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Two New Polls Have Ron Paul In Double Digits As Third Party Candidate, Trump and Huntsman Polled Too

December 20th, 2011 · 20 Comments

The Washington Post-ABC News general election poll just came out and there were two scenarios under which Ron Paul was polled as a third party candidate. The first, a general election match-up between Paul, Gingrich, and Obama has Paul at 21%. The second, including a general election match-up between Paul, Romney, and Obama, also has [...]

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Nader Seeking Primary Challenger for Obama

September 16th, 2011 · 14 Comments

Newsmax has the story. Consumer advocate and progressive liberal Ralph Nader said Thursday he will send a letter to a targeted group of 40 former university presidents, retired congressmen, progressive business leaders and civic activists and ask them to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012. “The pitch is this: Look, take six months off from [...]

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Wayne Allyn Root: Does Anyone in the GOP Want to Beat Obama?

May 20th, 2011 · 38 Comments

By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Republican Presidential contenders are melting like tourists on the Vegas Strip, without sunscreen, on a 117 degree day in July. Doesn’t anyone in the GOP actually want to run against the worst President in modern American history? It can’t be Obama’s record that’s scaring Republicans. Obama [...]

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Wayne Allyn Root: Obama to Jews, Christians and Israel–Drop Dead

May 20th, 2011 · 411 Comments

Friday, May 20, 2011, 08:19 AM Obama Awakens a Sleeping Giant By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Mark the date – Thursday May 19th. It’s the day the leopard showed his spots. It’s the day Obama stabbed Israel in the back. It’s the day he told Israel, DROP DEAD. For the first [...]

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LeAlan Jones, 2010 Ill. Green US Senate candidate, plans to run for state house

March 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments

In 2010, LeAlan Jones ran a notable US Senate campaign for Barack Obama’s former seat.  He started his radio journalism career at age 13 with his piece “Ghetto Life 101,” so he already had considerable name recognition going into it.  At one point he polled 14 percent overall and well over 20 percent among his [...]

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Wayne Root: Obama- the Ginsu Salesman of Taxes, Spending & Socialism

February 16th, 2011 · 34 Comments

By Wayne Allyn Root This isn’t insanity. It’s insanity squared. Since the day Obama took office he has tried to fleece, tax, regulate, redistribute, harass, and hound small business to death. I’ve argued again and again in media appearances and commentaries that Obama’s strategy appears to be right out of the playbook of Cloward & [...]

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Libertarian Party: Obama kowtows to military-industrial complex

February 16th, 2011 · 27 Comments

WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party criticizes the Obama administration’s recent statement demanding more military spending from House Republicans. The administration claims that the Republican spending bill currently under debate does not provide enough military funding. According to the administration, "The bill…would reduce funding for the Department of Defense to a level that would leave the [...]

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Leftist observer enjoys conservative/libertarian split at CPAC, supports strengthening Libertarian Party

February 16th, 2011 · 23 Comments

Lubbock Left, a blog hosted but not edited by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Social conservatives and libertarians don’t get along. Here’s a FOX News opinion piece about the recent CPAC Conference illustrating that point. (To my friends on the right: yes, I occasionally read FOX News, holding my nose the whole time.) Social conservatives can’t stand [...]

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Wayne Root: What Will Obama Do if Egyptian-Style Crisis, Unrest & Revolt Hits America?

January 31st, 2011 · 66 Comments

“Barack Obama and the U.S. government have called for a “peaceful transition” in Egypt, in response to massive protests, riots and escalating anarchy. But I wonder if President Obama is taking notes? I wonder if he realizes just how close America is to facing a similar crisis that could result in riots, revolt in the streets, and economic paralysis.” – Wayne Root

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Wayne Root: ‘The Obama Great Depression: Why There Will Be No Jobs’

January 24th, 2011 · 31 Comments

Emailed by Wayne Root to contact.ipr@gmail.com. On a related subject, see Ralph Nader and Ron Paul on Freedom Watch: Alliance Against Corporatism. The Community-Organizer-in-Chief Forms Unholy Alliance Between Big Brother and Big Business Poor Obama. He just has no idea how to create a job. He’s changed strategy by 180 degrees…and he’s still grasping at [...]

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Green Party leaders challenge the new Congress to restore the rule of law after a decade of constitutional violations and abuses of power by Presidents and other officials

January 17th, 2011 · 10 Comments

Press release: WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders challenged Democrats and Republicans in the 112th Congress, as well as President Obama, to end a decade of reckless violations of the U.S. Constitution, international agreements, and other laws by the U.S. government and begin a new era of respect for the rule of law. “The new [...]

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Left Establishment Censorship in the Age of Obama by John Halle

January 7th, 2011 · 6 Comments

John Halle is a former Green Alderman from New Haven, Connecticut.  The full piece, excerpted below, appears in Dissident Voice. Counterpoised to these brute force tactics, a more traditional and effective means of information management is to prevent positions judged unacceptable from finding their way into print in the first place.  In its internet variant, this [...]

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Nader says: Bernie Sanders is a majority of one

December 14th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Former Green Party, and former independent candidate for US President, Ralph Nader, comments on Bernie Sanders’ recent speech to Congress. “On Friday, December 10, 2010, Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent Socialist, of Vermont, came of age. At last…”

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Socialist/left parties

Ralph Nader’s satire on the Obama administration

November 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments

Ralph Nader has published an imaginary letter which he believes that former President George W. Bush may have written to President Barack Obama. Nader ran for President of the United States with the Green Party, and, more recently, as an independent candidate.

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Darrell Castle: ‘The Obamas Go to India — Let Them Eat Cake’

November 16th, 2010 · 7 Comments

constitutionparty.com by Darrell Castle Constitution Party Vice-Chairman Legend holds that during one of the famines that swept across France during the reign of Louis XVI, his Queen, Marie Antoinette, upon being told that the peasants had no bread, replied, “Let them eat cake.” That phrase has acquired symbolic importance over the years when used to [...]

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Nader and Associates Letter to President Obama on GM’s IPO

November 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Open letter from Ralph Nader and several other people (see end of article for list) to Barack Obama posted at Nader.org: Dear President Obama, The U.S. government bailout of, and acquisition of a majority share in, General Motors was an exceptional action, taken in response to exceptional circumstances. The U.S. stake in GM obviously poses [...]

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Only 29% of US Population (42% of registered voters) Participated in 2010 Mid-Term Elections

November 9th, 2010 · 16 Comments

Posted by Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics: ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4 — According to the Associated Press, 90 million Americans — only 42% of registered voters — pulled the lever for a congressional candidate on Tuesday. That’s just a hair under 29% of the US population of 310.6 million. “So much for the consent of [...]

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Libertarians oppose abusive TSA strip-search machines

November 5th, 2010 · 87 Comments

WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle commented today on the Transportation Security Administration’s use of strip-search machines at airports. Hinkle said, “The TSA should end the strip-search machine program immediately. “We’ve reached a point where our government has no qualms about humiliating us. “Everyone who cares about civil liberties should be outraged that the [...]

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Wayne Root updates his election predictions, expects bigger gains for Republicans than he did before

November 1st, 2010 · 33 Comments

Email from Wayne Root to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Obama Unhinged: Leftist Anger, Bitterness and Mental Breakdown Leads to Historic Landslide Defeat. Las Vegas Oddsmaker Now Sees 60 to 70 Seat GOP Victory and Major Independent Gains too. By Wayne Allyn Root, Best-Selling Author and 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Think Reagan vs. Carter in 1980. The Presidential [...]

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The Curious Case of Lincoln Chafee

October 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments

When was the last time you heard of the President of the United States endorsing a third party candidate? Admittedly, it didn’t happen this cycle. Nevertheless, Lincoln Chafee got the next best thing. On October 25th Barack Obama did his usual thing as a President right before mid-terms: gave his blessing with rallies to a [...]

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Tags: Independents