Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will take part in a forum put on by the Close-up Foundation. It will be broadcast this evening on C-SPAN 2 at 7pm.…
Posts published in “Independents”
Mix-up turns Democrat into Write-in
By Austin Cassidy on May 30, 2008 3:09 PM
It looks like a South Florida Democratic is going to have a tough time getting on the ballot, despite collecting more than enough signatures to qualify.…
Sheehan: ‘Bring the dreaded draft on’
By Fred Church Ortiz on May 29, 2008 10:18 PM
In a message sent out to supporters commemorating the birthday of her fallen son, independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan takes on military recruiters and proposes a “radical” change in our military:
A “volunteer” military that counts on poverty, ignorance, a tanking economy, and false patriotism is one of the tools that the Military Industrial Congressional Complex uses to keep our nation in constant war while using the deceptive phraseology of “Support the Troops;” the same troops that they are mis-using as bullet sponges and paid assassins.
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Oklahoma group seeks independent candidates
By PJO on May 29, 2008 12:13 AM
The Oklahoma Coalition of Independents (OKIES) says in a news release that it “wants all Oklahomans to know about the three days when they can file to run for office at the state Capitol: June 2nd to 4th.…
Judge tosses out Nader suit against Democrats
By PJO on May 28, 2008 5:19 PM
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina tossed out Ralph Nader’s lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee, Sen. John Kerry, and the Service Employees International Union in which Nader claimed they conspired to keep Nader off the ballot in several states in 2004, Capitol Media Services reports.Â…
Murphy, independent for Congress, condemns Obama
By Administrative Team on May 28, 2008 3:16 PM
John Murphy, an independent for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th district, has issued a press release condemning presidential candidate Barrack Obama’s “moving further right.” He says “Democrats continue to ape Republicans” and “both parties [are] owned and operated by U.S.…
Robert Milnes leaves the LP
By Austin Cassidy on May 28, 2008 2:09 PM
Robert Milnes, a self-proclaimed Presidential candidate and popular blog commenter, has announced that he is leaving the Libertarian Party. I received this email earlier today:
To whom it may concern, With this letter I hereby withdraw my membership in the Libertarian Party.
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State Senator John Waterman considering an Independent run for Governor of Indiana
By Austin Cassidy on May 26, 2008 11:22 PM
State Senator and former Sullivan County Sheriff, John Waterman, is exploring an independent run for governor of Indiana. Water says that voters are “disgruntled” about the direction of the state and want a conservative choice on the November ballot.…
Sheehan: Consider grief on this Memorial Day
By Fred Church Ortiz on May 26, 2008 1:36 PM
The Sacramento Bee today published an op-ed by independent congressional candidate and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, in which she stresses the personal significance Memorial Day has to her:
Memorial Day is a double whammy for me.
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