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Entries from September 2009

Green candidate for NYC city council benefits from public campaign finance, pens op-ed

September 30th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Lynne Serpe, the Green Party candidate for City Council in Queens’ District 22, has raised over $100,000 with the help of the city’s public campaign financing program. She has also recently written an op-ed piece for the New York Daily News in favor of instant runoff voting. H/T to Green Party Watch.

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Tags: Green Party

John Gray responds to Blanche Lincoln on Health Care Reform

September 30th, 2009 · 14 Comments

This afternoon, there were two attempts in the Senate Finance Committee to repair some of the damage done to health care reform by Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat who has received a great deal of campaign finance from executives in the medical industry, and has accordingly crafted health care legislation designed in order to protect [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Green-endorsed candidate in Alaska faces a challenge in Oct. 6 election

September 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Mike Musick, a Green first elected to the Fairbanks Borough Assembly in 2006, will face a challenger in his first election as the incumbent. The election will be held on Tuesday, October 6th.

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Tags: Green Party

Scholarly Study Suggests Nader Helped Gore In 2000

September 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments

A study suggests that Nader helped Gore in the 2000 election. The thesis is that when undecided people make a decision, whether it’s a political candidate or a brand of soda, that when their original choice becomes unavailable, they select an alternative option with the most similar attributes.

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Tags: Green Party · Third parties, general

Working Families Party accused of ballot fraud in Troy, NY

September 28th, 2009 · 25 Comments

The Albany Times Union reported on 9/26/09 about a Troy absentee voting scandal related to dozens of forged, fraudulent WFP primary election ballots. Evidence from the county Board of Elections show that “the fraudulent ballots were handled by or prepared on behalf of various elected officials and leaders and operatives for the Democratic and Working [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

LP Monday Message: Reagan Not Serious About Cutting Government, Says Redpath

September 28th, 2009 · 27 Comments

September 28, 2009
Dear Friend of Liberty,
During the 2008 primary, many Republican presidential candidates claimed to be like former President Ronald Reagan. This was apparently intended to mean that they supported small government. I recently listened again to this speech promoting free enterprise, which Ronald Reagan gave in 1977 (before he was elected president).
I found [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Rev. Billy: More thoughts on G20

September 28th, 2009 · 33 Comments

By Rev. Billy Talen, Green Party candidate for mayor, NYC. h/t On The Wilder Side.
We’re flying home for a labor rally in front of Goldman Sachs as G-20 continues Friday afternoon. The last 24 hours in Pittsburgh leave me with a shudder. The miles of concrete and steel fencing, and the thousands of Robo-Cop [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Wayne Root: ‘They All Lie’

September 28th, 2009 · 266 Comments

We Don’t Need Civility Towards Our Political Leaders; We Need Rage!
We Need to Limit Our Politicians to Two Terms- One in Office, One in Prison!
We need to Throw All the Bums Out- V.E.T.O. the U.S. Congress (Vote Everyone of Them Out).
By Wayne Allyn Root, Author
The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Several gubernatorial races could see serious independent candidates

September 28th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The Washington publication Politico reports independent candidates “are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.” In New Jersey, polls suggest independent Chris Daggett, “a moderate former Republican who once worked [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Boston Herald covers Joe Kennedy Senate campaign

September 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments

This morning’s Boston Herald has a short item on Massachusetts Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Joe Kennedy under the headline “New Hopeful For Ted Kennedy’s Seat Has Right Name For Job”. The Herald writes, “Joseph L. Kennedy, 37, of Dedham, a member of the national Libertarian Party collecting signatures to run as an independent, has [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

Matt Reichel, Green Party candidate for Congress, ‘moneybomb’ on Sept. 30

September 27th, 2009 · 16 Comments

Matt Reichel, a Green Party candidate for Congress in Illinois, will be having a fundraiser with Green Party candidate for Illinois governor Rich Whitney on September 30th. For supporters who can’t make it, there will be a moneybomb that same day.

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Tags: Green Party

Socialist Webzine: G20 coverage headlines

September 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Evidence of Unmuzzled Dogs Being Used Against G20 …
G20 Pittsburgh Police Get Their Paychecks
Large Turnout for People's March at Pittsburgh G20…
Pittsburgh Students Face Tear Gas and Rubber Bulle…
More Footage of Police Using Dogs To Intimidate Pr…
Cops Threaten Protesters With Dogs – G20 Pittsburg…
Pittsburgh G20: heavy police presence on Universit…
Pittsburgh Says NO to the G20!
Photos from [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Constitution Party: Doug Stewart’s Story

September 27th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Posted on the front page at constitutionparty.com:
George W. Bush had just been re-elected to a second term, but his remark, “the Constitution is nothing but a G.. D… piece of paper”, really turned me off, but I had not voted for a Democrat since I was compelled into the Kingdom of God on the evening [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Party for Socialism and Liberation: Socialism Conference & Workshops, San Francisco, Oct. 24

September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at PSLweb.org (for working embedded links see original):

Socialism Conference & WorkshopsCapitalism Is A Crime!

Click here to get a PDF of the conference palm cardOrganize To Fight Back!

Saturday, Oct. 24, 9am-4pm
African American Art & Culture Complex, 3rd floor (Accessible)762 Fulton St. at Webster St., San Francisconear MUNI 5, 21, 22, 47, 49, 16AX/BX and Civic [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Moderate Party of Rhode Island: State is worst in the nation for business

September 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted at http://www.moderate-ri.org/news/worstinthenation.htm:
Forbes magazine just released its most recent national ranking of the Best States for Business. The rankings of all 50 states can be viewed here:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/23/best-states-for-business-beltway-best-states_table.html
Unsurprisingly to many, Rhode Island came [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties