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Roseanne Barr of the Peace and Freedom Party after the Green Party rejected her.
\nWell, I see why the party was so eager to get the celebrity their nomination<\/a>.
\nBarr’s Peace and Freedom Party needs voters as well as cash; the party won’t be on the ballot in California in 2014 unless 45,000 more voters register with the platform, according to the\u00c2\u00a0San Jose Mercury<\/em> News.
\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>Further…
\nThe 59-year old Barr, who currently runs a nut farm in Hawaii, said she would grow hemp if it weren’t the only commodity which is legal to own, import, export, buy, and sell, but not to grow. And if she did, she’d “employ hundreds of thousands of Americans.”<\/em>
\nBut what about this mind control? “Without mind control (from the two parties),” she said, according to the Merc, “people would demand a representational government that works for the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness<\/em>.
\nThat’s an interesting approach to explaining the famed Two Party Duopoly, or “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum”.<\/p>\n

Attention Portland. \u00c2\u00a0Roseanne Barr will be at Powells, Wednesday between 2 and 4. \u00c2\u00a0Apparently not really campaigning, though<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0 Won’t find this book in the too-be-remaindered book table of presidential and veep candidate campaign books.<\/p>\n

The Libertarian Candidate, Gary Johnson, has a huge poll number in Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When only\u00c2\u00a0President Obama\u00c2\u00a0and Republican nominee\u00c2\u00a0Mitt Romney\u00c2\u00a0are included, Obama leads by 45.2% to 44.3%, with 10.4% either undecided or supporting a third party candidate.
\n<\/em>When Libertarian nominee\u00c2\u00a0Gary Johnson\u00c2\u00a0is also included, Obama leads Romney by 44.5% to 37.8%, with Johnson winning 10.6% of the vote. 7.1% are either undecided or supporting another third party candidate.
\n<\/em>This is the first poll in Ohio to show Johnson reaching double-digit support, and his presence appears to affect Romney far more than it affects Obama. Ohio is considered to be a must-win for Romney, as no Republican has ever won the Presidency while losing in Ohio.
\n<\/em>Green Party nominee\u00c2\u00a0Jill Stein\u00c2\u00a0and Constitution Party nominee\u00c2\u00a0Virgil Goode\u00c2\u00a0also have\u00c2\u00a0ballotaccess\u00c2\u00a0in Ohio, but their names were not included in the poll.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ron Paul-philes are amusing in jumping in to chime “Ha! \u00c2\u00a0Screw with Ron Paul… and … er ???”
\nThere is a “Beware” quality here. \u00c2\u00a0Mention names and a sort of soft Romney supporter will fade to the third name, before casting the ballot for Romney. \u00c2\u00a0If you had substituted Jill Stein or Virgil Goode, they would attract a decent number of that number.<\/p>\n

Rocky Anderson and Jill Stein “debate” on Democracy Now<\/a>.
\nThat same evening, Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson will appear at a Democracy Now! live event at the Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman Street, Denver. Amy Goodman will host. The audience will see the Commission on Presidential Debates on a screen. After the first question has been asked of President Obama and Mitt Romney, and their answers have been received, the church audience video of that debate will pause, and Stein and Anderson will also answer whatever question had just been asked in the CPD Debate. Then, the church audience will then see the next CPD question (which, of course, is no longer live, because of the delay) and the process will continue. Here is a\u00c2\u00a0link\u00c2\u00a0to Democracy! Now\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s web page about the event, which does not mention any other presidential candidates. The Green Party\u00c2\u00a0publicityabout this event says that Gary Johnson is also participating, but this appears to be incorrect.<\/em><\/p>\n

Question asked in comments: \u00c2\u00a0What would it take to get Johnson and Goode to participate<\/em>? \u00c2\u00a0I don’t know… this is a Left-wing forum, Democracy Now, so you can find a right-wing forum. \u00c2\u00a0Unfortunately your Tea Party is kinda committed to the Republican nominee by means of its control mechanisms with Koch, etc.<\/p>\n

This is probably more interesting than figuring out what the Socialist Workers Party candidate is up to in 2012.<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0A Rally in 1948 — predicts that Dewey win everyone thought was coming, etc.<\/p>\n

OOOh.. A tough one<\/a>.
\nOpposition to the death penalty is pretty much my most fundamental political belief. I’ve therefore always followed the principle of voting for an anti-death penalty candidate, unless there wasn’t one on the ballot paper. I do this even if it’s a fringe candidate. […]<\/em>
\n\u00c2\u00a0However, the only left-of-centre, anti-death penalty presidential candidate in “my” state this time round is Peta Lindsay, who represents an out-and-out revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party, and who regards Cuba as the template for the rest of the world to follow. Now, I’m all for acknowledging the good side of the Cuban system as well as the bad, but such views are a bit strong for even my taste.<\/em><\/p>\n

Write in time. \u00c2\u00a0I hear Mickey Mouse opposes the Death Penalty.<\/p>\n

I was wondering how the Reform Party Convention went. \u00c2\u00a0It went to…\u00c2\u00a0Andre Barnett<\/a>, a business owner, model and military veteran from New York State… who has a lot of shirtless buff images on the Internet. \u00c2\u00a0The big news appears to be that the Kansas state party substituted Chuck Baldwin for him, choosing to go to the Theocratic Right. \u00c2\u00a0Whether Baldwin cares to run or not.<\/p>\n

In other news<\/a>… \u00c2\u00a0Here’s the Facebook like tallies for the candidates…<\/p>\n

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  1. Barack Obama (D) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 538,733<\/li>\n
  2. Gary Johnson (L) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 62,224<\/li>\n
  3. Mitt Romney (R) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 37,820<\/li>\n
  4. Jill Stein (G) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 22,834<\/li>\n
  5. Rocky Anderson (J) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 6,279<\/li>\n
  6. Roseanne Barr (PF) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3,915<\/li>\n
  7. Virgil Goode (C) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2,092<\/li>\n
  8. Stewart Alexander (S) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1,677<\/li>\n
  9. Tom Hoefling (A) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1,057<\/li>\n
  10. Merlin Miller (A3P) – 224<\/li>\n
  11. Andre Barnett (RP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 197<\/li>\n
  12. Ed Noonan (AI) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 93<\/li>\n
  13. James Harris (SW) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 67<\/li>\n
  14. Jerry White (SE) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 57<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    The big jumper, according to the Examiner, is Merlin Miller. \u00c2\u00a0A quote from this candidate: \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jews did 911, Jews control U.S.A.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0… Well, his facebook jump may be attributed to a recent interview on David Duke’s internet show.<\/div>\n

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