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Entries from November 2008

More from Alan Keyes on his Barack Obama citizenship lawsuit

November 28th, 2008 · 50 Comments

From Essence Magazine, by way of The Western Standard Shotgun blog: ESSENCE.COM: What exactly do you want to accomplish with this lawsuit? ALAN KEYES: I had read a little bit about the issues that were being raised about Obama back during the primary season. At first I thought, like a lot of people, “There’s nothing [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Write-in totals for Orange County, CA

November 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Orange County, California’s elections division has their own website and have release write-in totals. California, as a whole, has not yet released write-in totals, so this is the first glimpse into the larger results for write-ins. Write in votes in Orange County, California: Chuck Baldwin: 373 votes, 0.0% Ron Paul: 3118 votes, 0.3% If these [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Third parties, general

Media appearances: Bob Barr 2008 vs. Harry Browne 2000

November 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Data for Bob Barr from GordonUnleashed.com: Here is a summary of just the interviews and events Bob did between August 2 and November 3rd. This list does not attempt to include news stories or news coverage that resulted from speeches, events, public appearances, news conferences, news releases etc. From August 2 through November 3rd Bob [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Boston Tea Party video: ‘Do we live in a police state?’

November 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Video by Todd Andrew Barnett

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Steve Conn: Now it can be told

November 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments

From Counterpunch Attention Progressives. It’s official: Now it can be told. Three weeks after the Presidential vote. Now it can be told. Noam Chomsky says Joe Biden’s nomination by Obama was a slap in the face (he used stronger words) to Obama’s supporters because of Biden’s positions on foreign policy and his special job of [...]

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Tags: Independents

New Malik Rahim video

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

H/T Green Ferret in Green Party Watch comments

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarian Party of Michigan November election highlights

November 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted by Bill Hall at Sheer Vision Libertarian Party of Michigan general election candidates ran their strongest races in many years. We contested all statewide races (Supreme Court, educational boards, US Senate) and Congressional races (15), plus about one third of the state representative races (32) and many county-level races, for a total of 85 [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Steve Kubby: How the law became a sword instead of a shield

November 27th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Steve Kubby was a candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2008, and the runner up for the party’s VP nomination in 2008 and 2000. He was also the party’s candidate for Governor of California in 1998. He is currently working on a new business venture in the medical field. Disclosure: I worked on his [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Malik Rahim in Black Agenda Report

November 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted at Black Agenda Report by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon More of IPR’s coverage of Malik Rahim here. The December 6 New Orleans congressional election isn’t just a local choice between a privatizing “minority” Republican, a notoriously corrupt Democrat and a caring, competent community organizer running on the Green Party ticket. In these times [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Ralph Nader: Open the books, save the economy

November 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted at Nader.org It has never been more clear how much corporations depend on We, the People for their very existence. Corporations are given the right to exist through a public charter. For public corporations, shareholders are bestowed with limited liability, and they benefit from a public system of securities regulation that gives investors confidence [...]

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Tags: Independents

Days to release LNC meeting minutes: 81

November 26th, 2008 · 39 Comments

Original post at GeorgeDonnelly.com. Sent by the author to contact.ipr@gmail.com The minutes from the last LNC meeting were finally posted to lp.org today. This last meeting ended 81 days ago. There are only 9 days to go before the start of the next LNC meeting. The Membership Effectively Shut Out Add to this the fact [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

CP calls out Georgia on write-in irregularities

November 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments

A press release from the Constitution Party of Georgia highlights numerous instances of “lost” write-in votes in several of that state’s counties: The Constitution Party of Georgia presented documentation today that showed the official 2008 Georgia election results failed to include more than 10% of the votes cast for Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin. [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Illinois Constitution Party gets a spike in inquiries, plans to organize in all 102 counties

November 26th, 2008 · 8 Comments

From the Illinois Reviews: State Senator Chris Lauzen (R-Aurora) will be addressing Illinois’ Constitution Party’s special convention to be held on January 17, 2009 at the Peoria Public Library. The Constitution Party’s state chairman Randy Stufflebeam says the party plans to organize in all 102 Illinois counties over the next two years. Stufflebeam reports he’s [...]

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Malik Rahim campaign seeks phonebank volunteers

November 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Have you been wondering what you can do for the Malik Rahim Campaign? Phone Bank! Join over 50 others making calls to New Orleans area Greens and other voters to educate them about the Rahim campaign and the Dec. 6 election. It is GOTV time. How to [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Wayne Root on Fox News Bulls & Bears, Mancow

November 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Posted on RootForAmerica.com Las Vegas, NV–November 24, 2008–Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Wayne Allyn Root will appear on “Bulls & Bears” on FOX News Channel on Saturday November 29th at 10 AM EST/7 AM PST to discuss President-elect Obama’s proposed new stimulus package. Root has become a regular guest on FOX News Channel. Root will also [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Crazy for Liberty Radio will run free radio ads for Libertarians

November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Posted at Crazy for Liberty If you belong to a group or campaign that is fighting for liberty please let me know and if you send me a 30 second ad I will run it for free on my radio show. The show is a live show that runs in Atlanta on Sunday mornings from [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

LNC meeting agenda

November 26th, 2008 · 21 Comments

Posted by Rachel Hawkridge at LNC region 7. However, Rachel did not post the image. Libertarian National Committee, Inc. December 6-7, 2008 Meeting Agenda San Diego, California Saturday, December 6, 2008 & Sunday, December 7, 2008 Call to Order 8:30 AM Moment of Reflection 1 minute Opportunity for Public Comment 10 minutes Credentials Report and [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party Platform Committee applicants

November 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments

The following have applied: Chris Barber Michael Carmany Corey Carpenter Stephen Gordon Stephen Green Joe Hauptmann Susan Hogarth Brian Holtz John Howell John Jacob Alicia Mattson Adam Mayer James Oakson Rob Power Jon Roland Rebecca Sink-Burris Starchild Richard Stewart Scott Stewart Three of the above have, to my knowledge, posted sample planks for public views. [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

LP.org: Operation ELECT-US

November 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted at LP.org When one election is over, the next one has already begun. Operation ELECT-US is a program by the Libertarian Party to recruit as many candidates as possible for winnable local offices in 2009. In odd numbered years, most elections are local and quite a few of them take place in the spring. [...]

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Jim Davidson: Why two libertarian parties are better than one

November 25th, 2008 · 58 Comments

Found on the Boston Tea Party website Earlier this year, I was asked by my good friend Thomas Knapp to help him with a problem. He wanted to keep the Boston Tea Party going, but most of its national committee had gotten bored or left for other reasons. After some reflection, I concluded that it [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties