A reliable source tells George Phillies that LNC, Inc. will be filing suit to replace him on the New Hampshire ballot with Bob Barr. Angela Keaton says National Chairman Bill Redpath has authorized the suit. Three of six New Hampshire State Executive Committee members voted to join the suit. George Phillies says: The LPNH State [...]

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Socialist Action has told given its take on the 2008 elections in two articles, one entitled The 2008 Elections: The Socialist View and the other The 2008 Elections: Does it Pay to Back the ‘Lesser Evil’. The Socialist View could apply to any given election, defining them in terms of class interests. It focuses on [...]

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Third Party Watch owner and Libertarian National Convention keynote speaker Richard Viguerie offers the following advice to John McCain in an open letter sent to various Christian and right-wing Web sites: Dear Senator McCain: The buzz in recent days has been that some of your key aides were calling national and state GOP leaders to [...]

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In an email to its supporters, the Nader campaign gives the world its first glimpse into Nader’s much-hyped “super rally.” The event in Denver was planned to protest the Democratic convention and to help get Nader into the debates. The email from the campaign is posted below, with a link to Free Speech TV. Last [...]

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Reposted upon request and with permission of Mr. Seth Cohn: This is written for those with little or no background in this issue, which includes many LNCers, and perhaps some of the current LPNH Exec Comm. I’m going to highlight important points with *this*. Let’s start our timeline back a bit, but not too far [...]

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Due to errors on the part of Republicans and Democrats, both McCain and Obama have failed to file ballot access papers in Texas. Bob Barr, the Libertarian nominee for president, will therefore be the only candidate on the ballot in November. Other independents and minor party candidates have qualified as write-in candidates. This includes Ralph [...]

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In an email to his supporters, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader announced that he will be appearing on Amy Goodman’s show Democracy Now! tomorrow at 9 am EST. The show can also be seen live and throughout the day on Democracy Now!’s website. It can also be heard on various radio stations throughout the nation. [...]

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The verdict is in: Alan Keyes will remain on the California ballot as the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party. A lawsuit brought forward by Jim King, Chairman of the AIP faction that met in Los Angeles last month to nominate Chuck Baldwin for President and maintain the state party’s affiliation with the Constitution [...]

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According to an update from his campaign, Dr. Michael Munger, the Libertarian candidate for Governor of North Carolina, has accepted an invitation to two upcoming televised debates: UNC-TV will hold two gubernatorial debates, Sept 24 and Oct 8. Happily (and wisely), they have invited all three candidates for that office. Mike has accepted the UNC-TV [...]

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Darryl W. Perry, write-in candidate in the Alabama Senate race, has announced some new endorsements. They are Angela Keaton, of AntiWar Radio and the LNC, and Douglass Gaking, president of the Boston Tea Party Indiana and host of IndyTruth Radio. This adds to the previous endorsements of Paul Congress, the Boston Tea Party, Christians for [...]

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Responding to an earlier request by GM, Chrysler, and Ford seeking $25 billion in loans from the federal government (a figure recently raised to $50 billion), Socialist Party USA Vice-Presidential nominee Stewart Alexander has upped the ante and called for an even larger sum, along with his own plan for a socialist reshaping of the [...]

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Alexander Cockburn, editor of CounterPunch, has written a “CounterPunch Diary” critique of Senator Joe Biden that scathes the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee for his connections to the banking industry, his apparent vanity, and his foreign policy. In further discussing foreign policy, the piece contains a surprising comment on the third party field (from a [...]

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In an interview with the Peoria Pundit, the national chairman of the Modern Whig Party explains what his party is and why it exists. Lebowitz explains that it is neither here nor there on the political spectrum, and it opens its arms to whomever would like to join. It strives to replace liberalism and conservatism [...]

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Earlier this week, the Libertarian Party issued an email criticizing Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate. Among the reasons given for Biden being a bad choice were his opposition to English as a national language, his support for equal treatment under the law for gun manufacturers (a view former LP presidential [...]

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“There are a hundred problems with Biden,” says LewRockwell.com columnist and blogger, Anthony Gregory, “but his opposition to making English the official language is not, in any event, at the top of the list.” Gregory is making reference to an earlier report by IPR which highlighted the LP’s criticism of Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden [...]

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A prominent Libertarian candidate, who asked to remain anonymous, sent us this shocking local news clip.

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Black Box Voting, of “Hacking Democracy” fame, sent out an email to its supporters this week asking them to volunteer. Not for the organization, but to volunteer as tech support for voting machine vendors on Election Day. Responsible citizens doing this helps ensure that voting goes smoothly and there are no errors or hacking. The [...]

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Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr participated in a Washingtonpost.com chat last Thursday. The discussion dealt with FISA, energy policy, and other issues. Asked if be would appear at Rep. Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic on September 2, Barr replied, “I have not received an invitation to Ron Paul’s event in Minneapolis. It is my [...]

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According to Recreate68.com, Green presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney was one of the speakers at a Sunday rally in Denver calling on the U.S. to “end all illegal imperialist occupations in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Hawaii, North America, and others.” Green vice presidential nominee Rosa Clemente and independent California Eighth District U.S. House hopeful [...]

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In a Zogby online survey of 2,248 likely voters nationally, conducted August 23-24 (+/- 2.1%), Libertarian Bob Barr is at four percent in the presidential race, with Green Cynthia McKinney and independent Ralph Nader each at one percent. Barack Obama is at 45%, John McCain 42%.

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