In a blog posted to her MySpace page, Dr. Mary Ruwart — who challenged Bob Barr for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and was leading on the fifth of six ballots — questions whether her party is “snubbing” its most ardent supporters: the “have-nots.”
Dr. Ruwart says “Liberty’s Natural Constituents” have always been the young and [...]

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A media release from Michigan Libertarian for U.S. Senate Scotty Boman says he’s proud to announce he’s been officially endorsed by “libertarian icon” Mary Ruwart.
“It is a great honor to be endorsed by a person of Dr. Ruwart’s caliber; she is a superb writer, philosopher, and Michigan native,” says Scotty, who was the chairman of [...]

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Dr. Mary Ruwart has issued a statement concerning the government’s proposed bailout of ailing NYSE-traded firms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Libertarian Party, Bob Barr, and the Boston Tea Party’s Charles Jay have previously released statements on the matter.
Dr. Ruwart’s statement, while in many ways echoing the sentiments of [...]

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Libertarian Party of Texas Executive Director Wes Benedict, who now writes for Last Free Voice, has posted a challenge to Libertarians to help retire Mary Ruwart’s debt. Dr. Ruwart, who led on the fifth ballot but eventually lost to Bob Barr on Ballot #6, spent approximately $20,000 in her pursuit of the Libertarian Party’s presidential [...]

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According to a recently leaked e-mail, Libertarian Party Political Director Sean Haugh advised Shane Cory to issue the “kiddie porn” press release that ultimately ended in Cory’s resignation. Below is the e-mail in its entirety:
Again I apologize in advance for intruding into your discussion here. I do so in hopes of shedding some light [...]

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Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, who was the 1988 Libertarian Party nominee for president and received much support from Libertarians and Constitution Party members for his 2008 GOP run, will be making a “major announcement” tonight at 9:00 p.m., Central, according to an e-mail sent out by the campaign.
The message will be broadcast live on [...]

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IPR has twice reported on allegations from inside the Gravel campaign that Steve Kubby “stabbed Gravel in the back” by endorsing Mary Ruwart after allegedly saying he would endorse Mike Gravel. Now the former Manhattan campaign manager for Mike Gravel, Dodge Landesman, has come out on the record refuting these allegations.
As Gravel’s Manhattan Campaign Manager, [...]

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Previously, IPR had reported that insiders from the Gravel campaign claimed Steve Kubby “stabbed Mike Gravel in the back.” The allegation was that Kubby had agreed to endorse Gravel and not Mary Ruwart. “He put friendship over principle,” the source said. Those same words appear in a recent article from Last Free Voice, sent to [...]

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Austrian economist and LRC contributor, Dr. Walter Block, has posted a nearly 4,000-word account of his experiences at the 2008 Libertarian Party convention.
I had heard, beforehand, that the LP was on the verge of being taken over by conservatives, and nothing in my experience of that convention was incompatible with that surmise.
Dr. Block says Bob [...]

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Says Nick Bradley of LRC:
He’s double-booked with NeoCon Salman Rushdie that night, and Pat Buchanan is on the following night. Hopefully, Barr can reach out to Colbert’s Paulite-heavy audience.
Does anybody think that Mary would be going on Colbert if she won? In my opinion, it was precisely his ability to get media exposure (the media [...]

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