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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Press release from Tom Knapp:
Earlier this year, former US Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) left the Democratic Party’s presidential race to instead seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party. While that party passed him over in favor of former US Representative Bob Barr (R-GA), his ideas seem to be catching on with Libertarians.
The [...]

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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 [...]

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“I think right now, doing nothing would not be advisable,” said Bob Barr when asked about whether the federal government should bail out the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “As much as a libertarian, I don’t like to see the government get further involved, with yet another sector of the economy, I think [...]

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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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Press release from Tom Knapp for Congress:
Voters normally expect a certain amount of hot air from politicians, but Libertarian congressional candidate Thomas L. Knapp announced this morning that he intends to cool things down by running a “carbon-neutral” campaign.
“It’s just the right thing to do,” says Knapp, 41, of Greendale. “Every politician [...]

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Tom Knapp, the Missouri Libertarian Party’s candidate for the 2nd Congressional District and a contributor to IPR, has written a post on his official campaign blog analyzing his electoral playing field. Entitled The myth of the “safe district”, the article highlights the possibility of unseating incumbent Todd Akin, and what role Knapp would hope [...]

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The Boston Tea Party has its presidential ticket: Charles Jay and Thomas Knapp.
Jay, who ran for president in 2004 under the Personal Choice Party banner, won the BTP’s presidential nomination with 76% of the vote. None of the Above finished second with 24%, and Robert Milnes finished third with 14%. The reason the percentages total [...]

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Earlier, IPR reported on John Murphy’s statement on Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) call to impeach President Bush. Now a second third-party candidate for Congress has endorsed Kucinich’s articles of impeachment; Thomas Knapp of Missouri.
In a statement posted on his congressional campaign Web site, Knapp said:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has declared that impeachment of President [...]

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Robert Milnes nominated himself for the Boston Tea Party’s presidential nomination. His nomination was seconded by former Manhattan campaign manager for Mike Gravel, Dodge Landesman, who said, “Hell, I may as well second the nomination for Robert Milnes. You have to respect that guy for fighting.”
In acceptance, Milnes said:
I thank you for the second and [...]

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