Socialist Party Vice-Presidential nominee and Peace and Freedom VP hopeful Stewart Alexander published a short article on Bay Area Indymedia today criticizing Congress’s ethanol production targets for 2022 as “direct competition with the food supply.”…
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New design launched for the LP Web site
By Austin Cassidy on June 9, 2008 7:58 AM
The Libertarian Party’s Web site has been redesigned and relaunched. We heard promises from Bill Redpath that a new design was in the works during the Chairman’s debate in Denver.…
Green National Committee
By Gregg Jocoy on June 8, 2008 8:09 PM
The Democrats and Republicans have their national committees, and so do smaller parties. Often we only see the headlines and don’t see what happened behind the scenes to make those headlines.…
Bob Barr on Glenn Beck: Pros and cons from libertarian perspective
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 4:53 PM
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr appeared on Glenn Beck’s nationally televised show for the full hour Friday. Beck conducted the interview respectfully, allowing Barr a full opportunity to articulate his positions.…
McKinney endorsed by Black Agenda Report
By Gregg Jocoy on June 8, 2008 4:19 PM
In a radio commentary by Editor Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report endorses Cynthia McKinney for President. In the text accompanying the audio of the broadcast, BAR says:
Two candidates with almost identical positions on virtually every issue fight to exhaustion over non-substantial concerns for months, and will doubtless soon celebrate having achieved “unity.”
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Poker Players Alliance posts more anti-gambling quotes from Baldwin
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 2:11 PM
The Poker Players Alliance’s Rich Muny has updated the groups page on Presidential Candidates and Internet and Poker Rights. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin still gets an “F” — worse than Barrack Obama (C) and John McCain (D), and far worse than the “A+” received by Barr/Root.…
Barack Obama to make history as third-party candidate?
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 9:29 AM
The state of South Carolina utilizes “fusion” for all offices. This allows the same candidate to be listed as the nominee for multiple parties, with the resulting votes totaled into one sum.…
Green Party Watch debuts radio show today at 3:00 p.m.
By Gregg Jocoy on June 8, 2008 9:23 AM
Three o’clock on a Sunday afternoon may not be political prime time, but that’s when Green Party Watch Radio hits the airwaves. Running a full fifteen minutes, the program was promoted over at Green Party Watch Friday, and Sunday of last week.…
Kat Swift decries ‘Ageism’ in the Constitution
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 9:08 AM
Friday was Kat Swift’s birthday. She turned 35, making her officially eligible for president under the Constitution.
“The process by which one becomes President is a fraud,” says a media release posted on the Swift campaign’s blog.…
Green Party Watch speculates on potential Green VP candidates
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 8:48 AM
Ronald Kane Hardy indulges in some “indulgent speculation” at Green Party Watch, considering a dozen potential running mates for Cynthia McKinney. In addition to Ms.…