Washingtonpost.com reports, “You’ll never guess who really, really wants to go to the inauguration: Ralph Nader. The sometimes cantankerous outsider has sent an open letter to Barack Obama asking that third-party candidates — the Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr, the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin and the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney — be included among the Democrats, Republicans, business execs and others at the January ceremonies.…
Posts published in November 2008
Recount: Arkansas Greens did not win Chicot County Assessor race
By paulie on November 14, 2008 11:34 PM
Posted at ballot Access News
On November 14, Chicot County, Arkansas recounted the votes for Assessor, a partisan race. The Green Party candidate lost by 30 votes.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: How will Libertarians affect Georgia runoff?
By paulie on November 14, 2008 11:30 PM
Original article here.
By JIM THARPE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Libertarians have never won statewide office in Georgia, but suddenly their votes have become valuable currency in the extended U.S.
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Cindy Sheehan’s Veterans Day message to George Bush
By paulie on November 14, 2008 11:17 PM
From sfbg.com by way of On The Wilder Side
Dear George,
I am writing this to you on the fifth Veteran’s Day I have mourned the death of my son, Casey Sheehan.
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Case that will have bearing on judgement against Ralph Nader from 2004 to come before US Supreme Court
By paulie on November 14, 2008 10:52 PM
From Ballot Access News:
Caperton v A.T. Massey Coal Company, 08-22. The issue is whether the U.S. Constitution protects someone who is involved in a lawsuit, when that person’s opponent in the court case had made very large campaign donations to a judge who is hearing the case.
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Libertarian Party says businessmen are bad for capitalism
By paulie on November 14, 2008 10:45 PM
Posted at LP.org
CEOs and Government Assistance Stand in the Way of Economic Turnaround
“CEOs and government ‘altruism’ are standing in the way of effective economic turnaround,” says Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis.
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Ralph Nader on restoring the Constitution
By paulie on November 14, 2008 10:40 PM
Posted on the Vote Nader blog
Barack Obama is receiving lots of advice from many people these days about the collapse of Wall Street, the sinking economy and the quagmire wars he will inherit from the Bush regime.
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Cynthia McKinney: Malik Rahim needs our help!
By paulie on November 14, 2008 10:32 PM
Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. IPR’s previous coverage of Malik Rahim:
Update on the Malik Rahim campaign
Greens mobilize for Malik Rahim for Congress
Green Party Congressional candidate Malik Rahim on Democracy Now!…
Barry “Never Get Busted” Cooper to run for Governor of Texas?
By paulie on November 14, 2008 10:16 PM
According to Joey Dauben (email sent to [email protected]), former narcotics officer Barry Cooper is considering running for Governor of Texas as a Libertarian. According to Dauben, no final decision has been made.…