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 endorse one candidate.
“‘We need today, now, 55 days before this election, bold, focused, specific leadership and that is not the amorphous kind that says any of the above or none of the above,’ Barr said. Barr said he had asked Paul to join him as his running mate on the Libertarian Party ticket while his current running mate, Wayne Root would step aside. ‘We don’t anticipate that he will,’ Barr said.”
23 responses so far ↓
1 darolew // Sep 10, 2008 at 11:57 pm
This is the first time I’ve seen MSM report that Barr skipped the conference.
2 G.E. // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:01 am
They’re probably reading IPR.
Finally tally for today:
IPR 19,335 page views; 9,494 visits
TPW: 8,629 page views; 5,067 visits
The Redpath junta is not happy with us.
3 Peter Orvetti // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:11 am
More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-thirdparty11-2008sep11,0,1874271.story
4 Peter Orvetti // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:11 am
I think my writing for IPR and LFV has ruined any chance I had of a career within the LP establishment…
5 G.E. // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:13 am
I’m still hoping Redpath taps me to be the new ED!
6 Fred Church Ortiz // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:15 am
I think my writing for IPR and LFV has ruined any chance I had of a career within the LP establishment…
The light euphoric sensation you are experiencing is called “relief”.
7 Trent Hill // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:18 am
HAHA.
Yea, and im hoping McCain appoints me to a cabinet position!
8 darolew // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:25 am
“More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-thirdparty11-2008sep11,0,1874271.story“
This struck me as interesting:
“Although liberal Nader, conservative Barr and libertarian Paul are strange ideological bedfellows…”
The article identified Paul, a Republican, as libertarian while identifying Barr, a Libertarian, as a conservative. And who says the movement hasn’t made any progress?
9 Fred Church Ortiz // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:26 am
Good catch darolew, I missed that.
10 G.E. // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:29 am
You know, the focus has been on Barr, Nader, McKinney, and Baldwin… Not Ron Paul.
What a heroic and great act today to forge a “Populist Alliance” against the Power Elite.
Of course, the LP, dominated by libertine elitists, has no interest in such an alliance. But this, and not Milnes’s idiotic “Progressive” strategy is the future. We need to convince the Greens and the Naderites and, to a lesser extent, the Libertarians and Constitutionalists, that DECENTRALISM is the key issue. Knock everything down to the state level and let some states go the way of the Greens, other the way of the CP, etc. No more neocon/neoliberal centralized police state directing everyone’s lives.
11 Spence // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:30 am
Most professional piece on this site. And G.E. even predictably whipped out the pageviews again.
12 G.E. // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:37 am
Thanks for complimenting Peter Orvetti, probably our best writer here at IPR (no offense to any others, who are all great).
Thanks for dissing me and the others while adding to that page count. You’re here for some reason and not at TPW, so thanks.
13 Trent Hill // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:38 am
Spence,
Pageviews are important. If this site doesnt succeed, it ceases to be a viable outlet for third-party news. But large obviously we are doing our jobs. I intend to make our election day coverage the best in the nation.
14 darolew // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:39 am
“We need to convince the Greens and the Naderites and, to a lesser extent, the Libertarians and Constitutionalists, that DECENTRALISM is the key issue.”
I agree.
“And G.E. even predictably whipped out the pageviews again.”
Well, I think he (and the rest of the IPR writers) have a right to brag. They created a popular site in a short period of time.
15 G.E. // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:41 am
We could have a left-right-center unified national party to run federal candidates who agreed on decentralism.
16 Spence // Sep 11, 2008 at 12:44 am
A) I know how important pageviews are and B) Comparing yourselves to TPW is a joke. TPW is a joke, period. At least if I read a heavily biased article written by G.E. here, I know enough about it to do a truly independent readup myself.
17 Peter Orvetti // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:08 am
Still more:
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/09/libertarians_ca.html
18 sunshinebatman // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:09 am
This is what the Libertarian Party would be doing if there were more sane people involved.
We could have a left-right-center unified national party to run federal candidates who agreed on decentralism.
19 Peter Orvetti // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:10 am
Even more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091003463.html
20 darolew // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:14 am
“We could have a left-right-center unified national party to run federal candidates who agreed on decentralism.”
It could be called the Nullifier Party. =P
Not that such a good idea would ever work out.
21 Spence // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:30 am
It should be becoming pretty obvious to people by now that the LP is dead by now, so why not?
22 Spence // Sep 11, 2008 at 1:30 am
*Extraneous “by now.”
23 inDglass // Sep 11, 2008 at 6:54 pm
This is the first time an article about Ron Paul has been featured in the Indianapolis Star. I really think Paul’s effort was a big success.
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