Latest affiliates and endorsements from the Boston Tea Party
New news at the top 12 August 2008 The Boston Tea Party’s national committee has voted to endorse Tom Knapp for Congress in Missouri. Tom represents the Libertarian Party in that race. Our Indiana affiliate has voted to endorse Rex Bell in Indiana.
10 August 2008 Our ranks [...]

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Agence France Presse makes the rather odd assertion today that, in addition to John McCain and Barack Obama, there are “11 other candidates running for president.” Where AFP got that number is unclear — at most, only Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Libertarian Bob Barr, Green Cynthia McKinney, and independent Ralph Nader stand a [...]

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In response to a statement made by Representative John Shaddegg during today’s protest by Republican congressmen on the House floor, Boston Tea Party Interim Chair Jim Davidson has issued a press release illustrating the difference between the two parties and what it would take for Shadegg to live up to his words:
Cyberspace — “How many [...]

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Candidates in this debate are: Brian Moore of the Socialist Party USA, Frank McEnulty of the New American Independent Party and Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party.
Show archive at Miller Politics

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/millerpolitics/2008/07/24/Presidential-Debate

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Presidential candidate Charles Jay, in his capacity as a writer for BetUS.com, examines how Libertarian Bob Barr’s campaign may impact the results of the presidential election. Jay writes, “Whereas in the past the concept of libertarianism, which places a heavy emphasis on fiscal conservative and drastically reduced government, combined with a social liberalism that [...]

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Last month, IPR reported that Bob Barr received a staggering 57.69% of Google News hits for all the “major” (defined very loosely) third-party and independent candidates. This month, though Barr’s lead remains commanding, it has slipped noticeably to under 50%.
Independent Ralph Nader’s position is relatively unchanged, remaining at #2 with 35.38% vs. 34.37% last month.
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Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Charles Jay offers a different take on the Fannie/Freddie mess than the LP’s Bob Barr — who says the government “has to do something” to bail out the two floundering GSEs that effectively socialize risk while privatizing profit. In general agreement with a press release put out earlier by the [...]

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“Recently, ultra-right wing moral conservative presidential candidate Bob Barr wrote a statement in effusive praise of ultra-right wing moral conservative racist former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms,” says Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Charles Jay at his campaign Web site. Jay then goes on to compare statements made by Barr and Helms in what he called [...]

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A representative of the Boston Tea Party filed paperwork with the Flordia Secretary of State yesterday, formally declaring the BTP to be an officially organized party in the Sunshine State. Now the nascent libertarian-alternative party just has to provide a list of 27 presidential electors by August 29 for its presidential candidate Charles Jay to [...]

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BTP presidential candidate Charles Jay has published an essay on his blog, in honor of Independence Day, about declaring independence from the Libertarian Party, for those who feel that party is increasingly libertarian in name only. It was brought to my attention by Darcy Richardson. Here is a taste…
Since I am in one of those [...]

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