Saying that IPR’s Trent Hill had done him a “great honor” by including him with Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell nonetheless says he “cannot accept” the “very kind offer” to be listed as a candidate for vice president in Louisiana.…
Posts tagged as “Louisiana”
Winger: Bloomberg-Paul to be replaced by Baldwin-Castle in Virginia
By Administrative Team on August 21, 2008 12:43 PM
Note: This story is based on reporting from Richard Winger of Ballot Access News. The report is being actively challenged by at least one leader of the VA Indy Greens.…
Latest Boston Tea Party endorsements, organizational news
By paulie on August 13, 2008 11:37 AM
Latest affiliates and endorsements from the Boston Tea Party
New news at the top 12 August 2008 The Boston Tea Party’s national committee has voted to endorse Tom Knapp for Congress in Missouri.
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Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections
By paulie on August 8, 2008 11:03 AM
Press release from the national Green Party
Malapportionment of Electoral College votes may lead to a Republican victory despite the popular vote, disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters, especially black voters in southern states
Green civil action seeks to democratize the Electoral College by enforcing 14th Amendment voter protections, names Vice President Cheney as defendent
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders said today that the outcome of the 2008 presidential election may be affected by the antidemocratic apportionment of Electoral College votes, with the popular vote misrepresented by the winner-take-all system of assigning votes to electors.…
Malik Rahim at Green Party national convention
By paulie on July 26, 2008 10:24 PM
Malik Rahim was a keynote speaker at the Green Party US convention. He is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 2nd district (New Orleans area). According to wikipedia, “Malik Rahim (born Donald Guyton in 1948) is a former Black Panther, convicted felon, and a long-time housing and prison activist in the U.S.…
Green Party Congressional Roundup
By paulie on July 20, 2008 8:52 PM
Posted at Green Party Watch by Gregg Jocoy
This is essentially little more than a series of links to stories about Greens running for Congress.
Wanda Sabir writes about New Orleans based Green Malik Rahim and his campaign for Congress from his New Orleans district.
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LPNY chair to BTP: Drop dead
By paulie on July 19, 2008 9:57 AM
In this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson.…
Louisiana state representative runs for Congress as independent
By PJO on July 12, 2008 2:52 AM
The Hill reports Louisiana Democratic state representative Michael Jackson, who challenged Democratic Rep. Don Cazayoux for renomination in Louisiana’s Sixth U.S. House District, has qualified to run for the seat as an independent.…
Libertarian Fontanesi runs for U.S. Senate in Louisiana
By PJO on July 12, 2008 2:49 AM
The Baton Rouge Advocate reports Libertarian Richard Fontanesi has entered the Louisiana U.S. Senate race, saying he “will keep with his party’s principle that ‘government should be protecting our rights, not trying to solve all our problems.'”…