October 4, 2026
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In a long interview with Stephen Dubner, Ron Paul answered several questions about involvement with alternative parties, among many other subjects discussed. This is from part one of the interview:
Q: Even before the primaries, you said you would not run in the general election.
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Take a break, bring the family, and come to the National Committee meeting in Orlando on December 12 and 13. Meet Constitution Party leaders from around the country, listen in on strategy sessions, and hear great speakers.
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The AP reports that the American Civil Liberties Union has taken the case of Edward Pinkney, “a southwestern Michigan minister who was sent to prison for warning that a judge could be tortured by God.”…
Libertarian presidential hopeful Wayne Allyn Root is scheduled to speak at the Wealth Masters International Wealth Conference in Marco Island, Florida, later this month. WMI founder Kip Herriage said of Root, “According to Wayne, things will only get worse as we abandon our capitalist system and embrace socialism, as evidenced by the ongoing nationalization of our banking system and coming auto industry bailout/takeover.…
Iowa’s Waterloo Record reports that Ralph Nader said in a Thursday speech at the University of Waterloo that federal aid to automakers “should only be provided if the senior executives are fired, the boards of directors are discharged and replaced with public trustees and only fuel-efficient automobiles are made in the future.”…
“You know, comrades,” says Stalin, “that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this —- who will count the votes, and how.”…
In every presidential election starting in 1888, at least one socialist party has participated. The Socialist Labor Party ran a slate of unpledged presidential electors in 1888 in New York state.
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