Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Boston Tea Party reviews progress made in 2008, looks ahead to 2009

January 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments

Posted at the BTP website 31 December 2008 The Missouri state affiliate was unanimously approved today. Congratulations to our members in Missouri, and happy new year! 30 December 2008 Happy New Year to everyone. May 2009 be prosperous and full of greater freedom. On this day in 1903, the Iroquois Theater fire claimed 602 lives [...]

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New Year’s resolutions for the Libertarian Party of Alabama

January 2nd, 2009 · 11 Comments

Posted by LPA Vice Chair Mike Rster to LPA Announce. Disclosure: I am on the executive committee of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. The Libertarian Party of Alabama offer our best wishes for the upcoming new year! Trying to live free in an un-free world (as Harry Browne put it) can be trying. Here is [...]

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Libertarian Party national HQ: ‘We’re in trouble, send money’

January 2nd, 2009 · 84 Comments

Letter from the LP Watergate headquarters in DC, signed by national chair Bill Redpath: Posted by Brian Miller at Delaware Libertarian

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Ralph Nader: Letter to George Bush on Gaza crisis

January 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

Posted at Nader.org Dear George W. Bush— Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that “there is only one president at a time” over-estimated the number. He was referring to the economic crisis. But where are you on the Gaza crisis where the civilian population of Gaza, its civil servants and public facilities [...]

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Tags: Independents

Constitution Party on Americanewsnet.com

January 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at http://constitutionparty.org/ Constitution Party Chairman James Clymer, CP Communications Director Mary Starrett and CP Vice Presidential candidate Darrell Castle all to be interviewed by Dr. Stan Monteith on www.americanewsnet.com Tune in and hear Mary Starrett on January 2, 2009 6pm ET, Darrell Castle on January 5, 2009 at 10:00am ET, and James Clymer on [...]

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Libertarian Party chairman Bill Redpath interviewed by hometown newspaper

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Libertarian Party national chair Bill Redpath interviewed in the Loudoun Extra section of the Washington Post. H/T Ballot Access News. Q: How long have you been involved with the Libertarian Party and what inspired you to join? A: I joined the Libertarian Party on April 30, 1984. I joined because – while I thought the [...]

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Constitution Party: ‘Obama shares FDR’s arrogant conceit’

January 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Reposted on the Constitution Party national webpage by John Stossell Barack Obama wants to use the recession to remake the U.S. economy. “Painful crisis also provides us with an opportunity to transform our economy to improve the lives of ordinary people,” Obama said. His designated chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is more direct: “You never [...]

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Constitution Party: Congress is one group that’s still getting a raise

January 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Reposted on the Constitution Party national webpage by Rob Hotakainen McClatchy Newspapers Members of Congress voted to give themselves a $4,700-a-year pay raise starting on January 1, 2009. (Photo: AP) Washington – Members of Congress have at least one reason to ring in the new year: They’ve given themselves a $4,700-a-year pay raise starting Thursday. [...]

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Constitution Party: What awaits America if we keep voting for ‘lesser of two evils’

January 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

Reposted on the Constitution Party national webpage by Andrew Osborn Wall Street Journal Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. MOSCOW — For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument — that an economic and moral [...]

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Detroit Greens condemn attack on Gaza

January 2nd, 2009 · 34 Comments

Posted at http://www.detroitgreens.org/node/81 The Detroit Green Party condemns the brutal attack perpetrated on the Palestinian people in Gaza by the terrorist government of Israel. This genocidal attack on Gaza has resulted in hundreds of deaths of innocent civilians , mostly women and children and the wounding and maiming of many more. It has exacerbated the [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Cynthia McKinney: ‘We lived to tell the story, Lebanon rescued us’

January 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side Letter from Cynthia McKinney: And one final note, President-elect Obama roared like a mighty lion onto the political scene, but now he is as silent as a lamb in the face of the death and destruction that is happening in Gaza. As we approach the birthday celebration of Dr. [...]

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Alex Walker, Green Party State Senate candidate running in California

January 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side KW: One of my favorite greens from Pennsylvania asked me to support Alex Walker for Senate (in California.) I have some experience with Alex Walker’s work with the national Green Party, and I like the ideas presented at his web-site. Worth checking out. His web-site is: www.alexwalker4california.com peace Alex [...]

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