According to recently published FEC reports, former Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, Shane Cory, was paid $17,870.97 by the Libertarian Party between May 14 and June 11 of this year.
Mr. Cory resigned in May after issuing a press release calling for more government which many observers thought was intended to smear LP presidential front-runner [...]

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Third Party Watch owner and prominent Barr backer Richard Viguerie has joined Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr in celebrating the life of recently deceased white-supremacist U.S. Senator Jesse Helms.
Viguerie commends Helms as a leader of the “New Right” — the big-government, pro-militarist “conservatism” that supplanted the anti-war “Old Right” of Howard H. Buffett and [...]

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I first received this several weeks ago. At that time George asked me to hold off on posting it. I note it has now been published at Last Free Voice.
Phillies Statement to the Massachusetts State Committee
(Edited from the May LPMass Minutes)
Last week I spent eight days in scenic Denver at our libertarian party national convention. [...]

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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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Libertarian Party National Chairman Bill Redpath reportedly called Angela Keaton, an outspoken member of the Libertarian National Committee, and told her to “act like a responsible committee member or resign” her post at the LNC.
Keaton’s response to Redpath:
Mr. Redpath, learn your place in the movement. Do not call, write or speak to me unless [...]

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Charles Jay, noted here today as a contender for the Boston Tea Party’s presidential nomination, wrote an article on May 30th for BetUS.com assessing his potential opponents. Jay’s article is very inclusive of which candidates he discusses, as opposed to more typical articles which discuss only the “major” third party candidates.
As BetUS is [...]

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Third Party Watch founder Austin Cassidy has agreed to join Independent Political Report as Publisher and Managing Partner. Says Mr. Cassidy:
I started Third Party Watch because I thought there was a need for a largely objective news source that covered the so called “periphery” of American politics. The site was successful, but I think [...]

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The former fundraising director of the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Committee, Jonathan Bydlak, says that Richard Viguerie sought to sell his services to Paul in exchange for a “huge cut” of Paul’s prodigious campaign cash.
While I was not involved directly in the discussions and don’t remember the exact terms of the deal, Richard Viguerie offered [...]

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Libertarian Party founder David Nolan has written a short article connecting several of the recent controversies in the LP. A list of topics covered would spoil the entire piece (hint: check the tags), so here’s the gist in Nolan’s own words:
Clearly, Barr and Viguerie are attempting to gain control of the LP so that [...]

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In a letter sent to Libertarian Party chairman Bill Redpath earlier this evening, three LP presidential candidates — Steve Kubby, George Phillies and Mary Ruwart — protest the selection of fellow candidate Bob Barr’s campaign finance advisor, Richard Viguerie, as keynote speaker for the party’s 2008 national convention and suggest a substitution. The letter:
Dear Mr. [...]

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