Update: Paul will keep name on ballot in Virginia

August 19th, 2008 · 89 Comments

Congressman Ron Paul has made a decision about keeping his name on the ballot as Mike Bloomberg’s vice president. Of course, the decision only affects voters in Virginia, who have the choice of voting for a Bloomberg/Paul ticket due to the Independent Green Party.
Paul’s spokesman, Jesse Benton, said:
“We’re not going to take any action [...]

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Tags: Independents

Baldwin wishes Corsi had time to write McCain book to mirror ‘Obama Nation’

August 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

In happily accepting the endorsement of his presidential campaign from best-selling author of Obama Nation, Jerome Corsi, Chuck Baldwin says, “I just wish that Jerry had time to write an exposé on John McCain, because no one else among America’s national journalists has the intention (much less the integrity) of doing it, and McCain is [...]

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Barr stands with South Ossetia; against neocons and foreign aid to Georgia

August 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments

“The Saakashvili government in Georgia made a foolish mistake by initiating hostilities in its breakaway province of South Ossetia,” says Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr in a press release entitled No Foreign Aid for Georgian War. “American taxpayers should not have to pay for that mistake. After all, they already are paying $10 [...]

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Bloomberg is running for President? And Paul is on the ballot, too!?

August 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments

New York’s billionaire mayor is not launching an unexpected bid for the White House. He is, however, on the Virginia ballot as a candidate for president, with Ron Paul as his vice president. More incredible is the fact that this happened without the knowledge of either Bloomberg or Paul.
This surprise move for what [...]

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Tags: Independents

Modern Whig Party adds Michigan Chapter

August 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

In a press release, the Modern Whig Party has announced the addition of a new chapter in Michigan. That brings their grand total to “12 state affiliates… more than 10,000 official members.” The press release profiles their new Michigan chairman, Samuel S. Cummings, as,
“an executive in the private security sector and is also [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Nader’s PFP Acceptance Speech is Online

August 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Earlier this month, Ralph Nader was nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party of California. That is how he achieved ballot access in California, and Nader will be on the Peace and Freedom Party ballot there, instead of being listed as an independent. A video of his acceptance speech was posted by polidocproductions [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

Mary Ruwart condemns ‘elitists’ within LP; says young and poor are ‘Liberty’s Natural Constituents’

August 19th, 2008 · 50 Comments

In a blog posted to her MySpace page, Dr. Mary Ruwart — who challenged Bob Barr for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and was leading on the fifth of six ballots — questions whether her party is “snubbing” its most ardent supporters: the “have-nots.”
Dr. Ruwart says “Liberty’s Natural Constituents” have always been the young and [...]

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