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Okay, so I'm making get-out-the-vote phone calls to voters in swing states. This one guy asks who I'm calling on behalf of. I tell him. "Badnarik? Is that what you said?" he asks. I say no, and repeat myself. "Badnarik is the Libertarian candidate, isn't he?" the guy responds. I reply that he is, but that's not who I'm volunteering for. "Oh, sure, Badnarik, I'll support that. That's fine. I'll go with him, Badnarik." Et cetera.

At the time I thought he was just hard of hearing and had developed the habit of being agreeable to political callers in the hope of faking his way through the conversation faster. After I'd had a moment to reflect, I wondered if instead this was some intentional pro-Badnarik tactic. I'm curious whether there's a Libertarian blog somewhere that has convinced its readers the way to get visibility is to play dumb in political phone calls and then say "Badnarik" a lot. "Remember, you're pretending to be an average voter. Act like you aren't sure what his name is to throw off suspicion, but then say it several times, as if repeating it will make him appear in a puff of smoke."

(Sadly, the guy was in Ohio, and Badnarik cannot be summoned across state lines, as he considers such castings to be an anti-federalist plot and, at the Dungeon Master's option, may send d6 Novice Libertarians to plague a mage who attempts it.)