I’ve told bits and pieces of this story in response to comments on various threads in various places. Having done so over and over, I feel the need to go ahead and put it all out there now so that everyone has one place to turn to for my perspective as state chair. I’m going [...]
Archive for the ‘2008 Elections’ Category
The Hill Blames Lib For Rep’s Nevada State Senate Loss
Posted in 2008 Elections, complete fucking stupidity, Libertarian on 2008.12.03 | 1 Comment »
Nevada’s Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was indicted today by a grand jury on four felony counts related to his previous stint as state treasurer: 2 counts of Misappropriation and Falsification of Accounts By Public Officer, and 2 counts of Misappropriation by Treasurer. Krolicki had just last week announced he planned to run against Harry [...]
LibertarianPartyCandidates.US tracks races all over the country
Posted in 2008 Elections, awefuckingtacular, blogging, campaigns, Congress, congressional campaigns, House of Representatives, LFV Bloggers, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, personal responsibility, politics, tagged 2008 Election, 2008 Elections, Attorney General, Auditor, ‘08 Elections, Constable, Election 2008, Election ‘08, Governor, Judge, Libertarian, Libertarian candidates, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party Candidates, Libertarians, local candidates, Local races, LP, LP candidates, Paulie Cannoli, sheriff, State House, State Senate, Treasurer, US House, US Senate on 2008.08.04 | 1 Comment »
I’ve previously listed the LP candidates here, here, here and here. Now, George Donnelly has turned this list into its own website with graphics and continuous updating. George explains: An Effort to List all LP Candidates We Libertarians need to know how many candidates we’re fielding for office. Which states are fielding full slates? no [...]
Starchild instrumental in putting prostitution decriminalization on the ballot
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, awefuckingtacular, Big Brother, campaigns, civil liberties, coercion, Constitution, constitutional rights, Cops Gone Wild, corruption, Courts and justice system, crime, distress, draconian legislation, economics, Entertainment, First Amendment, free your mind, freedom, Law, law enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, nanny state, People in the news, personal responsibility, police state, politics, press release, property rights, regulation, self defense, starchild, Uncategorized, women, tagged activism, Big Brother, civil liberties, constitutional rights, Courts and justice system, crime, economics, Entertainment, First Amendment, Law, law enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, nanny state, People in the news, personal responsibility, petitioning, police state, politics, property rights on 2008.07.24 | Leave a Comment »
Press release posted on the LP Radicals yahoo group. Starchild has had various offices in the San Francisco and California LP, and is one of the spokespeople for this initiative. The San Francisco Department of Elections announced today that the measure prohibiting city officials from spending money arresting and prosecuting people for prostitution, and mandating [...]
LPNY chair to BTP: Drop dead
Posted in 2008 Elections, campaigns, elections, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, secession, Thinking of Denver 2008, tagged 2008 Elections, campaigns, elections, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, secession, Thinking of Denver 2008 on 2008.07.24 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Candidate Endorsement: Chris Bennett for Vice President
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, campaigns, Constitution, constitutional rights, drug war, elections, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, platform, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Thinking of Denver 2008, war, tagged Aaron Russo, abortion, activism, African-American, anti-tax, anti-war, Badnarik, ballot access, Bernard Schoenburg, Bill Clinton, blogosphere, brochures, campaign brochures, candidacy, candidate, Candidate Endorsement, Cedar Rapids, Chris Bennett, civil liberties, civil rights, college, Colorado, concentration camps, Constitution, constitutional rights, credit card, debit card, declaration of war, Denver, donation, drug war, economics, education, Evonne Bennett, fair tax, First Amendment, Fuhrer Bush, George Phillies, goal, government control, health care, Heritage high School, Hitler, Illinois, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa, IRA, Iraq War, IRS, Jesse Jackson, legalize drugs, Legislative Chair, Libertarian, Libertarian Convention, libertarian movement, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party Convention, Libertarian Party of Illinois, libertarian philosophy, Littleton, LP, Marrou, Matt Stone, media, Military Commissions Act, Minorities, nomination, North American Union, Oral Roberts, Patriot Act, PayPal, Political studies, politics, presidential campaign, pro-life, race relations, Real ID, Richard Boddie, Richard Roberts, Ron Paul, Scheduling Coordinator, Second Amendment, South Park, Springfield, Springfield State Journal-Register, Steve Kubby, Taxation, television evangelist, third parties, third party, University of Illinois, US Government, Vice President, volunteer, vote, war, women on 2008.03.26 | Leave a Comment »
[NOTE: Originally posted on Last Free Voice] As you are hopefully all by now aware, longtime LFV contributor Chris Bennett is seeking the LP’s Vice Presidential nomination. While he would have my support simply for being an LFV contributor and a great guy, there is so much more to his candidacy that I have decided [...]
Should third parties nominate their presidential candidate much earlier than the major parties?
Posted in 2008 Elections, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, tagged Andre Marrou, elections, Elections '08, Federal Election Commission (FEC), Knappster, Libertarian Party, mainstream media, major party, media, media coverage, newspaper, nomination, politics, POTUS '08, presidential election, presidential nomination, primaries, primary election, third party, third party candidate, Thomas Knapp, Tom Knapp, voter support on 2008.03.14 | Leave a Comment »
I found this entry on Thomas Knapp’s blog, Kn@ppster, and found it quite interesting. Here is an excerpt; you can read it in its entry in its entirety at the link: I’m not one for silver bullets—no one thing will put third party candidates into contention for the presidency—but some changes just make sense. One [...]
Angry voters recall Mayor for fitness photos
Posted in 2008 Elections, censorship, complete fucking stupidity, crazy claims, elections, free your mind, frickin' 'tards, general silliness, humor, insanetertainment, Law, local politics, motherfucking snakes on a motherfucking plane, People in the news, politics, Shine on you crazy diamond, STFU, unusual behaviors, wanker food fight, weird shit, women, tagged angry voters, Arlington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilding, bra, California, Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, Clinton, Congress, controversial, controversy, date, elected office, elections, Elections '08, female, fire truck, fitness, fitness magazine, Governor, Hillary Clinton, Hilliary, impeach, local politics, Mayor, megabitchery, MySpace, narrow-minded, nude, Oregon, outrage, panties, People in the news, periodicals, photos, politics, president, recall, rock-hard abs, sexuality, single mother, STFU, underwear, unusual behaviors, women on 2008.03.08 | 2 Comments »
Voters in Arlington, Oregon, are very, very angry. That’s not unusual, since there are very angry voters everywhere these days. What is unusual is the reason why they are angry. Apparently their Mayor, Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, had some photos taken to send in for a fitness magazine, and in them she was dressed in her bra [...]
My response to “Ode To Imperato”
Posted in 2008 Elections, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates on 2008.02.26 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a discussion over at Third Party Watch, regarding whether Daniel Imperato should be listed as a Libertarian on the official Libertarian Party website. Among other statements by Stephen Gordon, owner of TPW, he didn’t call the media to cover a Libertarian presidential candidate debate, due to the participation of Mr. Imperato.Just as [...]
Outright Libertarians endorses George Phillies
Posted in 2008 Elections, gay rights, George Phillies, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, tagged gay rights, Outright libertarians on 2008.01.18 | 2 Comments »
Posted by Rob Power on Outright Libertarians blog:Thursday, January 17, 2008 I recently saw a message from Log Cabin Republicans entitled “Who Can Log Cabin Endorse for President?” The article described how this may be the first brokered GOP convention in 60 years, and that Log Cabin would be working to see that the lesser [...]
Ron Paul on Jay Leno Last Night
Posted in 2008 Elections on 2008.01.08 | Leave a Comment »
Leno invited Ron Paul on his show for a second time due to the FAUX/fixed news exclusion of Ron Paul from a debate forum on Sunday. In a move that had many people to protest and Boycott FAUX, fakes news Fuehrer Murdoch may have experienced the phenomenon of blowback that NSGOP henchman Adolf Giuliani pretends [...]
Leonard Schwartz announces LP VP bid
Posted in 2008 Elections, Libertarian Party, Uncategorized on 2008.01.08 | 3 Comments »
H/T Jason Gatties. Leonard Schwartz has announced he is seeking the Vice Presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party. He is the political director of the Michigan LP, ran for Senate in 2006, and a couple of other offices previously. He has been an LP member since 1980, and is a retired professor of business law [...]
Liberty Decides
Posted in 2008 Elections, campaigns, Daniel Imperato, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, Mike Jingozian, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Steve Kubby, Thinking of Denver 2008, Wayne Allen Root, tagged , 2008 Election, Daniel Imperato, Election 2008, George Phillies, Imperato, Jingozian, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, Liberty Decides, LNC, Michael Jingozian, Phillies, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Root, Steve Kubby, Susan Hogarth, Wayne Root on 2007.12.20 | 2 Comments »
The Libertarian National Party has a new program, Liberty Decides ’08 designed “to promote our pre-nomination presidential candidates as they engage in a competitive process. To participate in the program, candidates must cross three thresholds: meet the LP bylaws requirements; file with the FEC; and raise at least $5,000 for the LP or LP state [...]
My questions for Christine Smith
Posted in 2008 Elections, campaigns, Christine Smith, elections, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08, Thinking of Denver 2008 on 2007.11.30 | 6 Comments »
Christine Smith put out a somewhat controversial essay which said that, unlike some other libertarians, she would not compromise principle. The first time I saw it was on the LP Radicals yahoo group, and given that I have recently volunteered to help the caucus members make more informed decisions about the various LP Presidential candidates, [...]
George Phillies campaign gets mainstream media news coverage
Posted in 2008 Elections, George Phillies, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08 on 2007.10.31 | 9 Comments »
According to this network’s website: New England Cable News (NECN) is the largest regional news network in the country, serving more than 3.6 million homes in over a thousand cities and towns throughout New England. Launched on March 2, 1992, NECN is a partnership between the Hearst Corporation and Comcast Corporation. NECN is available exclusively [...]
Oklahoma is not OK
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, Big Brother, civil liberties, coercion, communist monopoly, complete fucking stupidity, Constitution, constitutional rights, corporate welfare, corruption, Democrats, distress, draconian legislation, draft, economics, elections, First Amendment, fraud, free your mind, freedom, frickin' 'tards, government waste, human rights abuses, law enforcement, lice, local politics, Martial Law, megabitchery, oklahoma, pigs, police state, political corruption, politics, protest, Republican, taxes, Teachers Unions, terrorism, unusual behaviors, weird shit on 2007.10.16 | 6 Comments »
Something stinks in the Sooner State. Oklahoma voters were the only voters with no choices for president on their ballot except Bush Skull and Kerry Bones in 2004, and Oklahoma is one of 5 states that doesn’t permit write-ins, so Oklahoma voters who wanted to vote for someone other than Bush or Kerry in 2004 [...]
Tragedy on Kubby Video Set
Posted in 2008 Elections, Adolf Giuliani, alternative medicine, civil liberties, coercion, crime, distress, draconian legislation, elections, free your mind, freedom, human rights abuses, Kubby, law enforcement, Libertarian Party, manchurian candidate, Martial Law, media, medical marijuana, nanny state, natural health products, pigs, police brutality, police state, political cartoon, POTUS '08, press release, regulation, Republican, Republican Hacks, Rudolf Mussolini, Steve Kubby, terrorism, Thinking of Denver 2008, Too Many Categories, torture, Uncategorized on 2007.10.09 | 10 Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/09/07 CONTACT: Thomas L. Knapp kubby.communications@gmail.com 314-705-3042 TRAGEDY ON KUBBY VIDEO SET: CAMPAIGN RELEASES “DEATH OF DENNY” FOOTAGE FORT BRAGG, CA — In a stunning turn of events, Libertarian presidential candidate Steve Kubby’s campaign organization has announced that it will release previously unseen shocking footage of an on-set death — the murder [...]
Ron Paul raises $5 Million in Third Quarter
Posted in 2008 Elections, blogging, politics, POTUS '08, Ron Paul on 2007.10.04 | 18 Comments »
Hat tip Presidential Politics ’08. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a former Libertarian Party presidential candidate, has raised a staggering $5 million for the third quarter of 2007. Dr. Paul, currently a Republican Congressman from Texas, is an obstetrician who has a very large grassroots following, especially among libertarians. To many that libertarian support is [...]
George Phillies: “Marriage Is A Basic Civil Right”
Posted in 2008 Elections, civil liberties, gay rights, George Phillies, POTUS '08 on 2007.09.05 | 8 Comments »
George Phillies For President 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Uncle Sam has no business in your bedroom, your churches or your private lives. That’s the message of leading Libertarian Presidential candidate George Philles. “The George Bush Republican party disagrees: They’ve made it Uncle Sam’s business by passing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).” Phillies, 60, [...]
Michelle Shinghal on Tucker Carlson: (Ex-)Strippers for Ron Paul
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, awefuckingtacular, blogging, celebrities, civil liberties, constitutional rights, elections, evolution, freedom, Kubby, LFV Bloggers, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, media, Media appearances, Michelle Shinghal, politics, POTUS '08, press release, recruitment, Republican, rock, Ron Paul, smoking, Steve Gordon, Steve Kubby, texas, The Rapture, Thinking of Denver 2008, Too Many Categories, women on 2007.08.29 | 1 Comment »
Sorry folks, been too busy to post. But I thought I’d post this since no one else has yet. Our own Michelle Shinghal on Tucker Carlson, thanks to posts by our fellow blogger Steve Gordon.
Libertarians For Kucinich Poll Results – Funny Stuff
Posted in 2008 Elections, general silliness, humor, Libertarians for Kucinich, politics, POTUS '08, Ron Paul on 2007.08.29 | 6 Comments »
To be quite honest, I haven’t given Dennis Kucinich much thought as a candidate, but after reading this, I think I’ll check him out. I have to like a candidate whose supporters have such a good sense of humor. While the poll put out by Ron Paul’s LibertarianLists.com web site is highly self-selected, we at [...]
Ride/room share board for Denver?
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08, recruitment, Thinking of Denver 2008, transportation, Uncategorized, wanker food fight on 2007.08.12 | 11 Comments »
I’d like some help with setting up an internet forum of some sort to hook people up with shared rides, group rooms, camping, hostels, cheap motels, and other ways of getting to the Denver LP National Convention affordably. A lot of what happened in Portland may have had to do with the fact that it [...]
Per Corruption Chronicles, electronic voting machines are easily hacked
Posted in 2008 Elections, corruption, elections, fraud, political corruption, politics, POTUS '08, vote fraud on 2007.08.01 | Leave a Comment »
Less than six months before its 2008 presidential primary, election officials in one of the country’s most important swing states admit electronic voting machines are seriously flawed and can be easily tampered with.A 35-page report released by Florida’s Secretary of State says that hackers can easily change votes without a trace in Diebold optical-scan machines [...]
Atlas! PAC
Posted in 2008 Elections, Alabama, congressional campaigns, FaceBook, Federal Election Commission (FEC), freedom, House of Representatives, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, politics, recruitment, self defense, Steve Gordon, Uncategorized on 2007.07.24 | 10 Comments »
Here is an organization I hope everyone will get more active in supporting…I received a notice from its chairman, Mark Rutherford, through facebook. July 23rd I’ll be flying to Atlanta and having dinner with current Libertarian Party of Alabama Chairman Stephen Gorden, Deborah Gordon and a very influential national political figure. Stephen and I will [...]
FEC Reports on Libertarian presidential campaigns
Posted in 2008 Elections, elections, Federal Election Commission (FEC), Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, politics, POTUS '08 on 2007.07.24 | 21 Comments »
The following links are permanent, because they are based on the candidate’s FEC registration number, so those interested in such things may want to bookmark them (or bookmark this page, whichever is easier). Each candidate page lists links to contributions, reports, and all kinds of interesting things. What I found most interesting of all, though, [...]
Robert Milnes, Steve Kubby, Ron Paul, fan letters, and prison
Posted in 2008 Elections, crime, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08, Robert Milnes, unusual behaviors on 2007.07.20 | 22 Comments »
First I’d like to say that by far the most important development in the libertarian race thus far is “The Libertarian Vote” study published by The Cato Institute. See: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6735 Briefly, 20% of voters are libertarian leaning at the beginning of the election cycle (Gallup Governance Survey). 13% are reliably libertarian. 1% wind up actually [...]
LP Presidential candidate Steve Kubby issues press release endorsing Ron Paul
Posted in 2008 Elections, Kubby, POTUS '08, press release on 2007.07.19 | 1 Comment »
All Together Now” — Kubby endorses Paul FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07/19/07 POC Thomas L. Knapp 314-705-3042 kubby.communications@gmail.com “ALL TOGETHER NOW” … LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ENDORSES PAUL Fort Bragg, CA — Citing overwhelming support from his own party’s members and lackluster response to Libertarian presidential campaigns, Steve Kubby today endorsed US Representative Ron Paul’s campaign for [...]
Mike Jingozian: Libertarian/Green Fusion Presidential Candidate
Posted in 2008 Elections, global warming, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Mike Jingozian, POTUS '08 on 2007.07.18 | 5 Comments »
What follows is an excerpt from Jingozian’s extensive website. Observations on the Campaign Trail – Libertarians can be Environmentalists Too The very first Libertarian event at which I spoke was at the Oregon State Convention in early March 2007. I spoke about the six areas of sustainability. Following my speech, a group of people formed [...]
LP Presidential Candidate Dave Hollist
Posted in 2008 Elections, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08 on 2007.07.18 | Leave a Comment »
You can read more details about Mr. Hollist’s ideas on his website. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME I’ll try not to waste your time. Instead of being a candidate, I prefer to vote for someone–in fact–my wife and I have a ten-year-old who likes to play baseball and I much prefer running around with them [...]
George Phillies: “Torture is a crime against civilization”
Posted in 2008 Elections, candidate interviews, George Phillies, torture on 2007.07.16 | 9 Comments »
At the South Carolina debate, Republican candidates were asked if they would torture prisoners. Some of them thought torture was just fine. What is the libertarian answer to the torture question? It’s the American answer, the answer the American people have already given. Torture is a crime against civilization, reviled by all patriotic Americans. Let’s [...]


