Jack Parrish is a 38-year-old charismatic entrepreneur who made his fortune in the software business. He didn't intend to run for president of the United States, but when undergrad Spike Mason organized a Web-based grassroots movement to draft Parrish, the Republican got 3 percent of the vote as a write-in for the New Hampshire primary. Now his candidacy is rapidly gaining support.
The good news? In Mason's word's, Parrish wants to "keep the Net free and public, and retool the school system from a crusty, old, manufacturing economy toan educational system that works for a new economy.
The bad news? Parrish isn't real. He's a character in Candidate 96, a Web show at www.candidate96.com/. Just try not to get depressed when you remember who's really running for president.
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The Only Candidate that matters is Virtual
