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Wayne Allyn Root flashback

May 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Lew Rockwell just posted a youtube about Wayne Root‘s disparaging comments about Ron Paul. Rockwell had this to say: A month before the Libertarian party nominated him for vice president, Wayne Allyn Root appeared on the Bob Grant radio show in New York City. There, Mr. Root said that Ron Paul is not a good [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Vermont Progressive stands up to Dems, continues quest for governorship

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As reported earlier, Anthony Pollina, Progressive Party candidate for Governor of Vermont, held a press conference today announcing his plans going forward. It was widely speculated that he would abandon his gubernatorial campaign in favor of a bid for Lieutenant Governor (the two offices are elected separately in Vermont), for which he would have received [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Sheehan: ‘Bring the dreaded draft on’

May 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

In a message sent out to supporters commemorating the birthday of her fallen son, independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan takes on military recruiters and proposes a “radical” change in our military: A “volunteer” military that counts on poverty, ignorance, a tanking economy, and false patriotism is one of the tools that the Military Industrial Congressional [...]

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Tags: Independents

National Socialist candidate launches website

May 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Brian Holland, the presidential nominee of the National Socialist Movement, has just launched his under-construction campaign website with the following message: Brian Holland is an American Patriot and a National Socialist. Brian has one principle goal, that goal is to bring hope to American Patriots. Once there is hope, the battle is already half won! [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Huckabee: Libertarianism ‘not an American message’; LP responds

May 29th, 2008 · 13 Comments

LP press release: Washington, D.C. – In a recent interview with Huffington Post contributor Will Mari, former GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee called libertarianism “not an American message,” stating libertarianism was a “soulless type of economic conservatism” and a threat to Republicanism. In response, Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis issued the following statement: “Huckabee is [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Bloggers discuss LP convention on radio show

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Last night, Paulie Cannoli, Jeff Wartman, Brian Miller, Chris Bennett, and G.E. Smith were on “Last Free Voice Live,” hosted by the popular blogger, Elfninos Mom. Topics discussed included Chris Bennett’s potential candidacy for LP executive director, moving the LP office outside the Beltway, the sanity/insanity of Christine Smith, the gender-politics strategy of Mary Ruwart, [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

VT Dems may support Progressive for Lt. Governor

May 29th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Anthony Pollina, Progressive Party candidate for Governor of Vermont, will hold a press conference today at noon. The speculation is that he may end his gubernatorial bid and become a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Vermont elects the two offices separately. Further speculation is that if he does switch to the Lieutenant Governor’s race, Pollina will [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Libertarian ticket appears on Fox Business News

May 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr and vice presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root appeared together on Fox Business News on Wednesday morning. Asked about being a spoiler, Barr said, “Neither Wayne nor I are spoilers. Both of us are competitors. The Libertarian Party believes deeply in its message of smaller government and greater individual liberty. That’s [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Evans-Novak: Barr could run (distant) second in D.C.

May 29th, 2008 · 19 Comments

The Evans-Novak Political Report has its first state-by-state rundown of the electoral vote map. The outlook has John McCain with 270 electoral votes and Barack Obama with 268, with other candidates having little impact. However, writers Robert Novak and Timothy Carney say of the District of Columbia: “If you live in D.C. and you’re not [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Oklahoma group seeks independent candidates

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The Oklahoma Coalition of Independents (OKIES) says in a news release that it “wants all Oklahomans to know about the three days when they can file to run for office at the state Capitol: June 2nd to 4th. OKIES hopes to bring more accountability to incumbents’ actions and by encouraging Oklahomans to run for political [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents