Eric Sundwall, a long-time leader of the Libertarian Party, is publishing something new and different. Titled “The Anarchist’s Dictator: A Lyrical Riddle,” it will be available on Amazon starting Tuesday, September 6th.
I was fortunate to receive a pre-release copy and it’s a fun read. The five chapters are written in varying voices, and all are filled with cute references to philosophers and philosophical traditions.… Read more ...
Interview with Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York Warren Redlich at WPIX 11 TV in NYC forwarded by Eric Sundwall:
Email from Redlich campaign manager Eric Sundwall:
May 22, 2010 – Primary Challenge Event
Warren Redlich challenges Carl Paladino about his contributions to Chuck Schumer.
Warren Redlich is the Libertarian nominee for Governor of New York, and is also seeking the Republican nomination (New York allows candidates to run under multiple parties).… Read more ...
George Phillies, candidate for LNC Chair, responded to Eric Sundwall’s questions for all LNC Chair candidates in comments on the thread on which they were posted. His answers are below. John Jay Myers answered as well.
These are short answers to sometimes complex questions.
1. Role of a Third Party – The American system as conceived by the likes of Madison and others, is primarily designed to favor a winner take all, or single plurality districts.… Read more ...
Eric Sundwall writes to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
Having observed a recent inquiry by former Vice Chair of the LNC, Chuck Moulton to Wayne Root, I’d like to extend the franchise to at least a half hour of thinking towards all the candidates. Having served on the LNC and being a former state chair of New York, I too have pertinent questions for the candidates.… Read more ...
Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster:
Independent Political Report has been running and/or excerpting and/or linking to a number of reader reviews of Wayne Allyn Root’s recent campaign book, The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts.
While there’s certainly some overlap between IPR’s readership and KN@PPSTER’s, I figure that overlap isn’t total and that it’s worth providing KN@PPSTER readers an organized set of links to these reviews, which range from exceptionally laudatory to extremely negative.… Read more ...
Former New York LP Chair Eric Sundwall emailed me to let me know that he is reviewing Wayne Root’s Conscience of a Libertarian chapter by chapter on his blog. As of this writing, he is up to Chapter Twelve.
Previews reviews of the book covered by IPR: George Phillies, Steve Kubby, John Hospers, Peter Orvetti, and Richard Winger.… Read more ...
from Ballot Access News
Official Election Returns, 20th U.S. House District
May 19th, 2009
… Read more ...New York has released official election returns for the special election of March 31 in the 20th U.S. House district [to fill the seat of now Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]. The only candidates on the ballot were Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco.
Scott Murphy is the candidate for the Democrats. Jim Tedisco is the Republican. The special election to fill the 20th Congressional District seat in New York, vacated when Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to Senate, is too close to call. Media reports show Murphy winning with a lead of 59 or 65 points.… Read more ...
Former Libertarian candidate for New York’s 20th Congressional District, Eric Sundwall, wrote a letter slamming Republican candidate Jim Tedisco and his allies. He also endorses Democrat Scott Murphy for the congressional seat. Here’s part of the letter:
… Read more ...Mr. Tedisco denies any involvement with the concerted effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot.
The State Board of Elections has voted to disqualify the Libertarian Party candidate for the 20th Congressional District, Eric Sundwall, from the election, just a week from the election. They did so after an investigation found four thousand of his ballot access signatures invalid.
Here’s an excerpt:
… Read more ...ALBANY — The state Board of Elections voted today to disqualify the Libertarian Party candidate in race for the vacant 20th congressional district, less than a week before Tuesday’s special election.
The Times Union published an article today about the debate between Eric Sundwall and Scott Murphy, two of the three people running for Congress in the 20th Congressional District in New York. The article mentions some of the views of both candidates.
Sundwall, a Libertarian, opposes Murphy’s views on healthcare, saying “As a Libertarian, it’s not my responsibility to make sure my employees floss their teeth or have good health habits in place.”… Read more ...