{"id":29783,"date":"2010-10-24T08:18:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian-party-candidate-for-iowa-guv-wants-to-trim-the-government-after-trimming-down-himself\/"},"modified":"2010-10-24T08:18:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:18:32","slug":"libertarian-party-candidate-for-iowa-guv-wants-to-trim-the-government-after-trimming-down-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/libertarian-party-candidate-for-iowa-guv-wants-to-trim-the-government-after-trimming-down-himself.php","title":{"rendered":"Libertarian Party candidate for Iowa Guv wants to "Trim the Government" after trimming down himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Loses 150 pounds on a diet of pork rinds and string cheese<\/strong><\/p>

From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

The Iowa Libertarian Party will win major party status and will not have to petition for ballot access if the party's candidate for Governor polls more than 2%. Eric Cooper, the LP nominee is starting to gain media attention for his race, but for a reason not necessarily connected to politics. <\/p>

From KCAU TV<\/a>, Sioux City, \"Libertarian Takes Idea Of Less To Extremes\" Oct. 21:<\/p>

The Libertarian candidate for governor in Iowa is Eric Cooper.<\/p>

His party believes in small government, and Cooper took the idea of less to extremes.<\/p>

He lost almost 150 pounds in just 8 months. He ate less than 1,000 calories, and walked 4 miles a day.<\/p>

The main foods he ate were pork rinds and string cheese.<\/p>

\"I love pork rinds. I mean every day it was like I was so hungry, and when I got that bag of pork rinds to eat I was so happy, so they are my favorite food in the world, Still. I eat em for lunch every day, still,\" said Cooper. <\/p>

He went on this diet specifically for the election.<\/p>

\"I didn't wanna be embarrassed. I knew I was gonna have my picture taken a lot, and I didn't wanna say, oh god, look at that fat guy,\" said Cooper. <\/p>

The weight loss also takes away a bullet from his opponents.<\/p>

\"They'll call you fat if they can't think of anything else, but I don't have to worry about that anymore, because I'm not fat.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

Moderate Republican Terry Brandstat is way ahead in the polls for Governor. A vote for Libertarian Cooper is a safe bet for libertarian-leaning Republicans. <\/p>

Perhaps the more votes he gets, the more he'll be encouraged to keep the pounds off?<\/p>

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