Posted at LFV by ENM
Cheryl Miller, the woman around whom the LP’s award-winning medical marijuana television ad was situated, has since passed away. Ron Crickenberger, then the LP’s Political Director, has also died of cancer. Neither of them lived to see medical marijuana legalized across the country, but [...]

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Posted at Libertarian Peacenik
According to the Classical Liberal blog, “land developer Treg Loyden” spoke with Wayne Allyn Root on the campaign trail, and heard Root say:
“America should just let Israel alone, defend itself, and go nuke the heck out of those Iranian cockroaches. Blow ‘em all up… just nuke the place for a thousand years.”
UPDATE: [...]

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Originally
posted at Last Free Voice. It may or may not have something to do with
this.
The following is published with the permission of the author, Steve Kubby. Steve Kubby is, of course, a highly respected longtime Libertarian activist, a former candidate for Governor of California, and a popular 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate.
“States Rights” is [...]

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I worked with Steve Kubby on his recent campaign for the LP Presidential and Vice Presidential nominations. Although we did not win, we came close to getting the VP nomination. In this letter to supporters, Steve talks about how far he has come and what he plans to do next. I know he has (or [...]

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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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From Kubby2008.com:
Dear fellow Libertarians,
Our party has nominated its 2008 presidential slate: Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia and Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada are our candidates, and they have my full support. Please visit Congressman Barr’s campaign web site at BobBarr2008.Com and make a generous contribution to his efforts.
Thanks to all of you who supported my [...]

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Although most readers here are probably familiar with Steve Kubby and his exile to California, I still thought this press coverage of it was interesting. The Canadian Weekly Standard’s blog “The Shotgun” gives an interesting perspective on the story that most likely haven’t heard.

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According to insiders within the Gravel campaign, Steve Kubby agreed to endorse Mike Gravel in the event he was eliminated prior to the former senator. However, when Kubby was eliminated, he instead supported Mary Ruwart.
“He put friendship over principles,” said the Gravel-insider informant. Although most observers would disagree with the notion that Kubby and Gravel [...]

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Steve Kubby attended Bob Barr’s victory party tonight, and received a standing ovation upon entering the room. Bob Barr then called him to the front, and recognized Mr. Kubby as a true libertarian hero. Barr also pledged to fight the injustice of medical-marijuana prohibition. Kubby received a second standing ovation.

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