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Entries Tagged as 'Right-wing minor parties'

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

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

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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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

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

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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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

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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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Right-wing minor parties

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 · 16 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

Q & A With Tim Fasano, Nevada IAP Candidate for Congress

August 17th, 2011 · 8 Comments

Cody sends this  article along also. It is a Q & A with Tim Fasano conducted by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Question: What can be done in Congress to ease the rancor between Democrats and Republicans to accomplish more for constituents? Answer: Easy! We must remove the influence of money from lobbyists and special interests from [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

Tim Fasano: Nevada IAP Candidate for Congress

August 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Cody Quirk sends along this article from RGJ.com on Tim Fasano who is running for Congress in a special election: Fasano, a former aerospace contractor, aerospace CEO and business owner, sees a parallel with his old profession and running as a third-party candidate in Nevada’s special election for the open seat in the 2nd U.S. [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

A New Third Party is Forming – The Conservative American Party

July 31st, 2011 · 48 Comments

This VDARE blog post by Allan Wall has the story. Nelson Hultberg of Texas has formed a new political party called the Conservative American Party. Now I know what a lot of people are going to say – “A Third Party?” In recent years, third parties haven’t picked up much traction and people feel they [...]

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Press Release: A3P Demands More Action Against “Flash Mobs”

July 19th, 2011 · 14 Comments

I came across this press release at the site that is hosting the Max Riekse interview. July 19, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: William D. Johnson, Chairman American Third Position Political Party Tel: (561) 351-4424 Email: admin@american3p.org Web site: American3P.org American Third Position Demands More Action Against “Flash Mobs” Vicious Mob Assaults Targeting White Americans [...]

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New York Conservative Party in Position to Injure Two of the Four Republican State Senators who Voted For Same-Sex Marriage

June 26th, 2011 · 11 Comments

From an article published on BallotAccess.org on June 26th, 2011 The story of the New York State Senate vote on same-sex marriage on the evening of June 24 has been well-reported. Many news stories, including this one, mention that the Conservative Party of New York says it will not cross-endorse any Republican State Senator who [...]

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Bobby Kearan Seeking MS Reform Party Ballot Line

June 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments

From an email received by IPR on Jun 24, 2011  from Rev. Alberto Medvedev <churchofxenu@hotmail.com>: Bobby Kearan, the Mississippi Reform Party’s gubernatorial candidate, is expected to formally announce his campaign within the next two weeks.  As [some readers] may know, the Kearan for Governor campaign has caused a stir among members of the Reform Party [...]

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