In keeping with IPR’s mission of “providing a forum for the intelligent discussion” of alternative parties and candidates in addition to providing news coverage, today I have a question for such candidates: How do you do it?…
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BTP voting hacked by (not so) Vast Left Wing Conspiracy
By paulie on June 17, 2008 10:08 AM
Posted by ElfNinosMom at Last Free Voice
As previously noted, the Boston Tea Party’s online nomination convention was interrupted by someone who made multiple accounts on the same IP, and fraudulently voted.…
Boston Tea Party nominates Jay/Knapp ticket
By Administrative Team on June 17, 2008 3:48 AM
The Boston Tea Party has its presidential ticket: Charles Jay and Thomas Knapp.
Jay, who ran for president in 2004 under the Personal Choice Party banner, won the BTP’s presidential nomination with 76% of the vote.…
Stewart Alexander on economic stimulus
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 16, 2008 6:14 PM
Stewart Alexander, the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Party USA and Peace and Freedom VP hopeful, has written an article for Bay Area Indymedia highlighting his concerns with Bush’s $168 billion economic stimulus package:
Millions of working people are waking up to the harsh reality that the Bush stimulus package is not working and that the U.S.
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Greens challenge Obama on Iran
By paulie on June 16, 2008 6:00 PM
Posted by Ronald Kane Hardy at Green Party Watch
In a press release the Green Party (US) is coming out critical of Barack Obama and his recent statements regarding Iran:
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders and candidates expressed alarm that presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has joined President Bush in threatening a US attack on Iran
In a speech last week before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Sen.
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Barr back-paddling on ‘Fair’ tax?
By paulie on June 16, 2008 5:09 PM
posted at TPW
Appearing on BizRadio (Houston, Texas), Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr told host Daniel Frishberg on “The Money Man Report†that he sees a tremendous opportunity for change in the United States’ government and economic system.
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Suspected fraud in BTP online convention voting
By paulie on June 16, 2008 4:31 PM
posted at Last Free Voice by ElfNinosMom
In the Boston Tea Party’s online convention, there is some very serious concern about fraudulent voting.
It appears that some people may be creating multiple accounts – one seems to have as many as 12 accounts from the same IP – so they can vote multiple times; it appears those votes were cast for “None of the Above”, causing a situation wherein the top candidate for the VP slot was tied with NOTA.…
Nader statement on Ron Paul
By paulie on June 16, 2008 4:20 PM
Media release from the Nader Team:
June 13, 2008
www.votenader.org
www.officialnaderstore.com
RALPH NADER ISSUES STATEMENT ON DR RON PAUL
Washington, DC——Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader issued the below statement on Dr Ron Paul today.…
Libertarian Party Convention 2010: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?
By paulie on June 16, 2008 3:59 PM
No, but it just might be at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i.
Astute readers may remember the 2006 Libertarian Party national convention in Portland, which drew only 300 or so attendees, the lowest number since 1973, and managed to delete three fourths of the 2004 platform after the delegates were not provided a copy of the then-current platform.…