Gail’s Tails reports
In a letter to the editior in the Capitol Times, Libertarian Congressional Candidate, Kevin Barrett looks like he is voting for Cynthia McKinney.
Also, note that there are a number of good third-party candidates this year, including Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr and Green Party sensation Cynthia McKinney, who has twice the brains and [...]
Controversial Libertarian candidate Kevin Barrett suggests he might vote for Cynthia McKinney
August 12th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Green Party · Libertarian Party
Libertarians drop Sonny Landham
July 28th, 2008 · 14 Comments
On tonight’s Weekly Filibuster, Libertarian Party political director Sean Haugh revealed that the Libertarian Party of Kentucky is dissociating itself from Sonny Landham. He explained that the LPKY needed to wait until today to find out the ramifications for dissociating itself from Landham for the purpose of getting Barr/Root and LPKY on the ballot, since [...]
Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party
LPNY chair to BTP: Drop dead
July 19th, 2008 · 48 Comments
In this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson.
I was somewhat intrigued when popular Libertarian blogger Tom Knapp started [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties
Veteran LP petitioners reportedly reinstated
July 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments
According to comments made by Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, LP Political Director Sean Haugh has rescinded his “blackballing” of veteran LP petitioners Paulie Cannoli and possibly Andy J.
Winger also says that Gary Fincher’s case is being looked into and that Fincher may be reinstated as well.
Sean Haugh remains Political Director. It’s as if [...]
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Long-time libertarian Chris Bennett leaves the LP
July 6th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Long-time libertarian activist and party member Chris Bennett says he is leaving the Libertarian Party and will allow his national membership dues to lapse in January. Bennett was an early candidate for the LP’s vice-presidential nomination but dropped out before the convention. He was also a candidate for the Boston Tea Party’s VP slot, but [...]
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Another veteran petition circulator fired and ‘blackballed’ by Sean Haugh
July 6th, 2008 · 48 Comments
Veteran petition circulator and Libertarian Party activist “Paulie Cannoli” — who also writes for IPR — has reportedly been fired by Sean Haugh and will be denied future work with the LP. This turn of events is based, at least in part, on Paulie’s comments in defense of Gary Fincher, another victim of the Haugh [...]
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Report: Haugh ‘wastes more LP donors’ money’
July 5th, 2008 · 101 Comments
IPR has received reports from reliable sources that Libertarian Party Chairman Bill Redpath is “highly upset” with Sean Haugh over the Massachusetts petition burning scandal, and has taken “appropriate steps” to ensure something of that nature won’t happen again. Well, according to a well-known petition gatherer — who admittedly has bad blood with Mr. Haugh [...]
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Fincher demands ‘real action’ be taken against LP Political Director Sean Haugh for ‘openly advocating a criminal act’
July 4th, 2008 · 44 Comments
Earlier, we reported that Sean Haugh — in violation of Massachusetts electoral law — ordered valid petitions to get the LP presidential candidate on the ballot be burned. Worse yet, these petitions were paid for by the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts, not the national party, giving Mr. Haugh no claim whatsoever to them.
Haugh instructed Carol [...]
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Sean Haugh under fire for giving instructions to burn petitions
July 2nd, 2008 · 40 Comments
It has been confirmed by multiple sources that Libertarian Party Political Director Sean Haugh, in violation of Massachusetts electoral law, ordered petitions with valid signatures to be burned — “quite literally.”
Haugh objected to reports that Gary Fincher, a professional petition circulator on Mr. Haugh’s black list, was collecting signatures in Massachusetts. Mr. Fincher was [...]
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Who are all the Libertarian candidates?
July 1st, 2008 · 41 Comments
And where are they listed?
LP.org is not much help.
A few are here. Many more are not.
NC sent us a list (below). How about the other states? Please list your state lists of candidates - or links to such lists - in the comments!
Libertarians File List of 2008 Candidates
RALEIGH (June 30) — The race for North [...]
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