Thomas Knapp endorses Gravel’s National Initiative

August 12th, 2008 · 78 Comments

Press release from Tom Knapp:
Earlier this year, former US Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) left the Democratic Party’s presidential race to instead seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party. While that party passed him over in favor of former US Representative Bob Barr (R-GA), his ideas seem to be catching on with Libertarians.
The [...]

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Penn Jillette comes out for LP ticket

August 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Hotline On Call reports on Penn Jillette’s not-entirely-unexpected endorsement of the Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root Libertarian ticket.

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Chuck Baldwin on his heroes

August 12th, 2008 · 43 Comments

Chuck Baldwin recently penned an article about his historical heroes, which includes his favorite presidents, founding fathers, Christians, and southerners. Some of the picks that may raise Constitutionalist and Libertarian eyebrows include John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.

How can anyone not like Teddy Roosevelt? He is an American legend, the hero of San Juan [...]

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Zogby poll to include many third-party candidates

August 12th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Zogby and WorldNetDaily have commissioned a poll which will include Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Alan Keyes, and Cynthia McKinney to be performed this weekend. Joseph Farah is the founder and chief-editor of WorldNetDaily, where this story is originating, and is also the self-proclaimed leader of the “None of the Above” movement in 2008, [...]

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Barrett can’t espouse ’socialist ideas’ and still claim to be libertarian, says opponent

August 12th, 2008 · 90 Comments

Ben Olson III; a 55-year-old bartender, construction worker, and sawmill owner; will challenge the controversial 9/11 Truther Kevin Barrett for the Libertarian Party’s nomination in Wisconsin’s 3rd district. But Olson is not opposing Barrett based on his 9/11 theories, but for what he considers to be Barrett’s support for “socialist ideas.”
“He can’t espouse socialist ideas [...]

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Controversial Libertarian candidate Kevin Barrett suggests he might vote for Cynthia McKinney

August 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Gail’s Tails reports
In a letter to the editior in the Capitol Times, Libertarian Congressional Candidate, Kevin Barrett looks like he is voting for Cynthia McKinney.
Also, note that there are a number of good third-party candidates this year, including Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr and Green Party sensation Cynthia McKinney, who has twice the brains and [...]

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Barr misses Maine deadline

August 12th, 2008 · 27 Comments

Hot on the heels of the failure in West Virginia (additional discussion at Ballot Access News and Last Free Voice), Ballot Access News reports:

On the deadline date of August 8, Bob Barr submitted a total of 3,200 signatures to various town and city clerks in Maine. State law requires 4,000 valid signatures to get on [...]

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Bob Barr opposes Cuban embargo

August 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

via BlueCarp
At a fund raising event Sunday night in Littleton, Colorado, Libertarian nominee for president Bob Barr told a group of supporters, “I am against the Cuban embargo.”
Barr, smoking a non-Cuban cigar in the backyard of Travis Nicks, Libertarian Party of Colorado Chairman, said he would lift the embargo against Cuba as President.
Barr told the [...]

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It’s official: Cindy Sheehan is on the ballot to challenge Speaker Pelosi

August 12th, 2008 · 15 Comments

Ballot Access News reports that Cindy Sheehan got only a couple of hundred more valid signatures than required, placing her officially on the ballot.
The Sheehan campaign collected about 20,000 raw signatures, after a last minute push.

San Francisco election officials today certified Cindy Sheehan for the November ballot against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She had [...]

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Nader calls for crackdown on corporate crime, reversal of so-called war on drugs

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Press Release
from the Nader campaign.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8–At a news conference today Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader outlined his plan to empty prisons of non-violent drug offenders and fill them up with corporate criminals.
“Non-violent drug offenses are being over prosecuted and corporate crime is being under prosecuted,” Nader said. “The Justice Department must begin to reverse [...]

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Bob Barr condemns bungled police raid as example of unaccountable law enforcement agencies

August 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Press Release from the Barr campaign. This one may be of particular interest given Barr’s professional background, which is described in the last paragraph.

Atlanta, GA — “We typically make fun of bungled police operations by saying they were conducted by the gang that couldn’t shoot straight,” notes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate [...]

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Greens contrast energy and climate proposals with Democrats and Republicans

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Press release from the national Green Party
America needs the Green Party’s solutions to energy and global warming crises, not the Obama or McCain plans, say Greens
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, August 11, 2008
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Greens call rise of gas prices and demand [...]

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Nader to stage rallies outside DNC and RNC conventions

August 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Posted at the VoteNader.org blog
On Wednesday, August 27, right during the heart of the Democratic National Convention, we will be holding a Super Rally for 5,000-7,000 people at the University of Denver Magness Arena. (Check out our new Nader/Gonzalez video promoting our rallies here.)
And we’ll be hosting a second super rally in Minneapolis on September [...]

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Bob Barr calls for federal airline tax refunds

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Press release from Barr campaign.
Original at http://www.bobbarr2008.com/press/press-releases/83/bob-barr-calls-for-federal-airline-tax-refunds/

“Airline fares are rocketing upward, along with higher fuel prices,” notes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. “And so are government taxes. Yet even if you cancel the ticket, you still get stuck with the tax. And if you change your flight, you get [...]

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