Speaking at today’s Rally for the Republic, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said he would run for president in 2012 if he saw “action, not words” from the revolutionaries in attendance.…
Posts published in “Day: September 2, 2008”
Youtube video reveals Democracy Now! host being arrested at Republican Convention
By Ross Levin on September 2, 2008 5:13 PM
Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, and two producers of the show were arrested recently at the Republican Convention in St. Paul. Goodman has featured third party candidates and causes, such as Ralph Nader and Mike Gravel’s call for a new 9/11 investigation, on her independent news program.…
Write-in candidate for Maine Senate seat challenges opponents to a debate
By Ross Levin on September 2, 2008 4:46 PM
“It is time for candidates to debate the most pressing issues affecting this nation and not focus on ‘Swift Boat’ propoganda,” says Herbert Hoffman, independent candidate for US Senate.Â…
Free State Project lowers goal to 1,000
By PJO on September 2, 2008 5:38 AM
“Five years after the Free State Project picked New Hampshire as its home base and began appealing for 20,000 people to move to the state, only a fraction have made the move,” the AP reports.…
Montana’s Kelleher wants U.S. Parliament
By PJO on September 2, 2008 5:36 AM
Maverick Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kelleher, a former Green, has spent his political career advocating “a peculiar political passion: an American parliament,” the Missoulian reports.…
Nader takes on ‘corporate state’
By PJO on September 2, 2008 5:33 AM
The Wisconsin State Journal, previewing independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s visit to the state this week, says Nader “says he’s running for president again to highlight what he calls a ‘corporate state’ in which government works on behalf of businesses at the expense of citizens.”…
Libertarian Barr ‘damned serious’ campaign profiled
By PJO on September 2, 2008 5:31 AM
Campaigns and Elections has a 2,600-word piece on Libertarian Bob Barr’s run for the presidency, headlined “See Bob Run: Barr Is Damned Serious About Becoming President.”…
The Onion: ‘Old, Grizzled Third Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain’
By PJO on September 2, 2008 2:53 AM