In an interview with Paul Jay of REAL NEWS NETWORK published 22 FEB 2016, Ralph Nader, the Green Party Presidential Candidate in 1996 and 2000, and an Independent Presidential Candidate in 2004 and 2008 says that both the Republican and Democratic Parties are now, in effect, a single Corporatist Party. The portion of the full video available at https://youtu.be/yY5yXeiES1Q transcribed below begins at 2:05.… Read more ...
Lubbock Left, a blog hosted but not edited by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:
… Read more ...Social conservatives and libertarians don’t get along. Here’s a FOX News opinion piece about the recent CPAC Conference illustrating that point. (To my friends on the right: yes, I occasionally read FOX News, holding my nose the whole time.) Social conservatives can’t stand libertarians wanting a voice within the Republican Party, though they courted libertarians eagerly enough in the 2010 election cycle, mostly through the TEA Party concept.
Thomas Sipos at Libertarian Peacenik blog:
People are urging Ron Paul to run once again, in 2012:
I can’t think of a better candidate.
If Paul runs, it will probably be for the Republican Party nomination. If he loses (as he probably will), he can then run on either the Libertarian Party or Constitution Party, if he wants.… Read more ...