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Entries Tagged as 'Right-wing minor parties'

Did the Hacking of American Third Position Actually Reveal Current Links Between Ron Paul and White Nationalists, as the Hackers Claim?

February 5th, 2012 · 46 Comments

Excerpt from the message of a group of hackers who say they are affiliated with the group called Anonymous claiming credit for hacking the website of the white nationalist American Third Position Party: …Contained in this major dump are several thousand private forum messages, personal emails, internal organization notes, names, phone numbers, home addresses and [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties

Anonymous hacks A3P website

February 3rd, 2012 · 38 Comments

The hacker group Anonymous took down the American Third Position Party’s website Tuesday and posted the following: Fellow anons: we are pleased to bring you the dismantling of a major US-based white supremacist network known as the “American Third Position”(A3P). These racist losers have chapters across the US, operate several white power websites, forums and online [...]

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A3P Ballot Access information

February 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments

According to Alex Carmichael, the campaign manager for American Third Position Party (A3P) nominee Merlin Miller, the party is currently circulating a petition to appear on the ballot in Ohio, and plans to do the same in a dozen other states. The A3P was founded in 2010 and supports white nationalism and third position politics. Its [...]

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A3P responds to the State of the Union Address

January 27th, 2012 · 6 Comments

Dr. Adrian Krieg, a paleoconservative author and historian wrote the response to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address for the American Third Position Party (A3P). General Comments, to Mr. Axelrod’s: prepared speech: Great delivery, little substance, a great deal of misinformation. “Where’s the beef?” is our first observation. We heard 65 minutes of spend, spend and spend some [...]

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Alan Keyes Criticizes Republican Presidential Field

January 17th, 2012 · 7 Comments

Alan Keyes, 2008 Presidential candidate of America’s Independent Party, and himself a contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996, 2000 and 2008, has a column at his blog Loyal to Liberty critiquing the 2012 Republican presidential field. Excerpt: Back in 2008 we were supposed to believe Mitt Romney’s repeated declarations that he was pro-life [...]

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American Third Position Party nominates presidential ticket

January 17th, 2012 · 38 Comments

The American Third Position Party, which promotes white nationalism, nominated a presidential ticket this past week. Independent film director Merlin Miller was selected as the presidential nominee, and professor Virginia Abernethy was chosen as his running mate. Miller posted the following statement on the announcement: America, the greatest nation ever conceived, is now on the [...]

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Al Jazeera Profiles Alternative Party Presidential Candidates Lee Wrights, Rocky Anderson, Jill Stein and Jack Fellure

January 15th, 2012 · 3 Comments

An article in Al Jazeera takes a look at several US alternative party presidential candidates: Rocky Anderson, who recently compared Obama’s lack of prosecution of the Bush administration for war crimes to Ford’s pardon of Nixon in announcing his acceptance of the nomination of the newly formed Justice Party. In the Al-Jazeera article, Anderson says [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Is Todd Palin Running for President? CA-AIP Submits Names for Presidential Primary

January 14th, 2012 · 47 Comments

The American Independent Party of California, the largest single-state third party in the nation by registration has submitted to the California Secretary of State a list of candidates for its presidential preference primary, which is non-binding. Amongst the names is the husband of former Republican nominee for Vice President in 2008, Sarah Palin. Todd Palin [...]

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California: Green and AIP Team Up For Legalization of Marijuana

December 13th, 2011 · 9 Comments

It is not very often that you see a member of the Green Party partner with a member of a far-right party like the American Independent Party in government. However, that is just what happened at a meeting of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. A couple of days ago former Congressman and Green Party [...]

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John DeTar, IAP Leader in Nevada, Passes Away

December 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments

John DeTar helped to co-found the Independent American Party in 1968 as a vehicle for the candidacy of then-Governor George Wallace. He was the founder of the Reno chapter of the John Birch Society and a fixture in right-wing politics in Nevada for decades. He passed away last month at the age of 86. “The [...]

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Laurie Roth Makes Independent Run for President, Says AIP Will Put Her On the Ballot

December 12th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Laurie Roth is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host based out of Washington. Roth’s talk show is reflective of her own conservative beliefs. Ms. Roth has, in the past, been active at the local level in the GOP, but has now announced a run for President in which she will seek the ballot-lines of [...]

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Third Party Voter Registration Statistics in NV, CA, AK, and NY

December 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments

Nevada’s most recent voter registration statistics were posted in October of 2011. Green Party: 3,033 (0.27%) Independent American Party: 51,535 (4.55%) Libertarian Party: 7,111 (0.63%) Non-Partisan: 181,960 (16.05%) Other: 3,945 (0.35%)   California’s most recent voter registration statistics are from February 2011. American Independent Party: 417,567 (2.43%) Green Party: 113,118 (0.66%) Libertarian Party: 92,246 (0.54%) [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

New third-party documentary featuring Chuck Baldwin and Pat Buchanan premieres

November 11th, 2011 · 16 Comments

Filmmaker James Jaeger has produced a new documentary advocating for Biblically-inspired third party candidates. His film, “SPOILER — How a Third Political Party Could Win,” features interviews with 2008 Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin and 2000 Reform Party presidential nominee Pat Buchanan, as well as several theologians with ties to the Constitution Party and [...]

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The Sudden Death and Flawed Rebirth of the Florida Tea Party

October 30th, 2011 · No Comments

Austin Cassidy at Uncovered Politics: The Florida Tea Party, an officially recognized political party in the state of Florida, was disbanded earlier this month by former party chair Peg Dunmire. In 2010, the TEA Party gave many state Republicans cause for concern when they filed more than two dozen candidates for office. Most were inactive [...]

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[American Conservative Party:] ‘Mitt Romney: More in Common with President Obama Than You Know’

October 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Written by Lee Anderson Posted at American Conservative Party (theamericanconservatives.org) Mitt Romney has taken a lot of heat over his “Romney Care” effort to insure all citizens while he was governor of Massachusetts. And for good reasons. The Massachusetts plan was supposed to accomplish two things; achieve universal health insurance coverage and controlling costs. An [...]

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Harry Bertram airs “voice for white America” TV ad

October 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments

American Third Position Party candidate Harry Bertram, who got 0.35% of the vote for Governor of West Virginia in the recent special election, ran a controversial ad in the campaign’s closing days that proclaimed him to be the “voice for white American issues,” according to WTOV channel 9. Excerpts from the news story: “We’re against [...]

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West Virginia Secretary of State Web Page Has Election Returns

October 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Ballot Access News: The West Virginia Secretary of State’s web page carries the unofficial votes for Governor in the October 4 special election. Here is the link. So far, the percentages are: Democratic 50.23%, Republican 46.40%, Mountain 1.90%, independent .97%, American Third Position .35%, write-ins .14%. UPDATE: at 11:15 pm, the newer percentages are Democratic [...]

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V for Violence, by Independent American Party Chairman Kelly Gneiting

September 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments

From independentamericanparty.org: “Remember remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I see of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot”. Based on a real event which took place on Nov. 5th, 1605, the opening lines of the Hollywood thriller ‘V for Vendetta’ are memorable. As is the movie’s poster [...]

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American Party: The Spending Is Nuts

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

Video posted on the front page of the American Party:

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Warren Redlich Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Political Opponents For “Sexual Predator” Allegations

September 2nd, 2011 · 12 Comments

Dr. Tom Stevens at Liberty Lion: Warren Redlich, the New York Libertarian Party’s Gubernatorial Candidate in 2010, has filed a defamation lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York seeking 10 million dollars in compensatory damages and 20 million dollars in punitive damages for a flyer mailed in [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Liberty/Free Market Parties · Right-wing minor parties