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Ralph Nader Kicks Off Presidential Campaign With Free “Vote Nader” Car Accessories LOS ANGELES, CA—Ralph Nader kicked off his attempt to oust the two-party system again today, this time as an Independent candidate. Though Nader announced his plans to run for President a few weeks ago, he just today began lobbying in Los Angeles. Nader, gave away over 1000 different automotive accessories at a campaign rally in down town Los Angeles, in hopes to round healthy support from LA's “street racing” community. The Rally was sponsored held at “Rick's all Things Imported” car shop and lasted nearly all day, with...

<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As a growing number of GOP heavyweights rally behind Republican gubernatorial hopeful Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Tom McClintock risks being labeled a "spoiler" if his candidacy costs the Republicans the election.</p> <p>But former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, widely considered a spoiler for taking votes from Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election, said dropping out now would cost McClintock a major loss of integrity.</p>

Help!!!! I recently found a new political party. It seems to fit the thread of thought I've seen from many Freepers. The party is called the American Patriot Party. They were founded in March of this year. I've signed up and started becoming active on their forums. Unfortunately, they have a person who got on the board and tried to put up what he thought the platform should be. Nearly straight out of the Green Party handbook. The American Patriot Party is a conservative party based on the principles of a free republic that returns to it's constitutional roots. This...

HEADLINE: Urban Advantage Carries Democrat to Oregon Governor's House BYLINE: By David Steves BODY: PORTLAND, Ore.--Ted Kulongoski received a belated birthday present Wednesday from voters: election as Oregon's next governor. The Democrat, who turned 62 on Tuesday, rode the wave of second-day ballot-counting in Multnomah County to be declared the winner Wednesday of a neck-and-neck race against insurgent Republican Kevin Mannix. An ebullient Kulongoski told a cheering throng of supporters at a Portland bowling alley Wednesday night that the governorship was in fact the prize he'd had his eyes on for 20 years -- ever since his loss in the...

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos WASHINGTON — The non-interventionist, free-marketing Libertarian Party is spoiling for a fight. The Libertarian Party is planning to challenge several incumbents in November in a so-called national "spoiler" strategy that could put vulnerable Republicans on more shaky ground and help stir the suspense over whether the GOP can hold a House majority and wrest back the Senate from Democratic control. "We recognize there is a window of opportunity that did not exist up to this point," said Ron Crickenberger, political director for the Libertarian Party, which has about 30,000 members and contributors...

Beyond this point there be spoilers! Like spoilers? – Keep reading! Don't want spoilers? – Click HERE and don't look back! Don't say we didn't warn you! Spoilers are what this thread is all about. So bring your rumors (substantiated or not!), spoilers, spy reports, and bones of contention about them here as the snippets of TTT news, photos and interviews come rolling in. I wouldn't even recommend pinging people to this thread unless you know they want to see them. There are a lot of purists out there that hate to have anything given away before the movie...

MAY 15, 2002 Libertarians plan strategy to upset elections By Allison Stevens Long reviled by Republicans for eroding its base in congressional elections, the Libertarian Party is now taking the unprecedented step of engineering a nationwide 'spoiler' strategy in this year's midterm elections. Libertarians plan to field candidates and pour resources into a select few races not in order to win office but rather to siphon away enough votes to defeat targeted incumbents. They are zeroing in on both GOP and Democratic incumbents who oppose the decriminalization and legalization of drugs and who face potentially tough reelection contests in November....