Hugh Cort
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| Hugh Cort | |
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| 2008 Republican candidate for President of the United States |
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 Hugh Cort at the Texas Straw Poll |
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| Campaign website | Hugh Cort 2008 |
| Current office | Alabama Psychiatrist |
Dr. Hugh Cort III (born October 29th, 1951) was a candidate for U.S. President in the 2008 Republican primary and a psychiatrist from Alabama. He stands out for several controversial views including the belief that Sadaam Hussein was responsible for the September 11th attacks,[1] and that Osama bin Laden has an "American Hiroshima plan" to blow up 10 American cities with suitcase-sized nuclear bombs.[2]
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[edit] Biography
Cort is a physician in the practice of psychiatric medicine, according to his campaign Web site, and lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama, with Deborah Cort, his wife of 18 years. Dr. Cort is interested in the subject of counter-terrorism, and authored the book Saddam's Attacks on America, which blames Saddam Hussein for the September 11th attacks.[3] He has also assisted Paul L. Williams in his writings.[4]
He is active in medical Christian missions to Africa, and has membership in Gideons International and Physicians for Life.
He was a candidate for Alabama House of Representatives District 48 in the June 2006 Republican primary but garnered just 6.12% of the vote.[5]
[edit] Presidential campaign
According to his campaign literature Cort is running for President of the United States because "The Lord has given me a very important message to give to America. This message is that America has gotten so far away from God and His protection, with abortion, homosexual marriage, and many other sins, that destruction is coming on America a million times worse than 9/11."
Cort finished last in the Republican Texas Straw Poll held Sept. 1, 2007, in Fort Worth, Texas. Cort carried 3 delegate votes, below Rep. Tom Tancredo with 6 votes and Sen. John McCain with 8 votes.[6]
At the straw poll, Cort discussed and distributed leaflets outlining his plan for a strong anti-nuclear weapons proliferation program and suggested the U.S. follow the McInerney Plan to defeat terrorism[7]. Billing himself as an anti-terrorism expert, he suggested a 48-hour bombing campaign would weaken Iran's nuclear infrastructure and would prevent a possible "World War III" scenario.
On January 3, 2008 Cort earned no votes in the Republican Iowa caucus.[8] He earned no pledged delegates in any of the caucuses or primaries and John McCain won the party nomination. He has since withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Political views
Cort's campaign Web site describes the candidate as "a Christian conservative who believes in traditional values, he strongly supports a pro-life amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning abortion and a marriage amendment stating that marriage is between a man and a woman only. He is against raising taxes and for reducing government spending. He is pro-business and is in favor of tort reform to reduce frivolous lawsuits."
According to the campaign literature, The McInerney Plan says "we need to take out Iran's 24 nuclear sites and Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs' headquarters, and that we can do so in a 24 hour bombing campaign. Then the moderates in Iran can take their country back, things will finally settle down in Iraq, we will have stopped Iran from getting nuclear weapons and starting World War III... Don't you wish we had listened to Winston Churchill when he begged us to stop Hitler before he got big?"
He has also stated that he doesn't believe in global warming saying the problem is that the sun is getting hotter and cited that while Earth's ice caps are melting, so are Mars's.[9]
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[edit] References
- ^ Amazon.com: Saddam's Attacks on America: 1993; September 11, 2001; and the Anthrax Attacks: A freewheeling and hard-hitting commentary on the life-threatening problems ... America and the prescription for their cure.: Books: Hugh Cort III MD
- ^ Concord Monitor - Candidate calls for blondes
- ^ Amazon.com: Saddam's Attacks on America: 1993; September 11, 2001; and the Anthrax Attacks: A freewheeling and hard-hitting commentary on the life-threatening problems ... America and the prescription for their cure.: Books: Hugh Cort III MD
- ^ Townhall.com - Gabrielle Cusumano
- ^ P2008-The 2008 Presidential Campaign-Other Prospects
- ^ http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/local/local_story_247135735.html Gainesville Daily Register, Sept. 7, 2007, page 1
- ^ "Cort for President" campaign flyer, distributed Sept. 1, 2007, Fort Worth, Texas
- ^ Republican Party of IOWA
- ^ Concord Monitor - Candidate calls for blondes
