Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Tax Day ‘Tea Party’ Astrology: Mars conjunct Uranus

April 13th, 2009 · 16 Comments

Astrologer Jude Cowell writes in Stars Over Washington: Across America this April 15 ‘Tax Day Tea Party’ rallies are being staged at town halls and state capital buildings (most are at noon) to protest spendthrift deficit government spending – some sources say ‘stimulus package’ also which in my book has to include the Bush administration [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Mayor Bloomberg seeks the Working Families Party nomination in re-election bid

April 13th, 2009 · 22 Comments

A truly trans-partisan man, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has moved from being a registered Republican to an independent while in office, and has ran on the Republican, Independence, and Liberal Party ballot lines.  Now he is seeking the nomination of the Working Families Party, which usually cross-nominates Democrats and occassionally runs their own candidates.  However, Bloomberg [...]

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Tags: Independents · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Chuck Baldwin: ‘The Big Business/Big Government Axis of Evil’

April 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin NewsWithViews.com Self-proclaimed “conservatives” love to tout themselves as ardent supporters of the “free enterprise” system. In the name of “capitalism,” they support any and every piece of legislation or governmental decision that caters to business–especially Big Business. Favorite policies of these folks include anything and everything that calls itself “free trade.” Furthermore, [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties

Green California mayor pushes for green building requirements

April 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments

The city of Richmond, California is on its way toward passing a law that would require any new construction to meet a minimum threshhold of environmental friendliness.  The city of over 100,000 is the largest in the country to have a Green Party mayor, and she is backing the effort.  Mayor Gayle McLaughlin said, “The [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarians applaud steps toward marriage equality

April 13th, 2009 · 47 Comments

Press release at LP.org reposted to IPR by Paulie. America’s third largest party wants government out of marriage entirely WASHINGTON – America’s third largest party Monday praised officials in Iowa, Vermont and the District of Columbia for taking recent steps toward marriage equality, and urged legislators in all states to scrap government licensing, taxation and [...]

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Libertarian Party: we had the Tea Party idea first

April 13th, 2009 · 50 Comments

LP Monday Message: Are you coming to the Tea Party, Paul? Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party: Dear friend, Will you be attending a Tea Party this Wednesday? Many Libertarians will, and millions of Americans will be joining them. I’m, of course, referring to the thousands of “Tax Day Tea Parties” that will be [...]

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Bob Barr: ‘Somali pirates — you lose’

April 13th, 2009 · 106 Comments

2008 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Bob Barr writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution I’ll be writing more very shortly regarding the issue of dealing with Somali pirates, but I have just two words in reaction to the manner in which President Obama dealt with those who hijacked the Maersk Alabama and kidnapped its American captain — [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Third Party candidate and adult film star Marilyn Chambers dead at age 56

April 13th, 2009 · 17 Comments

Third party vice presidential candidate and adult movie star Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Ann Taylor) has died at age 56 years old.

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Former Senator Bob Smith to run in Florida

April 13th, 2009 · 12 Comments

We’ve previously reported that Bob Smith was considering a run for US Senate in either New Hampshire or Florida. He has made a final decision regarding the location, but not about whether he will actually run. The former Senator says, in this video (embedded below), that he wants to balance budgets, decrease the national debt, [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Alan Keyes claims Ron Paul learned of Federal Reserve from him

April 13th, 2009 · 39 Comments

Alan Keyes, in this video, which i’ll embed below, explains his opposition to the Federal Reserve. He claims, at the 1:20 minute mark, that Ron Paul learned of the problems with the Federal Reserve from him. Dr. Alan Keyes is being lambasted across the blogosphere for this off-handed comment. Rep. Ron Paul has been speaking critically [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party