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Posts published in November 2011

An Open Letter to Gary Earl Johnson

By Jill Pyeatt on November 30, 2011 11:02 PM

 

Found  today on Facebook, on the Libertarian Party of California Page
 

America is at a crossroads. We borrow and print forty-three cents of every dollar the federal government spends and are now choking on debt.…

Politico: “Gary Johnson eyes Libertarians, who eye Ventura”

By Gene Berkman on November 30, 2011 6:10 PM

Politico.com reports that former Governor Gary Johnson “hasn’t given up on his New Hampshire-centric bid for the Republican nomination yet, but he’s already in talks with the Libertarian Party about becoming their candidate instead.”…

Root Video: “I Am the One Percent!”

By Bruce Cohen on November 30, 2011 3:25 PM

Wayne Allyn Root turned his latest commentary “I am the 1%” into a video…after getting the most response…and the most positive response of his entire career.…

Hill article on Jill Stein includes supportive comments from Ralph Nader

By Jeremy C. Young on November 29, 2011 1:35 AM

In a rather lengthy piece on Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and the Occupy Wall Street movement, reporter Kris Kitto obtains this nugget from Ralph Nader on Stein’s candidacy:

Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader says signature collection alone can consume a third-party campaign’s resources.

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Root: I Am The 1%

By Bruce Cohen on November 28, 2011 4:00 PM

I am the 1%. I am a S.O.B. (son of a butcher). I started out with nothing. I was raised in a blue-collar dead end town on the Bronx borderline.…

Jill Stein: Black Friday shows how economy doesn’t work for working people

By Jeremy C. Young on November 28, 2011 1:30 PM

A press release from Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein:

Green presidential candidate Jill Stein took note of the intense efforts of retailers to stimulate demand with Black Friday spending sprees, saying that, “We all want an economy in which workers have money in their pockets and retailers have paying customers.

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In new article, ABC’s The Note is bullish on 2012 third party prospects

By Jeremy C. Young on November 26, 2011 11:25 PM

Amy Bingham of ABC’s The Note writes that third parties may well do better in 2012 than they have in the past. The article contains quotes from LP Executive Director Wes Benedict, GP spokesman Mark Dunlea, GP presidential candidate Jill Stein (apparently misidentified as the only GP candidate in the field), and Americans Elect CEO Elliot Ackerman.…