Rocky Anderson A Presidential Candidate Of No Religion

Peregrin Wood 2/10/2012
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What Rocky Anderson is willing to say, while Obama and the Republicans strike poses of conspicuous Christianity, is that a presidential candidate ought to be judged according to deeds, rather than religious creeds.

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9 Days In, No Americans Elect Presidential Candidates are on Pace to Get on the Ballot

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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In a publicity release sent out on January 17 2012, Americans Elect declared the GOP presidential nomination race to be sadly all wrapped up after Iowa and New Hampshire. Americans in other states wanting to express their presidential choice would …

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When Is A Liberal Not A Liberal?

Peregrin Wood 2/9/2012
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the next time you meet one of your “liberal” friends who starts talking about how wonderful Barack Obama is, you do not turn your head away sheepishly and change the subject of the conversation. You say to your friend, “I thought you were liberal, but I don’t understand how any liberal can support the terrible right wing policies that Barack Obama has been promoting.”

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Rocky Anderson Presidential Campaign Promotes Separation Of Church And State

jclifford 2/9/2012
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In an economy with high unemployment, Barack Obama’s support for religious discrimination in hiring is particularly cruel. Rocky Anderson, the Justice Party presidential candidate, supports the separation of church and state that Obama so casually casts off.

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Support for Draft Donald Trump Campaign Jumps by 50% in One Day at Americans Elect

Jim Cook 2/8/2012
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Yesterday Donald Trump’s draft presidential campaign had 2 supporters. Now he has 3.

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Rocky Anderson Campaigns With Charles Dickens As Running Mate

F. G. Fitzer 2/7/2012
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If Charles Dickens could come back from the dead, he would make a perfect running mate for Rocky Anderson… except for the fact that he’s an English citizen. Darn. Two strikes.

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Donald Trump Wins Two Supporters for His Presidential Campaign

Jim Cook 2/7/2012
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Donald Trump may have very expensively arranged hair. Donald Trump may conclude that “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” Donald Trump may believe that Barack Obama materialized out of thin air. But it’s also true …

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After Presidential Draft Candidate System Debuts, Who’s Talking About Americans Elect and How?

Jim Cook 2/6/2012
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On the last day of January 2012, Americans Elect rolled out its online voting system by which identity-verified delegates could draft candidates to appear on the ballot for the Americans Elect presidential nomination. Americans Elect has indirectly referred to the …

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With Zero Candidates on Target to Qualify for its Ballot, Americans Elect Postpones its Election

Jim Cook 2/5/2012
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On January 31 2012, Americans Elect opened up the qualifying round of voting in the first-ever online, proprietary, corporate-run presidential nomination. Starting that morning, Americans Elect delegates could visit this page to draft possible presidential contenders and cast votes in …

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Ten Questions for Americans Elect, February 2012

Jim Cook 2/4/2012
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After almost two years of asking Americans Elect questions and not getting answers from them, I’m grateful to Kris McAlister of the new Americans Elect “Northwest Web Team”, who has written to me and very kindly solicited my questions so …

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Americans Elect, Insisting it is Not A Political Party, Generates Thousands of Political Party Registrations in California

Jim Cook 2/3/2012
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January 31, 2012: Americans Elect Political Director Darry Sragow is the latest in a long parade of Americans Elect corporate leaders to declare that Americans Elect is not a political party: February 2, 2012: California publicly releases its statistics regarding …

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31 hour Green Party Straw Poll outpulls 60 hour Americans Elect Candidate Draft

Jim Cook 2/2/2012
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At 11 AM on Wednesday February 1 2012, Green Party Watch started an online presidential straw poll. 31 hours later, at the time when the straw poll was scheduled to close, 1689 people had voted, each for one candidate. The …

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What Americans Elect Wants From You / What Americans Elect Will Tell You

Jim Cook 2/2/2012
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Personal Information the Americans Elect Corporation Requires from all Applicants interested in becoming State Committee Members or Electors Full Legal Name Address Birth Date Social Security Number Duration of Current Residency Citizenship Status Voter Registration Status Name of Congressional Representative …

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Update: Special Status for Bomb Threat Presidential Candidate Revoked by Americans Elect

Jim Cook 2/1/2012
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Yesterday, Americans Elect announced that its presidential contender Craig Ennis (he of the bomb threats) “has a similar level of experience as past presidents, he or she needs at least 1,000 supporters in each of 10 different states to qualify.” …

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Americans Elect Relaxes Presidential Candidate Qualification Standards for Craig Ennis, Creating Precedent

Jim Cook 1/31/2012
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With 77 days to go before the first ballot, the combination corporation/political party called Americans Elect opened up a system today for delegates to draft presidential candidates to appear in its proprietary, privatized online presidential nominating system. The official rules …

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Americans Elect Opens Presidential Nomination System… With Literally 1 Person, 1 Vote

Jim Cook 1/31/2012
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They say that the greatness of the American political system is built upon the principle of 1 Person, 1 Vote. If that’s true, then Americans Elect has reached the pinnacle of greatness today. The Americans Elect system for drafting presidential …

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Obama Won’t Even Try Climate Action. Jill Stein Will.

The Green Man 1/30/2012
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Stein warned that delay in confronting the root causes of global warming creates a national security risk. “This delay will allow critical climate tipping points to be passed that will accelerate warming to the point it cannot be controlled. As renown NASA scientist James Hanson puts it, delaying action to aggressively lower carbon would mean game over for the climate and therefore for civilization as we know it.”

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In Arizona, Americans Elect Party Registrations Heaviest in Republican Areas

Jim Cook 1/30/2012
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Is Americans Elect a political party? Despite its protests to the contrary, the answer is a hearty Yes Indeed. The latest proof of Americans Elect’s status as a political party comes from the state of Arizona, where the Secretary of …

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