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Actor Daniel Sunjata endorses Cynthia McKinney

October 1st, 2008 · 28 Comments

H/T Green Party Watch

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Pennsylvania Republican lawsuit to remove Bob Barr from the ballot causes ballot printing problems

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Posted at We are Central PA by way of Bob Barr Blog BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY – Last month a Pennsylvania judge denied a request by the Cumberland County Republican Chairman to remove Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr’s name from the ballot. That chairman is taking an appeal to a higher court in this state, and [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Independent socialist among few Senators to vote no on bailout

October 1st, 2008 · 56 Comments

Following Monday’s historic defeat of the “billionaire bailout for Wall Street,” the Senate took up the fight to fleece the taxpayer to an even greater degree — adding “sweeteners” to the bill to soften congressional opposition. Rejecting public opinion polls that show a vast majority oppose the principle of a bailout, the Senate passed the [...]

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Tags: Independents

Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Wayne Root: Just say No to trillion dollar bailout

October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted at Root For America I’ve stated for months now on hundreds of talk radio shows across the USA that Republicans and Democrats have morphed into the same party- I call them big and bigger, dumb and dumber. McCain and Obama offer the same ideas- just with a slightly different right or left tilt. They [...]

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New campaign video from John Murphy, Independent for Congress

October 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Made for the John Murphy campaign by IPR’s own Ross Levin. Murphy is running in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District.

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Tags: Independents

Green Party Congressional candidate Dennis Spisak: green jobs programs work across the country, why not Ohio?

October 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted at newmenu.org by Dennis Spisak As Green Party Candidate for Congress in the 6th district, I have read reports of Green Job programs springing up all over the country. Why not Ohio? Why not the 6th District? Is it because Charlie Wilson is told what to do by the coal lobbyists? What is the [...]

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Bob Barr on privacy

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Posted at Bob Barr blog Bob goes into how our liberties have been put at stake by the Bush Administration and Congress, under both Republicans and Democrats. He blasts the recent FISA law and say, “When government grows so large that it knows virtually everything a person is doing, then you have no freedom.”

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Tags: Libertarian Party

League of Women Voters hosts open debate in PA’s 16th

October 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

The League of Women Voters hosted a debate between Congressional candidates in Pennyslvania’s 16th District. Independent John Murphy, Constitution Party candidate Dan Frank, Democrat Bruce Slater, and the Republican incumbent Joe Pitts attended. The video is posted below. If the video doesn’t work, you can watch it here.

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents

Scotty Boman video touts non-intervention, Constitution, free markets

October 1st, 2008 · 33 Comments

Michigan Libertarian for U.S. Senate Scotty Boman has released a new YouTube video touting his support for a non-interventionist foreign policy, a federal government that does not exceed the authority granted to it by the Constitution, and the legalization of competing currencies, among other issues.

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Salt Lake City Weekly covers the race for third

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

From the Salt Blog The third party presidential candidates are escalating their campaigns to fight exclusion and garner mainstream attention. A common thread within these candidates is their opposition to the Wall Street bailout package. Ralph Nader, Independent candidate, has been particularly busy. Before the debate, supporters were encouraged to “hack” the debate with online [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Cynthia McKinney addresses Wall Street bail out

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

In a video posted to YouTube, Cynthia McKinney, Green Party presidential nominee, addresses the ongoing discussions of what is being called the “No tycoon left behind act”. She recommends a moratorium on foreclosures, renegotiating adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) into fixed rate 30 to 40 year loans, eliminating ARMs for future borrowers, eliminate predatory lending and [...]

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Postal fire delays Brian Moore’s Presidential candidacy papers seven weeks

October 1st, 2008 · 27 Comments

Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, September 30, 2008: Sarah G. Reisetter, Elections director of the the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office, emailed Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore today indicating that his original statement of candidacy, postmarked August 11, 2008, arrived in the Iowa Secretary of State’s office seven weeks later, on September 29th, 2008. Ms. [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin events scheduled

October 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments

From the candidates websites: Nader/Gonzalez event schedule Oct. 1st, 7:30pm Nader/Gonzalez Rally Baltimore, MD 2640 Space, Saint Johns UMC 2640 Saint Paul Street Suggested Contribution: $10/ $5 students (202) 471-5833 or events@votenader.org Oct. 4th, 12pm Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Rally Waterbury, CT 195 Grand St. Waterbury, CT 06702 More info: (203)982-8578 or events@votenader.org Oct. 4th, 4pm Private [...]

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

Proposed resolution: AFP to endorse both Barr and Baldwin

October 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

From the minutes of last Monday’s Operating Committee comes the text of the following resolution to be submitted to the America First National Committee: Whereas the America First Party is not running a presidential candidate in 2008 because this would be a poor use of resources for our developing party; and, Whereas many voters would [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties