But desperate movements can't be choosy, and Smith's sexuality, like his heritage, hasn't disqualified him from membership.
However, the problem is relatively small at this point, because it hasn't disqualified her in most voters' opinion.
The plane maker said Sears was dismissed "for violating company policies by communication directly and indirectly with Druyun about future employment when she had not disqualified herself from acting in official government capacity on matters involving Boeing".
Being a kook has not, historically, disqualified people from serving in Congress.
In fact, I'm surprised that America hasn't already disqualified half of its serving political class for similar gags.
As a result, Mr. White said, he has not needed to disqualify himself from any decisions relating to Enron after he took office in May.
The commission announced Sunday that he and three others had not been disqualified, but declined to specify who had been.
"The failure of employees to disqualify themselves has not previously been an issue at the N.R.C., and absent evidence of a wider problem, the N.R.C. does not believe that additional reporting requirements are warranted," he wrote.
