On July 7, 2008, Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin took time out of his busy campaign schedule to answer IPR reader questions and make his case to libertarians disgruntled with Bob Barr.…
Posts published in July 2008
Workers Vanguard article criticizes 5 candidates, 4 parties, 1 non-party org
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 14, 2008 3:38 AM
In an article published earlier this month in Workers Vanguard, the newsletter of the International Communist League, a who’s who of the American Left is chastised for it’s role in the 2008 presidential campaign.…
Video of Chuck Baldwin’s remarks at Revolution March
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 14, 2008 1:22 AM
A video of Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin‘s remarks on the steps of the Capitol building yesterday afternoon has now been posted on YouTube.…
McKinney’s acceptance speech
By Gregg Jocoy on July 13, 2008 8:28 PM
The Power to the People Campaign sent supporters a copy of her acceptance speech to the Green Party of the United States nominating convention, delivered yesterday.…
McKinney still in the hunt for matching funds
By Gregg Jocoy on July 13, 2008 4:22 PM
In a message to supporters today, Cynthia McKinney explained that while she has secured the Green Party nomination, she is still in the running for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination in California.…
Green Party obituary
By Gregg Jocoy on July 13, 2008 2:35 PM
Drew Pritt writes that The time of death for the Green Party was just before 2:00 p.m. on July 12, 2008.
He bases this obit on the nomination of Cynthia McKinney as the party’s nominee.…
Historical pockets of support for third party and independent candidates
By Austin Cassidy on July 13, 2008 1:19 PM
It’s interesting to look back through past election results and see how some third party candidates for President have done really well in small pockets of the country.…
Barr fundraiser at Root’s ‘ostentatious’ mansion draws crowd of 25
By Editorial Team on July 13, 2008 1:18 PM
The “25 or so” people who showed up for Bob Barr‘s Las Vegas fundraising event — hosted by Wayne Root at Root’s “ostentatious” mansion — were described by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as “mostly Libertarian Party stalwarts, including many who are running for office locally, and friends of Root, including his physician, Dr.…
Jesse Ventura speaks out on two-party system, Libertarians, Ron Paul, on Al Jazeera interview
By Editorial Team on July 13, 2008 1:01 PM
Potential Minnesota Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Jesse Ventura, was interviewed by Al Jazeera on April 9.
In the interview, he says of the two major parties: “They’ve turned the whole business of elections into panhandling and bribery,” and “These two parties now have America $9 trillion in debt.”…