Ralph Nader has issued a direct appeal to Ron Paul supporters, lauding Ron Paul’s commitment to principle and asking them to consider supporting Nader/Gonzalez. Below is the full text:
Today, along with other third party candidates, I joined Congressman Ron Paul to endorse a common agenda that stands up for the US Constitution by ending illegal [...]
Ralph Nader to Ron Paul supporters: I’m not for ‘big government’
September 10th, 2008 · 27 Comments
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AP on Paul event and Barr
September 10th, 2008 · 23 Comments
From the AP:
“[Rep. Ron Paul] appeared at a news conference with three third-party candidates: independent Ralph Nader; former Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party candidate; and Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate. Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate, was invited but said at his own news conference later that he declined because Paul didn’t [...]
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Snubgate: A recap of IPR’s coverage concerning Bob Barr’s no-show and the subsequent fall-out
September 10th, 2008 · Comments Off
Day One
Barr ‘embarrasses LP’ by no-show at Ron Paul press event
Libertarians left out of third-party consensus: Anti-war, pro-privacy, anti-debt, anti-Fed
Shane Cory to Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty: ‘Go F**k Yourself’
Barr says he shows ‘leadership’ in dissing Ron Paul
Barr didn’t want to be on stage ‘with people like McKinney’
Bob Barr’s national field director attacks Ron Paul [...]
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Schansberg applauds Paul’s call to address issues and to vote third-party
September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Dr. Eric Schansberg, who is running for U.S. Congress in Indiana’s 9th district, has issued a statement endorsing Campaign for Liberty’s four-point unity platform.
Schansberg commented, “All of these are vital issues which are either ignored or made worse by most politicians in the major parties. For example, the public sees gas prices as the most [...]
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Ron Paul press conference on Nader’s YouTube channel
September 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Ralph Nader, who attended the Campaign for Liberty announcement today with Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Cynthia McKinney — but not Bob Barr — has posted videos of the event at his YouTube channel.
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Third parties, general
Chuck Baldwin on Lou Dobbs
September 10th, 2008 · 46 Comments
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Chuck Baldwin appeared tonight on the Lou Dobbs show for a couple of minutes accompanied by Monica Ramos, the wife of imprisoned border patrol agent Ignacio Ramos. Lou Dobbs is hosting a series of shows called the “Independent Convention”, where he accuses the two major parties of colluding the destroy our country via open [...]
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LP blog asks supporters to ‘consider the facts and not rely on blogs for your news’
September 10th, 2008 · 49 Comments
A new blog entry has been written by Robert Kraus, Acting Executive Director of the Libertarian Party. Kraus responds to what he says are the concerns of many LP members over presidential candidate Bob Barr’s non-attendance at the Paul/Baldwin/McKinney/Nader press conference earlier today, criticizing Ron Paul’s staff and supporters close to it for “games” [...]
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Charles Jay endorses Campaign for Liberty’s four-point platform
September 10th, 2008 · 23 Comments
While Bob Barr didn’t want to be seen “with people like [Cynthia] McKinney,” Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Charles Jay is more than happy to endorse the Campaign for Liberty’s four-point platform:
“The statement calls for four things that all freedom-loving Americans should be able to agree on,” says Jay. “A sane foreign policy, seizing back [...]
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Campaign for Liberty official says he’s ‘never seen Dr. Paul so angry’ over Barr’s back-out
September 10th, 2008 · 71 Comments
From United for Liberty:
I spoke to Don Rasmussen personally just a moment ago and he confirms everything that’s been reported so far. He has never seen Dr. Paul so angry and is saddened by the possible repercussions of Barr’s actions on the freedom movement. Shane Cory did indeed tell Don to go f*ck [...]
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Bob Barr’s national field director attacks Ron Paul on MySpace blog
September 10th, 2008 · 54 Comments
Bob Barr 2008 National Field Director Mike Ferguson says Ron Paul showed a “complete lack of leadership” today, and “has, again, blown a tremendous opportunity to lead and advance the agenda of the Constitution, and individual liberty.”
Ferguson insinuates that Ron Paul’s campaign was ego-driven and not really about the issues. He also says that in [...]
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Nader and Paul to appear together on CNN later today
September 10th, 2008 · 9 Comments
At 4:15pm EST, both Ron Paul and Ralph Nader will appear on CNN. They will be interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, and will most likely be talking about their joint press conference today. The interview will last about 15 minutes, so tune in!
Tags: Independents · Third parties, general
In press release, 3rd District winner praises opponent and sets sights on Kind
September 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments
A press release and open letter from the Kevin Barrett campaign:
Kevin Barrett, the apparent winner of the 3rd District Libertarian
congressional primary with over 59% of the vote, thanked opponent Ben
Olson for what he called “a terrific campaign.” “Ben Olson is a
wonderful guy, and I’m glad this campaign gave me a chance to get [...]
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Barr didn’t want to be on stage ‘with people like McKinney’
September 10th, 2008 · 45 Comments
So says LP spokesman and recent college grad Andrew Davis.
“Barr is not a minor party candidate,” Davis says. “Barr is a major player this year.”
See Last Free Voice for more.
Tags: Green Party · Libertarian Party
Barr says he shows ‘leadership’ in dissing Ron Paul
September 10th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Bob Barr invited Ron Paul to be his vice-presidential candidate, replacing pro-Afghanistan surger Wayne Allyn Root, and when Paul said no, Barr decided to ditch the press event he originally agreed to attend. His campaign is spinning this as “leadership to unify the liberty movement.”
Unwilling to appear on stage with fellow third-party aspirants Ralph Nader, [...]
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Barr-Root on the ballot in Rhode Island
September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Via Eric Dondero, Libertarian Republican:
Mike Rollins has informed me, and Sean Haugh has verified a few minutes ago, that the Libertarian Party is now a ballot qualified Party in the State of Rhode Island. The SoS website is listing the LP as such as of this morning.
This makes me feel very good, since I [...]
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