Hugh Cort

Dr. Hugh Cort III is a candidate for U.S. President in the Republican primary and a psychiatrist from Alabama.

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. He is a member of Cahaba Christian Fellowship and is active in medical Christian missions to Africa, and he is a member of Gideons International, which distributes free Bibles.

He is a member of Physicians for Life.

Issues
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 pro-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."

Texas Straw Poll
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.

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. 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. He plugged his Web site, StopDoomsday.com, in his speech.

Cort spent many hours on his own greeting delegates to the straw poll before and after the event.