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Classically liberal: The Libertarian Party is a walking corpse

December 14th, 2008 · 89 Comments

Classically liberal explains
The (formerly) Libertarian Party has had a birthday. It is now 37 years old. In my view the LP is a zombie — the living dead. It walks and moves about but it is a corpse for all practical purposes.
LP National Chairman Bill Redpath has issued a list of promises that the LP [...]

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Howard Phillips makes members of CPNC angry with comment on Rep. John Hostettler

December 14th, 2008 · 49 Comments

The Constitution Party National Committee meeting was addressed this past weekend by former Rep. John Hostettler. Former Rep. Hostettler recently wrote a book and addressed the Constitution Party on the same basic topics his book covers. After John Hostettler’s remarks, Howard Phillips, the founder of the party and CP Presidential candidate in ‘92, ‘96, and [...]

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Libertarian Party: Kansas City Star needs to be committed

December 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Andrew Davis writes at LP.org
On Dec. 10, the Libertarian Party put out a press release calling the logic behind the auto bailout, "insane." In it, we stated that "it’s insane that we keep going back to the taxpayers to bail-out struggling corporations who, for lack of good management and sound business practices, have become unprofitable."
We [...]

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California releases official vote totals

December 14th, 2008 · 20 Comments

Posted at Ballot Access News

On December 13, California released its official vote tally from the November 2008 election. The most suspense concerned the write-in candidates for president. Ron Paul’s slate of presidential elector candidates received 17,006 write-ins. Chuck Baldwin received 3,145. James Harris for the Socialist Workers Party received 49, and Frank Moore (independent who [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Socialist/left parties

Bob Barr recommends ‘America Fights Back: Armed Self-defense in a Violent Age’ by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman

December 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Via GunPundit.com
Americans love books in which the good guys win. Gottlieb and Workman are adding to that proud tradition with America Fights Back by documenting case after case in which gun-owning citizens who refuse to wear the label victim remain the winners. –Jill J.R. Labbe, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
During my years in [...]

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Libertarianism: a state of mind first, a party second

December 14th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Posted by Taylor Byerly at Young Americans for Liberty
Over the past election, I told people time and time again that I was a Libertarian, and much to their surprise (that is, if they were even aware of the other candidates), voted Constitutionalist. They often asked me why I broke away from my party lines; [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party

Joe Tauke: ‘Ron Paul is Rubber and Bob Barr is Glue’

December 14th, 2008 · 32 Comments

Joe Tauke writes at the Melting Pot Project:

The Libertarian Party recently gathered for a national committee meeting in San Diego, where they swapped pot brownie recipes and shot at particularly unpopular committee members. At some point in between the five daily prayers to the Statue of Liberty, party co-founder David Nolan introduced a resolution to [...]

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Constitutional Party of Alabama approved for affiliation with National Party during Orlando meeting

December 14th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Posted at
believeinamerica.com
The Constitutional Party of Alabama was approved for affiliation with the National Party during the Orlando meetings.

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Kootenai County, Idaho, Constitution Party: if we don’t get involved politically now, how will we have the courage to take up arms later?

December 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted at http://www.kootenaicp.org/2008/12/13/a-respectful-inquiry/
A Respectful Inquiry
13 Dec, 2008
The political and economic outlook is certainly making for some colorful exchanges when one is out doing the work of a political activist. The pain threshold is becoming high enough now for the survival instinct to kick in and get people interested.
I have to say though, when I hear [...]

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Herb Titus: no constitutional foundation for new rules on domestic military engagement

December 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

By Kurt Nimmo. Found at The Congress blog
Bob Unruh writes for WorldNetDaily:
New rules published in the Federal Register would allow certain civilians to call American soldiers into action inside the U.S. to prevent environmental damage or respond to “special events” and “other domestic activities.”
The alarming warning [...]

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‘Embarrassing’ to be a Canadian at climate talks: Green party leader Elizabeth May

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

CBC news reports

The UN climate conference in Poznan, Poland, was a “mark of shame” for Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said on Saturday.
Delegates from poorer nations were angry at Canada for not meeting its commitments under the Kyoto protocol, as well as all industrialized countries for stalling on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, May told [...]

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Judge says decision in Green Party lawsuit against Connecticut public financing law due in March or April

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Ballot Access News reports:
The judge in the case called Green Party of Connecticut v Garfield said on December 11 that the decision will be out in late March or early April. This is the case over discriminatory aspects of the Connecticut public funding law.

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