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Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
History has not been kind to third party candidates.
The last third party candidate to successfully turn a party into a political force: Abraham Lincoln, who was elected president as a Republican in 1860.
Since then third party candidates have made small strides.
Vermont resident Bernie Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate …
Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
Howard Phillips, the Constitution Party’s presidential candidate in 1992, ‘96, and 2000, recently interviewed Jerome Corsi, whose name has been floated as a possible Constitution Party presidential candidate in ‘08. The subject of the interview is the proposed North American Union.
Source: Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership
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Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
This is an interesting opinion piece from Carl Milsted Jr. from over on Free Market News…
America needs a real libertarian party – one which gets freedom-lovers elected to partisan offices. Unfortunately, the existing Libertarian Party was set up for different purposes: to educate the public about a very narrow and …
Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
The day after being elected to the Massachusettes State House as an independent, Paul McMurtry has switched his registration and will serve as a Democrat in order to have a maximum amount of influence. He believes that by being a member of the majority party in the legislature …
Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
Independent candidate Paul McMurtry was elected to the Massachusettes State House last week in a special election. He defeated a Republican and a Democrat, winning 38% of the vote.
From the Westwood Press…
Paul McMurtry, who pitched himself as the local candidate while campaigning for the 11th Norfolk District, needed the …
Continue Reading May 21st, 2007
. . . Weighing in on the discussion was Daniel Imperato, a libertarian, and a 2008 Presidential Candidate.
Imperato stated, “first of all, I find it interesting that Giuliani took such offense to Ron Paul’s comment when he needed to look no further than himself. Why didn’t Giuliani protect the …
Continue Reading May 19th, 2007
Some interesting quotes from James Dobson in this recent article:
Dobson wrote that Giuliani’s support for abortion rights and civil unions for homosexuals, as well as the former mayor’s two divorces, were a deal-breaker for him. “(In a) choice between him and Senators Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I will …
Continue Reading May 19th, 2007
After the recent Republican debate most media outlets have taken an opportunity to knock on Ron Paul, but one person at CNN has come to his defense.
While I’m not backing Ron Paul, I certainly do enjoy a voice of partial reason inside a room full of Republicans.
If you can’t get …
Continue Reading May 19th, 2007
Another thought-provoking MySpace bulletin from a Republican Liberty Caucus activist:
I have feared the day this would come. If you really care about Ron Paul’s message of freedom and you want Ron Paul to be our
Mistakes and incompetence are worlds apart form George Bush planned 9/11
Here’s how you will become Ron …
Continue Reading May 19th, 2007
Justin Raimondo of Antiwar.com writes:
Make no mistake about it – Bloomberg’s billions in partnership with Hagel’s biography and crustily independent views – especially about the Iraq war – could do a lot more than merely shake the political landscape. If Ron Paul is the peace party’s David up against a …
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