I talked with Oscar Lovelace over the weekend, and he was pretty pumped that the new party he and Jim Rex have started is now fielding its first candidates. Here’s a release about that that the American Party sent out this afternoon:
The American Party is proud and excited to introduce our four candidates for office this year!
Jill Bossi – candidate for U.S. Senate (Tim Scott’s unexpired term seat).Ed Murray – candidate for Superintendent of Education.Emile DeFelice – candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture.Donna McGreevy – candidate for State House (District 74 – Columbia).
These four outstanding candidates will carry the American Party’s banner into the November General Election.
We would like to introduce them over the next few days beginning with Jill Bossi….JILL BOSSI ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
FOR U.S. SENATE
American Party candidate seeks to end political gridlock
(Tega Cay, SC)…Saying “enough is enough, it’s time to put an end to the political extremism and gridlock in Washington”, Jill Bossi today announced her candidacy for the United States Senate.
Bossi, who served as the former Vice President of the American Red Cross, has never run for office and is seeking the Senate seat now held by Tim Scott who was appointed to that position early last year.
“The politicians in Washington haven’t passed a budget for our country in over six years and they haven’t provided a balanced budget since 2001. This is not the way to run a business or a family…let alone a country. Something has to change”, said Bossi.
Bossi chose to run as an American Party candidate because she believes in the Party’s core principles; Putting an end to career politicians by passing term limits; Governing more from the center instead of the political extremes; Holding elected officials accountable to higher ethical standards and greater transparency; And increasing the economic global competitiveness of our state and nation.
“Many have forgotten that our Founding Fathers created a government ‘Of the people, by the people, and for the people’. I want to end the stalemate and make government work again for our country. By putting ‘America First’ over party and politics, we can begin solving problems instead of creating them”, said Bossi.
Bossi also said her priorities include…focusing on finding smarter solutions to jump start our economy and putting Americans back to work, passing comprehensive tax reform for individuals and companies by simplifying the tax code, and making healthcare more affordable without invasive government regulations.
As the former Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer for The American Red Cross. Mrs. Bossi was responsible for managing all Supply Chain and Travel related services for the organization. While at The American Red Cross, Mrs. Bossi redesigned the supply chain, implemented new policies and procedures, streamlined the purchase of goods and services by the organization across the Red Cross’ entire footprint in the United States and its seven territories. These changes resulted in millions of dollars in savings for the Red Cross; enabling better stewardship of donor dollars.
Prior to her work for the Red Cross, Mrs. Bossi was the Senior Vice President and Sourcing Executive for Global Commercial Banking and Global Wealth Management at Bank of America. While at Bank of America Mrs. Bossi was instrumental in the redesign of the entire supply chain management function for the Bank.
During her career, Mrs. Bossi has also served as Vice President of Strategic Sourcing for Experian North America, one of the three largest credit-reporting agencies in the U.S., as Director of G&A Procurement for Verizon Wireless. Mrs. Bossi has held senior supply management roles with companies as diverse as Packard Bell NEC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lorimar Studios and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. She holds a BS in Business Management and has been published in many supply chain journals and publications.
Jill and her husband Richard have been married for 16 years, live in Tega Cay, SC and together they have four children and four grandchildren. Jill attends Grace Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill.
Visit Jill’s website at: www.bossi4senate.com.
So congratulations to the new party. Although I’m a little disappointed that they’re not fielding candidates in the races where partisanship is most insidious. I would have liked to see them putting someone up to oppose Jim Clyburn and Joe Wilson. Those are two examples of the “safe districts” partisans draw for themselves and their friends (the Republicans who draw the districts are happy to create the super-Democratic district for Clyburn, because that enables them to draw six very safe GOP districts — that is to say, one super-black district yields six super-white ones).
Not that a challenger would have had much of a chance. It just would have been nice to see.
Oscar told me they came very close to putting up an opponent for Wilson in the 2nd, but it just didn’t happen…
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Emile DeFelice would make a frickin awesome Ag chief!
I loved his slogan from the last time: “Put Your State on Your Plate!” It was gloriously goofy, but it made the point.
Here’s a link to my first interview with him, in 2006.
Emile, by the way, also supports my Energy Party. He said so in writing.
Vote for Emile DeFelice
He’s the party’s one candidate with name recognition…
He’s got my vote!
The American Party needs to field candidates for our Representatives and Senators in Washington. I am totally frustrated with this Congressional gridlock that occurs in Washington. Yes, the Democrats managed to push through the Affordable Care Act without Republicans, but the Republicans have tried for years to repeal it, or at least shut the government down.
Republicans and Democrats are not “the solution”, they are “The Problem”. That is why I am not voting for a Republican or Democrat for the US House or Senate for the next three election cycles. If the candidate is not one of the “Kook” parties, then I’ll vote for them.
As the great philosopher, Pogo, once said “We have met the enemy and he is us.”