In an editorial, the Las Vegas Review-Journal writes, “The 2008 presidential debates were formalized and scheduled Thursday, sending party loyalists and political junkies scrambling to their calendars. But Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Ted Weill, Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader weren’t among the millions fired up for the nationally televised contests. Like those of [...]
Las Vegas Review-Journal backs broader debates
August 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Independents · Third parties, general
American Independent Party wants McCain off California ballot
August 23rd, 2008 · 15 Comments
Legal NewsLine reports that the American Independent Party is seeking to have John McCain’s name removed from the presidential ballot in California, arguing “in court papers that federal law would bar the former Vietnam War POW from taking office were he to be elected in November because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties
Barr says Libertarians ‘understand the Constitution’
August 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
At a Libertarian Party of Georgia fundraiser Saturday evening, presidential nominee Bob Barr said the “current two-party political system has left Americans “wandering in a constitutional wilderness,’†the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Barr said, “The government now wants to subject us to full-body X-rays just to board a plane. The only way you have [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Georgia Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Buckley focuses on debt
August 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
In Sunday’s edition, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiles Georgia Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Allen Buckley, “a metro Atlanta attorney and CPA,†who “believes he has an issue that’s a winner — if he can only get voters to pay attention.†Buckley says the U.S. “is burying itself in debt, creating a crushing financial burden for [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Party for Socialism and Liberation ’salutes’ McKinney, Sheehan
August 23rd, 2008 · 8 Comments
On its website, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, “itself fighting to obtain ballot status for presidential candidate Gloria La Riva in a number of U.S. states, salutes Cindy Sheehan and Cynthia McKinney for their successful efforts at securing ballot access for their candidacies.†The PSL says McKinney and Sheehan “bring much-needed progressive voices [...]
Tags: Green Party · Independents · Socialist/left parties
LP criticizes Biden’s opposition to making English ‘national language’
August 23rd, 2008 · 43 Comments
The Libertarian Party — which nominated former CIA employee, federal prosecutor, Republican congressman, and lobbyist Bob Barr as its presidential candidate — has sent out an email criticizing Barack Obama’s newly announced runningmate Joe Biden as a “Congress critter” who has only worked four years in the private sector.
The LP, speaking on behalf of its [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
