LIBERTARIAN PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JUDGE JIM GRAY SPEAKS AT STANFORD - Free Press Releases

LIBERTARIAN PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JUDGE JIM GRAY SPEAKS AT STANFORD - Free Press Releases:

October 12, 2012 - – Libertarian vice-presidential candidate, Judge Jim Gray, will be speaking at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business' Oberndorf Event Center at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25th, 2012....

"Judge Gray, a retired Superior Court of Orange County, CA Judge and author of Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed And What We Can Do About It and A Voter's Handbook: Effective Solutions To America's Problems, has been crossing the country visiting colleges and universities for several weeks speaking with students and liberty minded voters about the economy, jobs, education, foreign policy and other key issues during this presidential election campaign season....

"'In this election, I think it is vitally important that voters, especially younger voters, are aware of the debt burden placed upon them, an issue I am discussing during this tour of universities and colleges,' Judge Gray said. 'I'm trying to bring awareness of how irresponsible and unrestrained spending, current economic, foreign and civil liberty policies affect everyone, which hasn't been truthfully addressed by any of the candidates, except for my running mate, Governor Johnson, and myself.'"

Read more: http://www.mediasyndicate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18081
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Libertarian candidate runs 5Ks for governor, party

Libertarian candidate runs 5Ks for governor, party - Elections - NewsObserver.com - Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press:

October 19, 2012 - "By literally running while running for office, Barbara Howe may have the race for best hook of North Carolina’s political season sewn up.

"The Libertarian candidate for governor has jogged in 5-kilometer increments through more than 90 of North Carolina’s 100 counties as part of her campaign since kicking it off in May.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/19/2423399/libertarian-candidate-runs-5ks.html#storylink=cpy

"Howe understands her lack of campaign funds compared with Democratic nominee Walter Dalton and Republican Pat McCrory. She’s irritated about being left out of live television debates, so the public doesn’t have as much familiarity with her and her party....

"Howe and other Libertarians are focused upon her getting at least 2 percent of the vote. The threshold is critical: Without it or a strong showing by Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, state election officials will have to decertify the party. That means having to collect 100,000 signatures of registered voters by 2016 to return to the ballot – an expensive endeavor."

Read more:  http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/19/2423399/libertarian-candidate-runs-5ks.html#storylink=cpy
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Gary Johnson urges voters to support candidate ‘we believe in’ - Laramie Boomerang Online

Gary Johnson urges voters to support candidate ‘we believe in’ - Laramie Boomerang Online - Joshua Roberts:

October 19, 2012 - "The campaign for Gary Johnson, a Libertarian presidential candidate, touts his agenda for the U.S. as putting a stop to frivolous spending, ending wars and rebuilding America.

"The former two-term New Mexico governor stood before a crowd Thursday night at the University of Wyoming wearing a T-shirt with a peace symbol on the front and surrounded by signs describing him as 'the people’s president'....

"'What we’re hearing so much right now is this whole notion of wasted vote,' he said. 'What’s a wasted vote other than voting for somebody that you don’t believe in? That’s a wasted vote. We change things in this country by voting for somebody who we believe in, and that’s a combination of what’s the guy saying and what’s the resume. … Nothing in my resume suggests that I’m not going to doggedly pursue everything it is that I’m talking about here.'"

Read more: http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2012/10/19/news/doc5080e7c3b2f8e408607786.txt
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Paul passing torch to supporters in speech at UVU

Paul passing torch to supporters in speech at UVU - Billy Hesterman, Provo Daily Herald:

October 19, 2012 - "OREM - Texas Congressman Ron Paul called on his supporters to keep carrying his fight for personal liberty as he moves closer to retirement from public life.

"Speaking at Utah Valley University on Thursday Paul encouraged the crowd -- that gave him multiple standing ovations, chanted his name and waved signs that promoted his failed presidential bid -- to keep pushing for freedom and for change that will bring less government intrusion in their lives. He pushed for what has been branded as his version of revolution."

"Paul called on the crowd to spread the message of freedom any way they could. He stated that technology has evolved so much that people now have a greater possibility to make change if they simply try. He told the crowd to have fun working for change and urged them to keep marching his message forward.

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Gary Johnson targets Obama on marijuana in CO

Gary Johnson Targets Obama on Marijuana in CO | StoptheDrugWar.org - Philip Smith:

Colorado is a tightly-contested swing state ... where Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, the former Republican governor of neighboring New Mexico, is making a strong push, with marijuana legalization and marijuana policy as one of his strongest talking points ... bringing in about 5% of the vote — and he takes three votes away from Obama for every two he takes from Romney."

"Now, as David Sirota points out in an excellent analysis of pot and presidential politics in Colorado in Salon, the Johnson campaign is taking things to a whole new level. It is now reaching out directly to Democratic voters with an automated call campaign, and the message it sends should be chilling for Democrats:

"'Hello, fellow Democrat,' a friendly male voice says. 'Like you I was thrilled to vote for Barack Obama in 2008. In 2008, candidate Obama promised not to use the Justice Department to prosecute medical marijuana in states where it was legal. But the real Obama did just that, more than doubling prosecutions, putting people in prisons and shutting down medical marijuana facilities in Colorado. That’s not the change you wanted on health freedom. But you can still be a force for hope and change by voting for Gary Johnson.'"

Read more: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/oct/18/gary_johnson_targets_obama_marij
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Tom Tancredo supports Colorado ballot measure to legalize marijuana - Denver Post

Tom Tancredo supports Colorado ballot measure to legalize marijuana - Lynn Bartels, Denver Post:

September 21, 2012 - "Former Congressman Tom Tancredo sent a letter ... to certain Republican state lawmakers outlining his support for a ballot measure that would legalize the sale of marijuana.

"'I have decided that it presents a responsible, effective and much-needed solution to a misguided policy,' he said.

"'Eighty years ago, Colorado voters concerned about the health and safety of their families and communities approved a ballot initiative to repeal alcohol prohibition prior to it being done by the federal government. This November, we have the opportunity to end to end the equally problematic and ineffective policy of marijuana prohibition'....

"Tancredo said in his letter that “numerous leading conservatives have voiced their support for reforming marijuana policies including 'Pat Robertson, William F. Buckley Jr., George Will, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Milton Friedman.'

Read more: http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/09/21/tom-tancredo-backs-marijuana-ballot-measure/82193/
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Third-Party Presidential Debate October 23, 2012

Third-Party Presidential Debate October 23, 2012:

Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, and Rocky Anderson are all confirmed for this event.

by George Dance
(libertarian)
Monday, October 15, 2012"

"On September 12 the founder and chairman of the board of Free and Equal Elections (FEE), Christina Tobin, announced that FEE would be hosting a presidential debate at the University Club of Chicago. The announced time and place was 8.00 pm Central time on October 23, the day after the third and final debate held by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)."

Read more: http://www.nolanchart.com/article9907-thirdparty-presidential-debate-october-23-2012.html
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