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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Over the years, I’ve met many libertarians in different places. In July 2000, it was my pleasure to drive from Texas to London, Ontario (yes, driving to the one in UK would have been more difficult) to meet quite a few. It was there at a conference of the International Society for Individual Liberty that [...]

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Maybe the LP will nominate this guy next time around.  Seems like a modest improvement to me. Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

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I’ve heard a number of genuine, dyed-in-the-wool Libertarians lately talking about *not* voting for the party’s presidential candidate, Bob Barr.  There are a lot of folks who just don’t think he was a good choice and I can understand that.  That said, it’s important to consider all of the facts before making a decision like [...]

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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 [...]

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Rasmussen reports that Libertarian voters make up 4% of the nation’s likely voters and they favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 53% to 38% margin. Three percent (3%) would vote for some other candidate and 5% are not sure. These results, from an analysis of 15,000 Likely Voter interviews conducted by Rasmussen Reports, [...]

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originally posted by GE at IPR. Headline by Fred Church in the comments. In response to House GOP leader John Boehner’s comments to Reason‘s Dave Weigel — that conservatives considering a vote for Bob Barr “might as well vote for Barack Obama” — the LP has issued a press release with harsh words for the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Candidate Endorsement: Chris Bennett for Vice President

[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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Alden Link is a Libertarian candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination. He’s an older gentleman, and his main emphasis seems to be on nuclear power. He claims that nuclear power plants can produce enough gasoline to end our dependence upon foreign oil. I’m no scientist, but I don’t understand how nuclear power plants can produce [...]

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According to The Smoking Gun, Jose Antonio Ortiz stabbed his brother-in-law, Sean Shurelds (who was flown to a hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition) due to a disagreement about Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama. Yes, you read that right. Apparently Shurelds supports Obama, and Ortiz supports Clinton. While the two were in the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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    We Don’t Attack Our Allies share_data={max_recipients:20} Share 8:35am Today FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 16, 2007 Phillies: We Don’t Invade Our Allies “It’s very simple. Invading a foreign country is an act of war,” Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies said in answer to fellow candidate Barack Obama. “I am shocked that an allegedly [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Good News from Phillies 2008 July 22, 2007 For second quarter, Phillies 2008 raised $11,700. Counting checks in hand, we are already over $10,000 for third quarter. In the same quarter, the Smith campaign raised $2264, while the Kubby campaign raised $568. The week featured two extended radio interviews and a trip to New Jersey. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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While I couldn’t find anything written by Barry Hess about his Libertarian Presidential campaign (and in all honesty, I didn’t know he was running until I read it in one of Stephen Gordon’s articles here on LFV) I did find this autobiography, apparently written when he was running for a governorship. Barry Hess Biography I [...]

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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 [...]

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