Two Alderman have been elected in Louisiana’s partisan elections before the races have even occurred. Randall Hayes and Michael Riffe are both Libertarian Party candidates for villages in Winn Parish, Louisiana.…
Posts published in August 2012
Lee Wrights Says There Is No Left or Right
By Brian Irving on August 17, 2012 11:01 PM
“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” – Anatole France
by R. Lee Wrights
When I was a child, just as most children do, I believed in all the myths and fairy tales my parents taught me.…
Pennsylvania RP Creates “Presidential Candidate Fraud Detection Project” Attacking LP and CP
By Joe Buchman on August 16, 2012 10:40 PM
The following email received by IPR and apparently sent by Don Adams, President of the Independence Tea Party Political Action Committee (see: http://www.independencehallteapartypac.com), to Republican Party supporters in Pennsylvania, claims Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates in Pennsylvania were fraudulently “propped up by Democrats and (are) not the product of a grassroots petition effort.”…
The Hayride: Louisiana’s Dems Appear To Be The Party Of The Lazy And Worthless
By Wes Benedict on August 16, 2012 4:52 PM
“The Libertarians, who have at most a few thousand registered voters on hand, are a lot more serious about running candidates and participating in the electoral process than the Democrats are.…
LASPAC: 5% identify as libertarian in nationwide poll
By Wes Benedict on August 16, 2012 12:14 PM
In the August 8 poll commissioned by LASPAC, 1,000 likely voters were asked the following: “In political terms, do you consider yourself conservative, moderate, liberal, or libertarian?”…
Darcy Richardson Comments on Reform National Convention & 2012 Endorsement
By William Saturn on August 16, 2012 12:32 AM
Historian and IPR contributor Darcy Richardson, who had sought the Reform Party USA presidential nomination, wrote the following about the party and his decision to not attend its National Convention this past weekend:
I never really liked going to funerals, so I skipped the Philadelphia convention.
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Conservative Party to Nominate Presidential Ticket Soon, Virgil Goode A Possibility
By Trent Hill on August 15, 2012 9:09 PM
The Conservative Party of New York will officially nominate a presidential ticket on September 8th. The Conservative Party of New York is expected to nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the GOP nominees, as the Conservative Party has always nominated the Republican Party nominee’s for President.…
Alaskan Independence Party to Nominate No Candidates For First Time in History
By Trent Hill on August 15, 2012 8:35 PM
IPR has learned from party insiders and activists that for the first time in the history of the Alaskan Independence Party, founded in 1974. The party is in a rebuilding process, but has no plans to hold a state convention this year and currently has no recognized party officers.…
LP Texas Road Trip: Presidential and Senate Candidates Hit The Road Together
By Joe Buchman on August 15, 2012 5:13 PM
In the grand tradition of Crosby and Hope (See: Road to Singapore, 1940; Road to Zanzibar, 1941; Road to Morocco, 1942; Road to Rio, 1947; and Road to Bali, 1952) — Libertarian Candidates Johnson and Myers (Gary Johnson (President) and John Jay Myers (US Senate)) are embarking on a “Road to Galveston” (2012) with stops from Austin to Waco.
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