Poli-Tea author Damon Eris, independent political blogger, talks with The Hankster about independent and third party politics, the rise of independent voters in the face of an entrenched political duopoly, and what it all means to American politics circa 2009 and beyond.
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I won’t say that this represents all of these parties, but some delicious crazy starts at 2 minutes in. Basically, the argument can be summed up as Obama wanted to wait until June to put in the digital TV converters in so he could brainwash people.
I’m not kidding…

A big thank you to Glenn Beck [...]

Just found a comment left by the Transportation Security Administration in the post I wrote yesterday about that situation in St. Louis where a Ron Paul supporter was held and questioned because he had $4,700 in cash on him (which is roughly represented in the picture above).
From Evolution of Security:
At approximately 6:50 p.m. on March [...]

I think I’ve said this before, but the Republicans definitely run the risk of being fractured between the social and the fiscal conservatives. Because call him whatever you like, but Bush was not a fiscal conservative. And there are A LOT of fiscally conservative folks who really despise the less tolerant aspects of social conservatism.
Now [...]

A truly dumb move by St. Louis airport employees is recorded and shared here by Fox News…

Is Missouri’s militia/Ron Paul tie still in full effect?
One note, the commentator in the middle who tries to tie this to Obama’s economic policies at the very end was a truly hacky move. He didn’t need to go there, [...]

This was definitely troubling, so it’s good to see that some real action was taken after the report was revealed.
From McClatchy:
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before being distributed to law enforcement agencies.
The Highway Patrol [...]

(A series on little-known candidates for President)
Alan Keyes is not a little-known candidate, but many people may be surprised to know he is on the ballot in three states this general election - California, Colorado and Florida. The real news is not that, but how many times Keyes has run for President this year.
Keyes ran in [...]

(A series on little-known Presidential candidates)
In 2006, The Boston Tea Party broke from the Libertarian Party and adopted the most concise platform of any organized party in the country.
“The Boston Tea Party supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and [...]

Is Barr this year’s Nader? Probably not because this doesn’t appear to be a close call.
However, he could definitely siphon off crucial votes in New Hampshire and Georgia.

So, will Barr help bring about an Obama landslide?

(A series on little-known Presidential candidates)
The small United States Pacifist Party has run a Presidential candidate as a write-in candidate in previous elections, but this is the first time they are on the ballot in a state. That state is Colorado, which has 16 candidates for President — the most crowded Presidential general election ballot [...]

(A series on little-known Presidential candidates)
What is America’s third oldest political party?
The Prohibition Party.
One would think that with the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933, the Prohibition Party would have died long ago. Not quite. It is still twitching.
The Prohibition Party has run candidates in every Presidential election since 1872. Its best showing was [...]

(A series on little-known Presidential candidates)
The McCain campaign has made socialism a buzzword in the last week. However, if they want to find a real socialist, they need to look no further than the Socialist Workers Party.
The SWP is on the ballot in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington. [...]

(A series on little-known Presidential candidates) 
Richard Duncan is an independent candidate on the ballot in a single state – Ohio. In 2004, he ran as a  write-in candidate for President and received 17 votes. Duncan expects to do considerably better this year.
The most notable thing about Duncan’s campaign is how he picked his Vice-Presidential running mate. The [...]

Yes…the Chuck Baldwin, candidate for the Constitution Party.
So why not the Libertarian candidate Bob Barr?
Well, it appears as if Paul didn’t like the fact that Barr didn’t show up to his press conference recently…
The Libertarian Party Candidate admonished me for “remaining neutral” in the presidential race and not stating whom I will vote for [...]

If you want to catch a hot debate, do not miss NADER FEST ’08.
At a Denver café on July 27, Ralph Nader plans an issues oriented debate. The issues are many—nuclear disarmament, same-sex unions, healthcare, Iraq and so on. A debate involves more than one, and Nader has a surprise opponent. Obama? McCain? Barr? No, [...]

But it wasn’t an easy nomination process…
Denver — Georgia’s Bob Barr won a long and tense battle Sunday for the 2008 Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and now faces the daunting task of doing what no third-party candidate has done: Win in November.
It took six ballots and nearly five hours of voting at the Libertarian National [...]

 
I’ve been dying to draw a Ron Paul cartoon, especially as a lesbian! The Libertarian convention is happening this week, and with Georgia congressman Bob Barr coming out of the closet, the Republicans are afraid…very afraid of the L word.

Looks like the Libertarians are going to field a candidate who could actually have a voice in the conversation this year…thanks to the groundwork laid by Paul.
From Philly.com:
Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, is an all-but-announced presidential candidate – as a Libertarian.
The possibility of a run by Barr has sent shudders through the mainstream [...]

Perennial candidate and hyper-conservative gadfly Alan Keyes has decided to move on to a party that believes the Constitution suggests America should be a Christian state.
From their website…
The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. [...]

Greetings! I’m Marcia Ford — journalist, writing guru, blogger, and author of We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter. Oh, and I’m a Christian, an evangelical no less. Ordinarily, I’d withhold that last bit of information for a while; I’d rather have people get to know me before they make wild and crazy [...]