John McCain has become the presumptive Republican nominee for president. He is a good choice for the GOP and I am certainly going to support him. I am withdrawing from the presidential race this year and might start a campaign for 2012 instead.
And I'm going to ask the Democratic candidates to join McCain, TN Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander and Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen and other elected officials to either adopt my plan or craft a better one. Obama's slogan is "Yes, we can..." Clinton is trying to top it with "Yes, we will..." My slogan is "Yes, I Do..."
"Yes, I do have a plan to solve the shortage of organs for transplant. Do you?" It's a question every candidate for office should have to answer! We may establish a 501(c)3 group in order to focus more attention on the organ issue. And we will continue to utilize our alternative campaign website, DiamondForPresident.blogspot.com,
to encourage supporters to suggest solutions to other issues. That website invites anyone to submit legislative proposals, which would then be refined by other visitors.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Beware the Ides of March
...as the soothsayer said in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.”
MEMO TO MEDIA
(Statement from Republican presidential candidate David F. Diamond)
On Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at the New Hunan Chinese Buffet, 5052 Park Avenue in Eastgate Shopping Center in Memphis, I will celebrate the one year anniversary of the announcement of my presidential candidacy. It begins at the noon hour; I’m calling it the DIAMOND DUTCH TREAT LUNCHEON and we will treat it as a news conference.
I’ll speak for a few minutes. Then the public will be invited to act as a committee-of-the-whole, along with members of the media, critiquing my candidacy and my plan for solving the organ shortage. I’m also scheduling it for that date because it is the “Ides of March” which is a propitious time to be cautious and watchful in anticipating what lies ahead in the presidential campaigns.
I have Rep. Steve Cohen’s commitment to consider the legislative possibilities in my Plan to solve the shortage of organs for transplant. I have also personally given a copy to Senator John McCain and have invited him and Congressman Cohen to be co-sponsors of the need for legislative change in this non-partisan issue. I hope to have an opportunity to do likewise with Mike Huckabee, and Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Although Mike Huckabee recently said he’s aiming for a deadlock at the Republican convention, it is now becoming clear that John McCain will be the likely GOP nominee, and if that’s how it turns out then my campaign tactics may have to change. Instead of anticipating a deadlock at the convention (as I had hoped) and becoming the party’s dark horse choice, I may considering running as a write-in candidate in November.
My comments, the discussion and questions will start at 12:30 noon (those wishing to have lunch may want to begin arriving around 11:30).
Some of the Memphis media representatives who I hope will attend include (but are not limited to): Blake Fontenay, Otis Sanford, Mary Powers, Bart Sullivan, Wendi Thomas, Jon Lindberg, Mike Hollihan, Mick Wright, Jackson Baker, and broadcasters like Craig Robbins, Ben Ferguson, Thaddeus Matthews, Claudia Barr and Norm Brewer, plus other broadcast managers and news directors. I’ll consider them as first-among-equals in our committee-of-the-whole.
New Hunan phone #: 901 766-1622
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David F. Diamond
777 Mt. Moriah Rd., #46
Memphis TN 38117
Home: 901 761-5580
Fax: 901 761-5580
Cell: 901 846-1942
MEMO TO MEDIA
(Statement from Republican presidential candidate David F. Diamond)
On Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at the New Hunan Chinese Buffet, 5052 Park Avenue in Eastgate Shopping Center in Memphis, I will celebrate the one year anniversary of the announcement of my presidential candidacy. It begins at the noon hour; I’m calling it the DIAMOND DUTCH TREAT LUNCHEON and we will treat it as a news conference.
I’ll speak for a few minutes. Then the public will be invited to act as a committee-of-the-whole, along with members of the media, critiquing my candidacy and my plan for solving the organ shortage. I’m also scheduling it for that date because it is the “Ides of March” which is a propitious time to be cautious and watchful in anticipating what lies ahead in the presidential campaigns.
I have Rep. Steve Cohen’s commitment to consider the legislative possibilities in my Plan to solve the shortage of organs for transplant. I have also personally given a copy to Senator John McCain and have invited him and Congressman Cohen to be co-sponsors of the need for legislative change in this non-partisan issue. I hope to have an opportunity to do likewise with Mike Huckabee, and Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Although Mike Huckabee recently said he’s aiming for a deadlock at the Republican convention, it is now becoming clear that John McCain will be the likely GOP nominee, and if that’s how it turns out then my campaign tactics may have to change. Instead of anticipating a deadlock at the convention (as I had hoped) and becoming the party’s dark horse choice, I may considering running as a write-in candidate in November.
My comments, the discussion and questions will start at 12:30 noon (those wishing to have lunch may want to begin arriving around 11:30).
Some of the Memphis media representatives who I hope will attend include (but are not limited to): Blake Fontenay, Otis Sanford, Mary Powers, Bart Sullivan, Wendi Thomas, Jon Lindberg, Mike Hollihan, Mick Wright, Jackson Baker, and broadcasters like Craig Robbins, Ben Ferguson, Thaddeus Matthews, Claudia Barr and Norm Brewer, plus other broadcast managers and news directors. I’ll consider them as first-among-equals in our committee-of-the-whole.
New Hunan phone #: 901 766-1622
--
David F. Diamond
777 Mt. Moriah Rd., #46
Memphis TN 38117
Home: 901 761-5580
Fax: 901 761-5580
Cell: 901 846-1942
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
MEMO TO MEDIA -- and add to your Events Calendar
3/2/08
Mike Huckabee is not the only presidential candidate with a sense of humor. I did a stand-up comedy routine last Wednesday evening (2/27/08) at the open mic night at the Comedy TN Club.
I think my routine was an historic moment. I'm the oldest (76 years old) white male ever to step on stage at this venue as a virgin...performer. I stole from political satirist Mort Sahl updating his techniques to this new century. Mort used newspaper stories to feed his humor. I used stuff from TV and the Internet.
Comedy, TN is located at 6102 Macon Road - at Sycamore View - across the parking lot from Bass Pro. They say "Reservations are highly recommended! ... Call 384-HAHA." But, I told the media they can probably ignore that. The action starts around 8:15 pm. I was number 6 of a dozen. We each had 5 minutes. I did quite well. And videotaped it. I plan to put an excerpt of that on My Space and You Tube. Be there.
Mike Huckabee is not the only presidential candidate with a sense of humor. I did a stand-up comedy routine last Wednesday evening (2/27/08) at the open mic night at the Comedy TN Club.
I think my routine was an historic moment. I'm the oldest (76 years old) white male ever to step on stage at this venue as a virgin...performer. I stole from political satirist Mort Sahl updating his techniques to this new century. Mort used newspaper stories to feed his humor. I used stuff from TV and the Internet.
Comedy, TN is located at 6102 Macon Road - at Sycamore View - across the parking lot from Bass Pro. They say "Reservations are highly recommended! ... Call 384-HAHA." But, I told the media they can probably ignore that. The action starts around 8:15 pm. I was number 6 of a dozen. We each had 5 minutes. I did quite well. And videotaped it. I plan to put an excerpt of that on My Space and You Tube. Be there.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Why David F. Diamond is Running for President
Changes in the Organ Transplant Law will create a huge increase in the number of organs available.
Republican Presidential Candidate David F. Diamond has developed plans that will:
The polls and the pundits say Republicans are looking for more choices for President. The leading contenders in the race are taking different positions on a lot of the issues. That's understandable as they try to distinguish themselves in the marketplace. The win-win aspect to this is that our candidates will refine our party's stand on the major issues by the time of our convention. In the end, we will be unified. I'm sure of that. So I am focusing my candidacy on the issue of solving the shortage of organs for transplant purposes.
This will give my fellow Republicans another choice in the contest as it continues to evolve. Still, I see a deadlocked convention. In that situation, I believe I can be the presumptive party nominee. When that happens, I have committed myself to adopting the positions of the number two contender, who will have best expressed the consensus of the party's views on all the major issues. In addition I will ask that person to serve as my vice-presidential running mate.
Here's the beauty of all this: With me as the nominee and a vice president whose views I will enhance and support -- along with supporting the party platform -- we will have a unified party going into the general election. And we will have a candidate who can seriously attack a real problem that is currently -- and unnecessarily -- causing the deaths of 6,900 U.S. citizens annually. These people die because not enough organs are available for transplant. My plan is a real solution to a real problem.
How You Can Help
Some people who have considered organ donation have decided, for whatever reason, not to do so. Many of them, surveys show, would add their organs to the supply if they knew that their estate would be paid an appropriate amount for their organs.
Your role: Get involved in this campaign. Campaign managers, fund raisers and volunteers are needed across the country.
Contact us for full details of the plan that will make plenty of organs available without forcing anyone to participate in that process. E-mail us at david.f.diamond@gmail.com or write to David F. Diamond for President, 777 Mt. Moriah Rd., Suite 46, Memphis, TN 38117-5328.
Thank you for your support.
Republican Presidential Candidate David F. Diamond has developed plans that will:
- Win him the nomination at the GOP Convention in 2008
- Provide an appropriate estate to the heirs of organ providers when they might otherwise have little or nothing to leave behind
- Compel all the other presidential candidates, Democratic and Republican, to address the issue
The polls and the pundits say Republicans are looking for more choices for President. The leading contenders in the race are taking different positions on a lot of the issues. That's understandable as they try to distinguish themselves in the marketplace. The win-win aspect to this is that our candidates will refine our party's stand on the major issues by the time of our convention. In the end, we will be unified. I'm sure of that. So I am focusing my candidacy on the issue of solving the shortage of organs for transplant purposes.
This will give my fellow Republicans another choice in the contest as it continues to evolve. Still, I see a deadlocked convention. In that situation, I believe I can be the presumptive party nominee. When that happens, I have committed myself to adopting the positions of the number two contender, who will have best expressed the consensus of the party's views on all the major issues. In addition I will ask that person to serve as my vice-presidential running mate.
Here's the beauty of all this: With me as the nominee and a vice president whose views I will enhance and support -- along with supporting the party platform -- we will have a unified party going into the general election. And we will have a candidate who can seriously attack a real problem that is currently -- and unnecessarily -- causing the deaths of 6,900 U.S. citizens annually. These people die because not enough organs are available for transplant. My plan is a real solution to a real problem.
How You Can Help
Some people who have considered organ donation have decided, for whatever reason, not to do so. Many of them, surveys show, would add their organs to the supply if they knew that their estate would be paid an appropriate amount for their organs.
Your role: Get involved in this campaign. Campaign managers, fund raisers and volunteers are needed across the country.
Contact us for full details of the plan that will make plenty of organs available without forcing anyone to participate in that process. E-mail us at david.f.diamond@gmail.com or write to David F. Diamond for President, 777 Mt. Moriah Rd., Suite 46, Memphis, TN 38117-5328.
Thank you for your support.
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