Via On The Wilder Side:Requiem for the Antiwar Movement by Cindy Sheehan During the campaign, many colleagues and friends of mine, assured me that Obama was just saying this hostile crap to “get elected” and once he was elected that he would “do the right thing.” Well, first of all, why support such a pandering [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: An article posted at Bay Area Indymedia notes that the California Green Party supports Proposition 19, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, as does the Peace & Freedom Party. The Democratic Party has taken a neutral official stance on the initiative, the results of which are likely to be close, according [...]

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Original article by Ronald Hardy here. Talk about 2012 and who might be a good Green Party standard bearer as the Presidential Nominee really began in earnest about one month before the 2008 election concluded. So talking about it now, in the summer of 2010, isn’t really out of line or out of place, and [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Labor Committee for Howie Hawkins for Governor is launched Labor activists from throughout New York State have started a committee to support the gubernatorial campaign of Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins. Howie Hawkins is a member of Teamsters Local 317 and active in the national Teamster rank-and-file reform caucus, [...]

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Press release from the campaign of Alex Snitker, Libertarian for US Senate in Florida: TAMPA – In what is shaping up to be the common man vs. the political elite in Florida this election season, underdog Alex Snitker crossed another threshold in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat. In a poll released Tuesday by [...]

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Independent Trevor Drown and Green John Gray have been included in recent polling on the Arkansas Senate race.

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From Elena Fanjul-Debnam at Public Policy Polling: We know that the Tea Party is creating political shifts. But are the shifts great enough to create a realignment or are they simply strong enough to readjust the focus of the Republican party? It has been hard to tell because until now, we haven’t been able to [...]

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From the Wall Street Journal: Nearly three months after losing his Republican allies and campaign staff by leaving his party, Mr. Crist has rebuilt his political machinery and gained a footing among many general-election voters as he runs as an independent. One reason: He has used the Republican-led state legislature as a conservative foil to [...]

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Libertarian Party Monday Message: Dear Friend of Liberty, The Federal Election Commission is harassing and maybe even threatening to silence the Campaign for Liberty. This is an attack on free speech and an attack on another organization working to promote freedom. The Campaign for Liberty was founded by Congressman Ron Paul after his 2008 presidential [...]

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New York Taxpayers Party candidate Carl Paladino is a “threat” to Republican candidate Rick Lazio in the Republican primary, according to the Wall Street Journal: Written off by Republicans as a blustery, gaffe-prone thorn, Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino is emerging as a serious threat to Rick Lazio’s campaign for governor. Mr. Paladino, a developer worth [...]

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Missouri LP op-ed in the Joplin Independent: The Missouri Libertarian Party passed a resolution to endorse Proposition C, the Healthcare Freedom Act, which is a referendum on the August 3, 2010, primary ballot. The ballot measure will exempt Missourians from being fined by the Internal Revenue Service for opting not to purchase the mandated minimum [...]

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This is from two weeks ago. As far as I have been able to determine, we missed it at the time. -Paulie. Dear Friend of Liberty, The long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been back in the news recently, and we just had the bizarre spectacle of the Republican National Committee Chairman saying he [...]

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Posted by 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik at Liberty for All: I am often asked what people can do on an individual level to restore Liberty in this country. My recommendation doesn’t cost any money, however it is very difficult for some people to do. My advice is to start thinking for yourself. [...]

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Article by Libertarian National Committee member Dan Karlan at Liberty for All: 1. Make our streets and homes safer. Estimates vary widely for the proportion of violent and property crime that is related to drugs, but one-third is a midpoint figure. In an October 1987 survey of 739 police chiefs by Wharton Econometrics for the [...]

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By R. Lee Wrights at Liberty For All. Wrights is exploring a possible run for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2012 and has served on the Libertarian National Committee. A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.” – Plato Why are United States service [...]

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GP.org: Howie Hawkins – Green for Governor Media Release http://www.howiehawkins.org – http://www.gpny.org For Immediate Release: July 15, 2010 For More Info: Howie Hawkins, 315 425-1019 Mark Dunlea, 518 860-3725 Calls it an Attempt to Intimidate Lawyers Representing Unpopular Clients Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, harshly condemned the increased jail time ordered for [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: SC Black News reports on South Carolina Green Party US Senate candidate Tom Clements: The Greater Columbia Central Labor Council of the SC AFL-CIO has endorsed Green Party US Senate candidate Tom Clements in his bid against incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint and Democratic senatorial nominee Alvin Greene. The [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Ben Manski, the Wisconsin Green Party candidate for State Assembly in the 77th district, sent out the following message on July 17th: I turn 36 today. I want to celebrate this day by sharing some very good news with you. As of the close of business today, I am [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: The State Journal-Register has an article asking if Illinois Green Party candidates like Rich Whitney and LeAlan Jones can lead the Greens to electoral success in spite of entrenched party politics: With a Republican governor already in prison, a Democratic governor possibly headed there and no shortage of missteps [...]

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Some emails from Jim Burns to Libertarian delegates. Burns is seeking the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2012, and has run several times in the past. Burns is perhaps best known for legally changing his middle name to Libertarian so as to get the “L-word” on the ballot back when the state of Nevada made it [...]

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