Stop me if you heard this one before

September 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments

Posted by Andrew Davis at LP Blog
Speaking at Stu Bykofsky’s annual “Candidates’ Comedy Night,” Barr brought down the house with a comedy routine riddled with local jabs, self-deprecation and even a few swipes at his opponents McCain and Obama.
“There are actually folks out there that think I don’t like John McCain,” jokes Barr. “That’s [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

MSM, Daily KOS smear Palin for links to Alaska Independence Party

September 1st, 2008 · 62 Comments

Republican VP hopeful Sarah Palin’s ties to third parties have been covered here and here. But the mainstream media — as well as the left-wing blogosphere — do not view Ms. Palin’s connections to the Alaska Independence Party quite as favorably.
Thanks to Eric Dondero of the Libertarian Republican blog for the tip.
Alaska Independence Party candidate [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Nader penetrates Idaho ballot access barriers for first time

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News reports:

Ralph Nader’s success in getting on the Idaho ballot is noteworthy, because this had been one state in which he had never before been on the ballot. There are now only 4 states in which Nader has never been on the ballot: Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
In the past, and also [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

IPR Exclusive: Bob Bird on Sarah Palin

September 1st, 2008 · 19 Comments

From Alaska Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Bob Bird:
To the IPR Crew:
More on Palin and the Alaskan Independence Party.
Sarah indeed gave a brief DVD speech for the AIP faithful back in March, which I attended, along with conservative Republican Dave Cuddy, as we both were sending out feelers for a Senate run. Cuddy was [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Barr campaign/supporters working to knock other parties off the ballot?

September 1st, 2008 · 14 Comments

In a telephone conversation, Boston Tea Party Presidential candidate Charles Jay told me that individual(s) associated with the Barr campaign and/or known Barr supporters are working to remove the Objectivist and Boston Tea parties from state ballots by challenging their electors.
He also alludes to it on his blog,
The Boston Tea Party of Florida, [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Gloria LaRiva (PSL) is in New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav bears down

September 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

From the PSL website, by way of Ballot Access News. Malik Rahim, who is mentioned in the article, is a Green Party candidate for Congress.
Socialist Party candidate Brian Moore also told me that the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office will not allow late filings on account of the hurricane.
All of New Orleans will [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Greens compare McKinney/Clemente and Obama/Biden on US war policies, impeachment, environment, and energy

September 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 1, 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 promote ‘Peace Slate’ and call Obama/Biden the ‘faux antiwar’ ticket, citing Obama’s record and warhawk positions on military funding, US troops in Afghanistan, threats against Iran; McKinney speaks out on Dems’ complicity [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Dennis Kucinich calls for impeachment, and calls for 1,000,000 to sign petition

September 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

While Dennis Kucinich is a Democrat, many third party candidates have joined him in his attempt to impeach president George W. Bush. He has already entered 35 articles of impeachment into the House record, gotten John Conyers to convene a hearing on impeachment, and now on September 10th he will present a petition [...]

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Tags: Independents