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Member of Board of Supervisors declares self Libertarian/Constitutionalist

June 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Sean Scallon, who is a freelance writer and long-time activist in the Constitution Party recently wrote an article for the American Chronicle. Just recently I was appointed to the Board of Supervisors of my home county of Pepin, Wisconsin. This past spring the incumbent board member for my district decided not to run again, but [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party

Kansas Reform Party hopes to nominate Chuck Baldwin

June 12th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Richard Winger reports that the Kansas Reform Party is likely to offer the Baldwin campaign their ballot line, but it seems unclear wether they will be allowed to. The Kansas Reform Party is ballot-qualified. At its recent state convention, the sentiment was strong for nominating Chuck Baldwin for president. Some kinks remain to be worked [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

Boston Tea Party candidates to debate, Saturday, 7:00 p.m.

June 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Candidates for the presidential and vice-presidential nominations of the Boston Tea Party will be participating in an online debate, Saturday, June 14, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eastern. The debate will be aired on the IndyTruth radio show and hosted by Douglass Gaking. Tune into RPIRadio.com to listen. Presidential candidates Charles Jay and Robert [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Ron Paul: Bob Barr ‘can have a very positive effect in this campaign’

June 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Ron Paul was interviewed on CNN this morning and asked about Libertarian candidate for president, Bob Barr. Paul said that he thought Barr represented libertarian principles and was “speaking our language.” He said that while Barr’s congressional record was not as solidly libertarian as his own, that didn’t mean he couldn’t be a good libertarian. [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

America First Party supports Matthis Chiroux

June 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Press release from the America First Party on Sergeant Matthis Chiroux’s decision to refuse deployment to Iraq: Soldier’s Objection to Iraq Deployment Shows Honor and Grit Boulder, CO – Boulder, CO – Soldiers who object to the Iraq war on constitutional grounds, and yet are ordered to deploy there, are quickly confronted with the reality [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Marxist parties and ‘The Cuban Five’

June 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments

A hot topic among the country’s Marxist political parties in recent weeks has been “The Cuban Five.” Cuban nationals Fernando González, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández, and Ramón Labañino were arrested in 1998 on 26 charges, including espionage and conspiracy, for their intelligence gathering activities focused on anti-Castro groups based in Miami. Four of [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Official Libertarian Party convention recap video

June 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Click the article title to view the video.

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Tags: Libertarian Party

What does Ron Paul’s new organization mean for third parties?

June 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Ron Paul will likely end his presidential campaign tonight and presumably transfer the several million dollars worth of leftover campaign funds to his new organization, Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty. This new political entity will attempt to organize political outsiders into the Republican Party system as precinct leaders. Ron Paul says his followers are the [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party

Ron Paul to make ‘major announcement’ tonight

June 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, who was the 1988 Libertarian Party nominee for president and received much support from Libertarians and Constitution Party members for his 2008 GOP run, will be making a “major announcement” tonight at 9:00 p.m., Central, according to an e-mail sent out by the campaign. The message will be broadcast live [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Illinois Greens issue press release

June 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Not surprisingly, the subject is the removal of four of their Congressional candidates. Green Party Candidates Removed from the November General Election Ballot This week, the State Officers Electoral Board decided to remove four anti-war Green Party congressional candidates from the November ballot, two of whom served during the Iraq War. The removed candidates are [...]

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Tags: Green Party

In the year 2000…

June 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a blast from the past: interviews I did with Libertarian Harry Browne and Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin from September and October 2000, respectively. Unfortunately, interviews I did with Socialist David MacReynolds and Constitution Party nominee Howard Phillips have been lost to the ages.

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Independent Lou Dobbs considering NJ gubernatorial run

June 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Former Republican Lou Dobbs, now registered as an independent and highly critical of the two parties, is reported to be considering a run for New Jersey governor. The story is being covered by CNN. Dobbs has characterized himself as an “independent populist” lately, but reports say if he runs for governor, it will be as [...]

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Tags: Independents

LRC contributor ‘saddened’ by Barr’s reversal on Waco

June 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments

LewRockwell.com contributor Anthony Gregory says he is saddened by Bob Barr’s recent comments on Waco. During an interview with Glenn Beck, Barr compared 9/11 “Truthers” to people demanding the truth about what happened at Waco. “We gotta move beyond that. I mean there are real problems facing us and the world that we can actually [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Bob Barr Money Bomb: July 2

June 12th, 2008 · 19 Comments

Supporters of Bob Barr have independently organized a “money bomb” for their candidate on July 2. The Web site BarrBomb.com is taking donation pledges now. There is no stated monetary goal of the money bomb, but donors are asked to contribute $10, $25, $50 or $100. The design of the Web site may give some [...]

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Ralph Nader takes on the NBA

June 12th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader saw the “injustice” of Game 6 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Kings and the Lakers, and asked to speak with NBA Commissioner David Stern about it. Stern, a huge contributor to the Democratic Party, refused to speak with Nader. Now, allegations are coming out that the [...]

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Tags: Independents

Republicans won’t embrace Kelleher

June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As we reported earlier this month, Bob Kelleher won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana. That’s unusual because Kelleher has been a long-time Green Party activist and frequent candidate for office. But, according to the Missoulian, it’s not over just yet. Patty Lovaas, one of the Republicans that Kelleher defeated, has decided to [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents

Fusion candidate asks: What is a peace voter to do?

June 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Kevin Zeese, who ran for US Senate from Maryland in 2006, has written a piece at Op Ed News asking this very question. The headline calls Zeese a fusion candidate because he tried to run for Senate as the nominee of the Green, Libertarian and Populist parties, only to see the state legislature outlaw fusion, [...]

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Tags: Green Party

New Mexico Green sets sights on utility commission

June 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Rick Lass, a Green in New Mexico, has announced that he is in the running for a seat on that state’s Public Regulation Commission. According to an article by the Associated Press, Lass will have to gather about 1400 signatures in the next two weeks to secure a spot on the ballot. The only other [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Barrett plans to publicly challenge Dem incumbent over impeachment

June 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Libertarian Party congressional hopeful in Wisconsin’s 3rd district, Dr. Kevin Barrett, will attend Democratic incumbent Ron Kind’s public “listening session” on Friday. Barrett plans to ask Rep. Kind whether he intends to support Dennis Kucinich’s articles of impeachment against President Bush. Barrett says Bush must be impeached soon before he can pardon Scooter Libby, Tom [...]

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Ariz. independent for Congress says offshore drilling worth consideration if it gets us off ‘foreign oil’

June 12th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Press release from Brent Maupin for Congress: Sedona, AZ (June 11, 2008) – Businessman, author and candidate for US Congress in Arizona’s 1st congressional district, Brent Maupin, commented on published news reports that Congress is going to look at offshore oil drilling. According to the reports, US Rep. John Peterson is pushing for an amendment [...]

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Tags: Independents