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Posts published in May 2008

Greens to protest Bush today

South Carolina Green Party members are among those planning protests at Furman University on Saturday afternoon when President Bush comes to deliver the commencement address.…

Anthony Gregory’s advice for Bob Barr

Anthony Gregory, of LRC, has the following advice for Libertarian Bob Barr:

Instead of semi-running on your Congressional career, renounce it all but completely. An ad from your Congressional campaign several years ago boasts of all the “vital” legislation you helped enact, including the renaming of the National Airport after Ronald Reagan.

Rumor: McCain to seek Independence Party ballot line in NY

According to an anonymous third-party expert, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain is in talks with Frank McKay, the chairman of the Independence Party of New York, to receive the Independence Party ballot line.…

Illinois Constitution Party must re-start the petition process due to bad date

It seems that the Constitution Party of Illinois had a pretty big foul up recently. Chairman Randy Stufflebeam reported to members that petitions they’ve been circulating for several weeks had an invalid date on them and cannot be used toward the party’s goal of collecting 25,000 signatures by June 23.…

Nader to appear on C-SPAN 2 tonight

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will take part in a forum put on by the Close-up Foundation. It will be broadcast this evening on C-SPAN 2 at 7pm.…

Barr campaign issues three press releases

The Barr campaign began their post-nomination media blitz with a trio of press releases today. The first has Barr taking a hard line on “national defense,” and criticizing John McCain for talking about nuclear-arms reduction and diplomacy with Russia.…

Bob Barr to appear on Colbert, June 4

Says Nick Bradley of LRC:

He’s double-booked with NeoCon Salman Rushdie that night, and Pat Buchanan is on the following night. Hopefully, Barr can reach out to Colbert’s Paulite-heavy audience.