May 21, 2025
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This local story seems to be a bit of a smear piece.
Selectman Brendan Kelly has been rounding up signatures for Libertarian candidates in the November elections and apparently gathering unwanted hacker attention on his Web site, www.brendankellylpnh.com
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Yesterday, Wayne Allyn Root, Mike Gravel, and Bob Barr participated in a forum moderated by Dave Weigel, associate editor of Reason. The American Spectator reports.…
From today’s Wall Street Journal:
A factotum, if you don’t know (I didn’t), is “an employee who does all kinds of work.”
Consider the poor Washington libertarian.
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Libertarian Party founder David Nolan has written a short article connecting several of the recent controversies in the LP. A list of topics covered would spoil the entire piece (hint: check the tags), so here’s the gist in Nolan’s own words:
Clearly, Barr and Viguerie are attempting to gain control of the LP so that Barr can campaign on a conservative/libertarian hybrid platform and Viguerie can extend his fundraising empire into the libertarian quadrant of the political universe.
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Bob Barr’s Leadership PAC is facing a great deal of scrutiny, especially from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. They reported on the low rate at which his PAC contributes to the “Conservative” candidates the PAC claims to help raise funds.…
In a letter sent to Libertarian Party chairman Bill Redpath earlier this evening, three LP presidential candidates — Steve Kubby, George Phillies and Mary Ruwart — protest the selection of fellow candidate Bob Barr‘s campaign finance advisor, Richard Viguerie, as keynote speaker for the party’s 2008 national convention and suggest a substitution.…
Although Free Talk Live host, Ian Bernard, reportedly quit the Libertarian Party amid Corygate, he has nonetheless issued a ringing endorsement of Mary Ruwart for the LP’s presidential nomination.…
Max Rieske was interview by Miller Politics recently,
“I was extremely disappointed with my experience with and at the national Constitution Party convention in KS City; For one thing, Chuck Baldwin & Howard Phillips choice for Vice President was a lackluster lawyer who never ran for political office before and has absolutely no desire to build the parties base up or have the party ever win any office.”
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Ballot-Access News just reported:
The ballot-qualified Minnesota Independence Party holds a primary in September. Filing is in July. Press reports from Minnesota indicate that both Jesse Ventura and Dean Barkley are considering running for U.S.
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Bob Bird, a longtime conservative activist from Alaska, recently entered the US Senate race against incumbent Ted Stevens. As of yet, no other alternative parties have entered the race.…
LP congressional candidate and blogosphere superstar, Thomas L. Knapp, will be running for a spot on the Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee at the Denver convention. Mr.…
California Libertarian Gail Lightfoot, chair of the San Luis Obispo County LP and 2006 candidate for Secretary of State, has announced her candidacy for the LP’s vice-presidential nomination.…