For Immediate Release
Libertarian Party: CPD decides to make their first debates irrelevant
Libertarian National Committee Chair, Nicholas Sarwark, released this statement today:
In spite of polls showing that 54-76 percent of voters want Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson included in debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced that it will not include Johnson in the September 26 debate, nor will it include Gov.
By Matt Welch, Reason.com, September 6th, 2016:
… Read more ...CNN/ORC this morning came out with its first national presidential poll in more than month, and the results are terrible for Gary Johnson’s fading hopes of getting into this fall’s presidential debates. The Libertarian nominee pulled just 7 percent in the survey, down from 9 percent in the same poll at the end of July, and 13 percent—his highest-ever showing nationwide—two weeks prior to that.
Darryl W. Perry is an anarchist writer, radio talk show host and political activist who ran for the Libertarian Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Perry presently serves as the vice-chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire. He published the following on FPP.cc yesterday:
It seems the 2016 Presidential election cycle will never end, however it’s only a couple of months away and the general election debates are fast approaching.… Read more ...
For Immediate Release
Monday, September 5, 2016
Number of Debate Podiums Not Known
Libertarian Party Demands Fox New Cease and Desist
Alexandria The Libertarian Party releases this statement from Libertarian National Committee Political Director, Carla Howell:
“It has come to our attention that Fox News is running misleading ads for the first presidential debate scheduled for September 26, which show just two participants: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.… Read more ...
From Jill2016.com, September 2nd, 2016:
Here’s the story of how the elites deceived the American public:
1988 was a milestone year.
Up until then, the League of Women Voters impartially sponsored presidential debates.
That setup didn’t cut it for Democrats and Republicans, which had corporate interests in mind.
So they teamed up to create a corporation called the Commission on Presidential Debates.… Read more ...
Posted to Breitbart
By Jason Scheurer
March 7, 2016
A lawsuit filed on September 26, 2015 in Washington D.C. (and its eventual outcome) may turn out to be the most important event of the 2016 presidential election.
Virtually ignored by all but a handful of alternative media outlets, this suit has the power to destroy the existing political power structure ─ much like the ridesharing firms, Uber and Lyft, threaten the antiquated taxi industry.… Read more ...
In a Friday editorial, The Richmond Times-Dispatch called for changes to the current model of presidential general election debates, saying the “country has events that look like debates” but they are really “simultaneous news conferences…guaranteed to produce a focus on the trivial triumvirate of GGZ: gaffes, gotchas and zingers.”
On the subject of including alternative party presidential candidates, the newspaper wrote, “The argument against doing so holds that they have no real chance of winning.… Read more ...
Posted at The Liberty Crier:
An additional televised debate has been announced and Robert Sarvis has been invited to participate. The debate is being hosted by radio station KissRichmond.com and local news channel 8 at wric.com.
Virginians are invited to the Radio One and 8 News Gubernatorial Community Forum on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Virginia War Memorial 621 South Belvidere Street Richmond, VA 23220.… Read more ...
The Atlantic publishes an article on Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson, the third party candidates in the past, and how they can effect an election.
… Read more ...Having since left the GOP for the Libertarian Party—that loose, 40-year-old coalition of perpetually quarreling anti-statists and isolationists, Ayn Randians and Hayekians, goldbugs and black-helicopter-fixated privacy fanatics—Johnson hopes to fashion a new voting bloc.
http://reason.com/blog/2011/11/15/johnson-files-complaint-with-the-fec-and
Gary Johnson Files Complaint With the FEC and FCC, Has No Plans to Run as a Libertarian
Lucy Steigerwald | November 15, 2011
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, the guy having the world’s most frustrating presidential campaign, is joining Congressman Ron Paul in rejecting calls to run on the Libertarian Party ticket.… Read more ...
Timid GOP members may cave to avoid across-the-board cuts
The congressional supercommittee tasked with cutting the debt is almost out of time. Good. Run out the clock. If its members do not come to an agreement, we’ll be forced to accept automatic across-the-board cuts to spending – including defense spending.… Read more ...