PSLweb.org: New York City, Sept. 11, 2010 Thousands of people rallied today in lower Manhattan in defense of the Muslim, Arab American and South Asian communities that have been increasingly demonized in recent months. The demonstration dwarfed the smaller right-wing, racist mobilization that was organized in opposition to the planned construction of an Islamic [...]
PSL: ‘Thousands of people protest near Ground Zero in opposition to racist Tea Party rally’
September 13th, 2010 · 82 Comments
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Modern Whig Party update
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments
http://www.modernwhig.org/: SEPT 10, 2010 On this September 11th the Modern Whig Party pauses to remember and honor all of those lost during the terrorist attacks. We honor and remember those they left behind, the family, friends and loved ones. We honor and remember all the men and women who have served our nation in the [...]
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Libertarian National Congressional Committee Announces Addition of Economist and CEO Kip Herriage to the Board
September 13th, 2010 · 19 Comments
Wayne Allyn Root at LP blog: Wayne Allyn Root, the Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee (LNCC) announced today the addition of Kip Herriage to the Board of the LNCC. Kip is best known as CEO and Co-Founder of Wealth Masters International, one of the world’s fastest growing financial education and consulting firms, with [...]
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Wayne Root Appointed to Nevada Commission
September 13th, 2010 · 19 Comments
“Wayne is one of the few Libertarians in America to be appointed to a state commission.”
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Paladino now says he will actively campaign if he loses Republican nomination
September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Posted by Samuel Wilson at the Think 3 Institute: …Carl Paladino is raising the stakes by going back on an earlier promise to stand down from his newly-created Taxpayers Party line should he lose the GOP nod to Rick Lazio. Paladino now says that he will campaign actively as the Taxpayers candidate if Lazio wins [...]
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Poll Shows 18% Would Vote for a Tea Party Candidate Over Major Parties in TX
September 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Earlier today IPR reported on the results for the Green and Libertarian Parties in various Texas statewide races. However, I later found one really interesting question wedged in the results. Q20. Do you consider yourself to be part of the Tea Party movement? 1. Yes 31% 2. No 69% Q24. Suppose the Tea Party movement [...]
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No Libertarian ballot line for Murkowski
September 13th, 2010 · 8 Comments
According to the Washington Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Associated Press, David Haase (the current Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska) will not withdraw to let Lisa Murkowski (incumbent U.S. Senator who lost the Republican primary) have the Libertarian Party ballot line. Haase was very clear that his decision was final in both articles.
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Libertarian Party Monday Message: Congress burns Constitution
September 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Wes Benedict at LP.org: Dear Friend of Liberty, Hi, I hope you had a nice weekend. The weather was absolutely beautiful here in D.C.! We had a light mist on Sunday morning, but that kept us nice and cool as we handed out Libertarian literature at some of the 9/12 rallies in town. I was [...]
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Reform Party of NJ Launches “Sensible Centrist”
September 13th, 2010 · 11 Comments
Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: The recently re-launched Reform Party of New Jersey, which was founded in 2009 as a successor to the defunct NJ Reform Party of the 1990s, has spent the last several months building party infrastructure, working closely with the party’s national office to build a viable centrist alternative to New Jersey’s Democratic and [...]
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Whitney’s numbers go down in Illinois polls
September 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney has recently seen an unfortunate slump in his poll numbers, from a high of 11 percent on August 15 to a low of 2 percent on September 3. A new poll released yesterday, which is the first Rasmussen poll to include the candidate, shows Whitney at 4 percent. At [...]
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U.S. Senate candidate John Mertens alerted about misleading phone polls by Linda McMahon
September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments
A press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: U.S. Senate candidate John Mertens has received reports of phone polls conducted for Linda McMahon that misinform voters about their choices on the ballot. West Hartford resident Giovanni Ciriani has received multiple calls from a phone number attributed to the McMahon campaign (203-413-5265 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 203-413-5265 end_of_the_skype_highlighting) that follow a script stating [...]
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Republicans and Democrats Woo, Cajole, Intimidate Libertarian Candidates
September 13th, 2010 · 6 Comments
From: Patrick Dixon, chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 13, 2010 — It has been recently reported that some Libertarian candidates have withdrawn from the November elections. It has also been suggested that threats and intimidation from incumbent politicians, and Republicans in particular, are the cause of these withdrawals. Myself [...]
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