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Daniel Larison changes endorsement, from Barr to Baldwin

September 30th, 2008 · 25 Comments

Daniel Larison is a well-known blogger in paleoconservative circles and runs the highly-trafficked blog “Eunomia“,which is supported by The American Conservative. Larison is highly regarded as a paleoconservative luminary and was previously supporting Bob Barr, until snubgate that is. Now he has endorsed Chuck Baldwin. The objective in supporting Barr was supposed to be that [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr has two new books coming out

September 30th, 2008 · 56 Comments

From an email from from Barr campaign manager Russell Verney: When joining the campaign, I told Bob that I would require a few things for him. First, I needed a campaign book that was extensive and made clear his libertarian values and how those solutions would put America back on the right track. That book, [...]

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Bob Barr blasts bailout in new campaign video

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted at Bob Barr blog Bob (Barr) talks about the bailout plan and wonders why the Feds are just now trying to take on the issue when they’ve know about the problem for years. Bob says it makes no sense to give them $1 trillion to do create the same problem all over again. He [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Nader event available live at 9:30 pm EST

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

That’s ten minutes from when I’m posting this. Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be livestreaming a talk about the bailout. Watch it here. The description from an email: Then tonight, sit back and watch a live feed of Ralph Nader’s speech to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club at 9:30 p.m. EST. Topic A: The [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cynthia McKinney on 9/11 truth, Operation Northwoods, and COINTELPRO

September 30th, 2008 · 50 Comments

911blogger.com reports At a house party in Amherst, NH, Cynthia McKinney responded to questions about the war games that were taking place on 9/11. She also discussed Operation Northwoods, COINTELPRO, and the 9/11 Commission Report.

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Tags: Green Party

Independent mayor of New York seeks third term

September 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments

The New York Times reports that “after months of speculation about his political future, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Thursday morning that he will seek a third term as mayor, according to three people who have been told of his plans.” However, a current term limit law is preventing him from doing [...]

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Tags: Independents

Ralph Nader endorses ThirdPartyTicket.com

September 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Independent candidate Ralph Nader has endorsed Trevor Lyman’s proposed alternative debate, joining Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin: Trevor Lyman is the man who organized the Ron Paul money bombs. One Lyman money bomb raised $4 million in one day. Another raised $6 million in one day. Now, Lyman is at it again. Lyman wants to [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Bob Barr in Reason Magazine counter-debate, Fox News, American Spectator, Politico Gameday and New York Times

September 30th, 2008 · 23 Comments

Bob Barr blog reports that video of the Reason magazine counter-debate with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr is now available: In other Barr news, the blog has video of the candidate on the Fox program Your World with Neil Cavuto: Barr has five campaign stops in the Charleston, SC area today, and has been [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Baldwin campaign on board with Thirdpartyticket.com

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

An email to Chuck Baldwin‘s supporters: Dear Baldwin Supporter, Did watching the first  Obama/ McCain presidential debate leave you wondering how Americans could possibly choose either one of these die-hard socialists? If you’re like millions of Americans who realize ‘the fix is in’ on limiting the debates to the 2 evils we’re told we [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Trevor Lyman’s ThirdPartyTicket.com more than half way to 10,000 pledge goal for organizing alternative Presidential debates

September 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Trevor Lyman is more than half way towards his goal of raising 10,000 pledges to stage a debate with all the candidates who are on enough state ballots to have a mathematical chance of winning the election. Lyman is previously known for organizing Ron Paul’s money bombs. Currently, ThirdPartyTicket.com lists the number of people who [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Green Party VP candidate Rosa Clemente at the RNC

September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Via Green Party Watch

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Socialist Party candidate Brian Moore to be interviewed on RevolutionBroadcasting.com

September 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Tonight at 8PM EST I will have Socialist party Presidential candidate Brian Moore. Once again if you have any questions for Mr. Moore I will try to add them to the interview. http://www.nks2008.com

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Chuck Baldwin song performed by Rick Ellis

September 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

A new video posted on the front page of Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin‘s website:

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Ralph Nader closing in on $3 million raised

September 30th, 2008 · 11 Comments

According to Ralph Nader’s campaign blog We’re just $25,000 from reaching the $3 million mark. Three million dollars for the year! That might be peanuts to McCain and Obama. But it’s real nutrition for Nader/Gonzalez. And it’s literally three times what any other third party or independent campaign has raised so far this year.

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Tags: Independents

Libertarian Party of Alabama Chair Stephen Gordon speaks out about gas price gouging laws, gas shortages, and the Wall Street bailout proposal

September 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

In a pair of press releases, Libertarian Party of Alabama chair Stephen Gordon addresses the Wall Street bailout proposal that was narrowly defeated yesterday in Congress, as well as the gas shortages currently taking place in Georgia and several Southeastern states. Gordon blames gas shortages on anti-price gouging laws which several states have passed, pointing [...]

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Cynthia McKinney says 5,000 black men were suspiciously murdered during Hurricane Katrina

September 30th, 2008 · 35 Comments

According to McKinney, the names of 5,000 black men who disappeared during Hurricane Katrina are contained in a Pentagon computer. She claims the men were prisoners whose bodies were dumped in a swamp.

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Tags: Green Party

Independent Pennsylvanians invites activists to attend press conference

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier today, the group Independent Pennsylvanians alerted its supporters to a press conference it will be holding in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital, next Wednesday. The press conference is in support of a bill that would introduce open primaries to Pennsylvania. They are urging everyone who is available to come. A press release was also sent out: [...]

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Tags: Independents

Keyes running mate: ‘No way’ a Christian could vote for Obama

September 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A story on Monday’s Fox News Special Report, on ministers challenging IRS regulations on candidate endorsements from the pulpit, featured the Rev. Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist of Buena Park, California, who is the vice presidential nominee of America’s Independent Party. Drake was shown saying, “According to my Bible and in my opinion, there’s [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Libertarian Cole ‘makes his mark’ in North Carolina race

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A generally favorable piece on North Carolina Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Chris Cole runs in the Kinston Free Press under the headline “Christopher Cole Makes His Mark On U.S. Senate Campaign.” The article mainly focuses on Cole’s poll showings — seven percent in one recent survey — and on North Carolina Libertarian campaigns in general. [...]

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Bob Barr debate event at Reason

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A brief interview with Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr, done by Liz Glover of Wonkette, begins around two minutes into this clip. The first two minutes consist of a rather bizarre interview with an unidentified Barr supporter, which primarily deals with Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin.

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party