To thwart efforts by a cabal within the LNC to remove at-large rep. Angela Keaton from her duly elected post, renegade Massachusetts Barr-elector Arthur Torrey, who has already stated publicly he will not vote for Barr “should he win the state of Massachusetts,” said he would not support the substitution of Barr’s name for Phillies’s [...]

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Once again, IPR will be publishing e-mails from embattled LNC rep Angela Keaton, unedited, as they come in:
Day 2/LNC meeting/live blog, 8:24 a.m.
Same disclaimer applies as yesterday. If you want a goddamn transcription, make it yourself.
These are my words and mine alone. –Keaton
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8:10am Agenda
Carling on Audit
Boring monotone. Explains the audit co purpose. They [...]

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A press release from the Schansberg campaign:
Dr. Eric Schansberg, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana’s 9th District, will hold a town-hall meeting in Bloomington on Tuesday, September 9th, from 6:00-7:30 PM. (The meeting will be held in Room #1C of the Monroe County Library, located at 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. in downtown [...]

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In an email sent to its membership, the Libertarian Party is promoting free registration to the Conservative Leadership Conference to be held September 18-21 in Las Vegas. Saying the overriding question of the conference will be “Should conservatives and libertarians vote for the presidential candidate most ideologically similar to themselves…or for the candidate polling [...]

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The genetics blog Gene Expression uses “Wayne Allyn Root’s Million-Dollar Challenge” to Barack Obama as a jumping-off point for a discussion about the relative intelligence of the major party candidates for president and vice president.

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Chuck Moulton comments on Last Free Voice:
I attended the LNC meeting as a member of the gallery.
I think it’s great that Angela has been live-blogging the meeting. I appreciate her engaging writing style and colorful language.
However, I want to point out that I’ve seen a number of factual errors in the reporting above. One such [...]

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Update: Stephen Gordon disputes some of the assertions made in this article. Please see his comment here.
Stephen Gordon, the one-time owner of Third Party Watch and prominent Barr backer while working as the LP’s political director (in dispute), has banned George Phillies from the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance mailing list for promoting his presidential campaign.
Dear [...]

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The founder of the Libertarian Party had this to say in an open e-mail:
As a member of the Judicial Committee, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on any of this. If the LNC votes to remove Angela, I assume she would appeal their action to the JC, and I wild not want to [...]

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UPDATE: IPR’s Tom Knapp received a phone call from Angela Keaton. Now the conservative faction — or the “evil bastards” as Knapp refers to them — is trying to oust her from the LNC.
ElfNinosMom reports hearing with her “own two ears (well, one ear, it was on the phone)” the LNC “bullying” Angela Keaton and [...]

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Angela Keaton is sending regular updates describing the events taking place at today’s LNC meeting. IPR will publish her e-mails, unedited.
Ms. Keaton’s disclaimer: I am not a transcriber so this is merely my perceptions and what I can type given my lack of skill.
Pre-show live drama, 8:18 a.m.
Rachel calls me.  I missed my wake up [...]

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