Chuck Baldwin is scheduled to appear on the Terry Anderson Show, a popular Los Angeles talk show, this Sunday night at 9:00 p.m., Pacific time. The show is simulcast in Las Vegas and Phoenix and reaches much of the western United States. Terry Anderson is an implacable foe of illegal immigration, and that will likely [...]
Chuck Baldwin on the Terry Anderson Show
June 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Constitution Party
Charles Jay on the issues
June 11th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Charles Jay has an attractive new Web site up for his bid to capture the White House in 2008. The site lists Jay as the candidate of the Utah-based Personal Choice Party, but he will also be vying for the Boston Tea Party‘s nomination, this coming Sunday. Here’s an abbreviated look of where Jay stands [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Not really reporting from Mount Rushmore …
June 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments
“Independents’ Day” was advertised as an opportunity to “Talk one-on-one with the TOP Independent and Third Party Presidential and Congressional Candidates” last weekend at Mount Rushmore … but did it actually happen? Inquiring minds want to know. So far, the only first-hand reportage on the event is from Donald K. Allen, one of the presidential [...]
Tags: Independents
Ventura, Barkley to meet today on golf course
June 11th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Doug Grow of the Minnesota Post writes that Minnesota ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura and ex-interim senator Dean Barkley are scheduled to play a round of golf today, and “Barkley wants this to be a high-stakes game.” “Whoever wins the match does NOT run for Senate,” said Barkley. “And believe me, I can beat Jesse.” That means [...]
Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties
Wisconsin columnist considers Barr’s impact
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In his column in Wisconsin’s Madison Capital Times, John Nichols asks, “Is Bob Barr Libertarian Enough?” Beneath that headline, he writes in part: “In Wisconsin and most other states, the Libertarian Party has struggled in recent years to connect politically — not because its ideas are wrong but because so many of them are so [...]
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Three third-party hopefuls in Oregon U.S. House race
June 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Oregon’s Portland Tribune surveys the third-party field in the state’s open-seat Fifth U.S. House district race: “The Libertarian Party nominated Steve Milligan, operations manager for an herbal manufacturer. He is in the middle of his second term on Monmouth City Council. The Pacific Green Party nominated Alexander Polikoff, an electrical engineer from Corvallis. The Constitution [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Socialist/left parties
CP Oregon Senate nominee Brownlow profiled
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Oregonian profiles newly nominated Constitution Party Oregon U.S. Senate candidate Dave Brownlow, saying he is “a former Republican who once campaigned for Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and now sounds like he’s channeling Ron Paul.” Brownlow, a computer consultant, “has been active in various protests against the war in Iraq and in the anti-war group, [...]
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Comedy Central cites IPR in Barr/Paul connection satire
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Comedy Central’s “Indecision 2008″ satire has declared Bob Barr the New Ron Paul. Are you suffering from Post-Paul Depression Disorder? Missing the endless entertainment offered up by crazed internet bullies clamoring for their chance to change every topic of conversation into a pro-Ron Paul diatribe? Worried that you’ll never get into another cyclical argument with [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Bob Barr, Ralph Nader dominate online coverage of alternative candidates
June 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments
The mainstream media rarely give third-party and independent candidates a fair shake — hence the need for sites like IPR and Third Party Watch. But the new media — the online media — is supposed to give candidates and parties the coverage they deserve. If this is true, then Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr and [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general
Bob Barr: Stop the war threats against Iran
June 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Press release issued by the Barr campaign: Washington, DC — Washington is filled with rumors of pending American or Israeli military action against Iran, says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for President. But “an attack on Iran would be unnecessary, counterproductive, costly and dangerous,†he warns. Our own intelligence services tell us that Iran [...]
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