupid to take” PCP. When
Laslo follows up by asking whether it’s stupid to take LSD too,
Haugh says he’s “not going to judge that.”
Ordinarily all this would be very impolitic, but if you’re
seeking the support of a niche—a boutique bloc of voters, not
unlike the craft beers that Haugh praises and drinks during the
interview—then it might be savvier than it sounds. At any rate, you
can watch the whole thing here:
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