Mike Wiley

Mike Wiley (born Michael Schreibman) is a controversial United States author, politician, and radio personality. Wiley was born in Boston and raised as an Orthodox Jew, the son and grandson of Teamsters. He graduated Bentley College with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. In 1990, Wiley moved to Orlando, and took up acting, adopting his uncle's last name as a stage name.

Florida talk radio
Wiley entered public life in 1991 as the host of Viewpoint from the Extreme Middle, a politically oriented radio talk show with a call-in format on the American Freedom Network. Wiley led a rally in support of the Second Amendment, which Wiley claims was the largest in Florida history, while on the air. The rally, noted by the Ocala Star-Banner as a grassroots movement unassociated with the National Rifle Association, was a response to House Bill 241, a ban on assault weapons authored by Representative Ron Klein.

United States Senate election in Florida, 1994
He ran as a conservative Democrat against Hugh Rodham in the 1994 Florida Democratic Party primaries for United States Senate. Rodham defeated Wiley 58 percent to 42 percent in a run-off. The Rodham campaign levelled the accusation that Wiley was hiding his Jewish faith by changing his name. In the presence of Rodham at a press conference, senior executive consultant and lawyer Ellis Rubin stated that Wiley "changed his name before the campaign to deceive voters about his Jewish religion." NewsMax described the tactic as Jew baiting. Conversely, Wiley accused then-President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (sister to Hugh Rodham) of belonging to Marxist organizations, and he compared Mr. Clinton's social programs to National Socialism.

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District
After the election, Wiley switched affiliation to Republican and moved to Florence, Kentucky. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky's 4th congressional district. His platform included opposition to free trade with China and support for Enumerated Powers Act, a bill requiring lawmakers to cite the United States Constitution for the authority to permit any law enacted. Wiley also supported the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service, federal taxes on alcohol and tobacco, as well as opposing abortion rights. His campaign was considered outspoken and Wiley himself stated, “I am a big mouth and the best way to find out what is going on in Washington is to send me... because when I find out what they are doing, you'll know.” Wiley was defeated by Geoff Davis, who lost to Ken Lucas that fall.

Author
Wiley has since written a memoir of the 1994 campaign and its aftermath entitled Diary Of Hillary's Right-Wing Conspirator: Exposing the Media’s Lies while battling Hillary’s Far Left Reign in the Democratic Party - 1993-1996

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