Dress-wearing 'presidential candidate' Robert Haines released from jail : News : MidlandsConnect.com

Self-proclaimed 'presidential candidate' Robert Haines, 64, was released from jail Thursday morning a day after he was arrested several blocks from the State House while wearing a purple bathrobe-style dress and cowboy hat. Haines told a bond court judge he has campaigned for 47-consecutive days and is staying with members of a fraternity at USC. The local alumni president says that claim is untrue.

Fringe candidates: Good or Bad?

What do you think of fringe political candidates who use strange tactics to promote themselves?

	I approve. Everyone has a right to run and fringe candidates make the process more interesting.
	I disapprove. Fringe candidates distract us from paying attention to those with a chance to win.

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