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NEWS ABOUT: libertarian

libertarian stories: 14 news summaries
analysis

 Right 
 Suddenly 
 Embraces 
 Truther King 

Alex Jones is like Glenn Beck, only moreso

Oct 8, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn’t long ago that the right wing hated Alex Jones. A top voice in the 9/11 Truth movement, he was repeatedly ridiculed on Fox News, and Michelle Malkin said Ron Paul’s association with him should disqualify him from the GOP primary debates. But Jones is a non-partisan... More »

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libertarian • Glenn Beck • right-wing media • tea parties • right-wing extremism • truther • Alex Jones

OPINION

 Stossel: Yeah, I'm Biased. So? 

Every reporter is, latest Fox hire opines

Sep 25, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John Stossel announced he was leaving ABC for Fox News, many complained he was “biased.” His response? “Every reporter has political beliefs,” he writes for Reason Online. “The difference is that I am upfront about mine.” For example, most media outlets call President... More »

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journalism • Fox News • libertarian • ABC News • media bias • President Obama • John Stossel

Analysis

 Ron Paul Fans Return, 
 as Tea Partiers 


Sep 15, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you polled the protesters at Saturday’s tea party protest on who they voted for in the Republican primaries, Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com has a sneaking suspicion they’d reply, “Ron Paul.” The protesters focus on libertarian complaints and rhetoric, and bear that familiar Paulite intensity.... More »

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protests • Ron Paul • libertarian • health care reform • tea parties • Tea Party

Ron Paul's Son Raises $433K
for Senate Run

Political newcomer borrows dad's tactics
in online fundraising

Aug 22, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rand Paul borrowed a page from his dad’s playbook this week, raking in $433,509 in online donations in just 24 hours, reports CQ Politics. That’s may not approach the $6 million “money bomb” Ron Paul managed for his presidential run—or the $1 million Rand had... More »

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Kentucky • Ron Paul • libertarian • campaign fundraising • fundraising • Rand Paul

Gun-Toting Obama Protester Is a Birther

Secessionist group included among his MySpace friends

Aug 12, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - William Kostric, the man who showed up to protest at Obama’s town hall meeting yesterday with a loaded gun strapped to his leg, told Chris Matthews that he wasn’t affiliated with birther groups. But a web user by the same name has left a digital trail that proves... More »

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MySpace • libertarian • white supremacism • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • guns • President Obama • loaded gun • birther • William Kostric

Analysis

Republicans Take Page From Libertarian Book

From tea parties to budget proposals,
GOP changes tune

Apr 22, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks as though the GOP is turning libertarian, says Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. The tea parties it championed last week take their cue from libertarian movement shindigs, and participation was high in libertarian-leaning states like New Hampshire. The GOP’s alternative budget was a like-minded proposal, "dramatically... More »

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New Hampshire • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Olympia Snowe • Ron Paul • libertarian • Glenn Beck • libertarianism • Sarah Palin • Gallup poll • Gallup • political strategy • Nate Silver • Republicans • tea parties

OPINION

Libertarian Barr Not Here for
the Party Unity

Greets Ron Paul's 'undorsement' with snub, solo event

Sep 11, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Ron Paul convened a coalition of third-party candidates yesterday and endorsed them all, he dashed Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr’s hopes of a solo Paul endorsement, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. So Barr staged a separate press conference, where he announced that he’s not here... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • Libertarian Party • Ralph Nader • third parties • Bob Barr

 Paul Undorses McCain, Obama 

Texan calls for strong third-party protest vote

Sep 10, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Paul wants you to vote for a third-party candidate, CNN reports. The failed Republican presidential wannabe doesn’t particularly care whether you back Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, or Chuck Baldwin—all of whom are declared candidates—but he had no kind words for John McCain or Barack... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Republican • GOP • Ron Paul • libertarian • third party candidacy • third parties • third-party campaign

(Newser) - The McCain campaign has been talking with Ron Paul in attempts to bring his supporters into the Republican fold, even as Paul staged a separate rally for 10,000 loyalists across the river from the RNC in St. Paul tonight, the Washington Times reports. Paul offered no endorsement for the... More »

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GOP • Ron Paul • libertarian • Republican National Convention

 Barr Set for Libertarians 

Ex-Republican nabs nomination, names running mate

May 26, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barr won the Libertarian nomination yesterday, beating scientist Mary Ruwart 324-276 after six rounds of voting. The former GOP congressman from Georgia then swiftly named fifth-round dropout Wayne Allyn Root as his vice-presidential choice. Former Democratic candidate Mike Gravel, meanwhile, dropped out in the fourth round. More »

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Mike Gravel • libertarian • Libertarian Party • third party candidacy • Election 2008 • third-party campaign • Bob Barr

Barr Considers Libertarian Bid for White House

Ex-GOP rep launches exploratory committee for 2008 race

Apr 6, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - With only seven months left in the presidential race, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr is considering tossing his hat belatedly into the ring, the Hill reports. The ex-congressman said it was up to the Libertarians to give the American people a "real choice." "They deserve better than the choices... More »

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Mike Gravel • libertarian • Libertarian Party • candidacy • fringe candidates • Election 2008 • Bob Barr

Paul Revels in GOP Rebel Role

Debate underlines contrasts between firebrand and fellow candidates

Jan 11, 08 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox relented and let GOP maverick Ron Paul join in last night’s South Carolina presidential debate, and the excitable libertarian made the most of the opportunity, the Los Angeles Times notes. Paul provided his characteristic stark contrast with the mainstream candidates and several of the evening's high points, as... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • GOP debate • South Carolina primary • Iraq war

OPINION

Candidate Paul: Awkward But Authentic

Carlson takes the measure of the Libertarian Republican

Dec 26, 07 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks tonelessly about such drab subjects as the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve, but people like him anyway, writes Tucker Carlson in the New Republic, perhaps because they see “authenticity.” The no-longer-bow-tied pundit returns from the campaign trail sure about one thing:... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • Tucker Carlson • campaign trail • constitutionality • Election 2008

Paul Challenges GOP Agenda on Campaign Trail

"Lone wolf''s" campaign gains traction with the young and wired

Jul 22, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans know him—if at all— as the firebrand Texas congressman who’s always pushed to the end of the line during debates. Ron Paul flounders at the bottom of national polls, but he's is the most “friended” Republican on myspace.com. And he's the lone GOP presidential... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Dick Cheney • Texas • presidential campaign • Paul Wolfowitz • New Hampshire • Barry Goldwater • Ronald Reagan • Ron Paul • Richard Perle • libertarian • FREE • Libertarian Party • Republican presidential primaries • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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