Republican Candidate for President to Visit Here

With the 2006 primaries barely in the record books, one national candidate already has his eyes set on the Presidential election of 2008. And John Cox will be in Gaffney tomorrow to tell voters why they should vote for him as the commander in chief.

"I really believe we need a true outsider to address the problems we face," Cox said in a statement on his campaign website. "Too many of the potential candidates in 2008 are senators, governors and other professional politicians who have supported greater spending, higher taxes or short-term fixes to long-term problems."
Cox is heavily promoting himself as a Chicago businessman who is the definition of political outsider.

Since April 5, Cox has made two trips to South Carolina. Staying in the palmetto He also attended the South Carolina College Republican Convention, and, during the straw poll, he received 14 percent of the vote - more than Senator Bill Frist, former Representative Newt Gingrich, and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, combined.

"America is at a crossroads," Cox said. "Major challenges went unanswered in the Bush administration. A tax system that punishes savings, a social security system bound for demographic disaster, schools that are failing and don't have much hope of change, health care continuing to be priced out of reach and a war on terror that has still failed to bring the world completely along with our country. I truly do not believe the other potential candidates - all insiders and professional politicians - can speak to the American people, gain their trust and move this country forward."

Cox will be at the Cherokee County Republican Party Headquarters on Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

A lawyer, CPA, real estate broker and investment advisor, Cox ran for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 2002 and received 23 percent of the primary vote. He is a former president of the Cook County Illinois Republican Party. He advocates that the U.S. should replace the income tax system with a tax system based on consumption and wants to abolish the income tax and enact a national sales tax. His proposed tax rate would be 15 percent without a payroll tax or 23 percent with a payroll tax. He supports President Bush's policies in the war against terrorism. Cox describes himself as pro-life, opposes gay marriages and civil unions and supports penalties for illegal immigrants.