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Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
One would have thought that they would have died off with the passage of the 21st Amendment, a political party dedicated to the prohibition of alcohol would have died off, but apparently they’re still around: NEW YORK - If you’ve never seen a presidential candidate dressed as the Grim Reaper, you might consider a visit [...]
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Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Ballot Access News According to this Orlando Sentinel newspaper story, Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson said he will probably vote for the Republican nominee for president. It is almost always a mistake for any minor party candidate to say that he or she will vote for a major party opponent. In 2004 the Green Party lost [...]
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Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
According to this Orlando Sentinel newspaper story, Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson said he will probably vote for the Republican nominee for president. It is almost always a mistake for any minor party candidate to say that he or she will vote for a major party opponent. In 2004 the Green Party lost a [...]
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Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
From Yesi Leon of Pandora Events: PROHIBITION Soyka 5582 NE 4th Court, Miami, Fl. This event will begin at 10PM at the smaller bar and will then transform Soyka into a nightclub shortly after. PROHIBITION Saturday, April 19th A secret...
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Le Monde's editorialist sees a danger to Turkey's EU entry in the latest "stage in an implacable struggle between the judiciary and the conservative-Islamist movement:" the judicial abolition of the governing party.
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Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
... cast Alan Ruck playing Dean Bowman); the killer costumes at the aforementioned Great Gatsby party; and Cappie and Casey’s restrained (but oh-so-longing for more) attempts to be just friends. But finding something of great worth in the episode? I got nothing. And maybe that’s OK? I’m sure I’m approaching this on too deep a level. So let’s keep it simple: This episode was about partying!...
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Flossmoor Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
The 5th of April is rapidly approaching if you haven't had the chance to notice yet. This March has certainly been a blur for me, and I know that April is only going to be worst. Let me run down the calender of things coming up to fill you in on our plans. March 31st - Timeout Chicago's Best of Awards. Maybe we will win best Chicago Brewery. April 5th - Repeal of Prohibition party and...
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PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... has a fascinating history , which intertwines with the Civil War, the early roots of the political parties, splits between religious denominations, fights between the "wets" and the "drys," and the Ku Klux Klan. Indeed, the Prohibition Party had conventions in Indiana until 1959, was on the ballot until 1968 (when it gained .22% of the vote), and had headquarters in Indiana...
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Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
SH writes: The two factions of the Prohibition Party are working out the details of a merger. The Dodge faction has endorsed Gene Amondson for President. Amondson had been nominated by the Webb faction last year. The Dodge faction had nominated Dodge last year, but he died in the late fall. Discussions on re-organizing the merged [...]
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Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
The faction of the Prohibition Party formerly led by Earl Dodge has now nominated Gene Amondson for president to replace Dodge himself, who died in November 2007. Since the other faction is also running Amondson, there is no longer any factionalism in the party over the presidential nomination this year.
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Death By 1000 Papercuts (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
... rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville CA). NANNY STATE 1872 1st national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH). FIVE & DIME 1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY. FUR 1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles CA). WOUNDED 1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted. ESPANOL 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS...
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On The Road To 2008 (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
There are a lot of people having fits over the way the Democratic party is allocating delegates to choose its nominee. However, lost in this discussion is how political parties other than the Republican and Democratic Party, will be choosing their delegates. Well I was curious so I hopped on over to Wikipedia to find out. The Libertarian Party will be choosing their presidential...
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/15/2008
Most political junkies can name all 16 major presidential candidates, but there were 42 candidates on the ballots in the New Hampshire primary! And that's only the candidates running for the republican and democratic party nominations. Who are all these people? Last March, I posted Those Crazy Candidates. Now that the primary season has started, [...]
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California Progress Report (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
But You Can't Turn In Loser's Tickets At The Winner’s Window By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento Political Parties are loose knit organizations that mobilize voter coalitions at election time in an effort to control the government. Political organizations that don't have realistic chances to control government by winning elections aren't taken seriously by the media. Like...
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Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 12/29/2007
Before you guys beat up on me too much here, I’m offering this opinion piece as some self-deprecating third party humor—for the most part… Thanks to Brian Doherty, my attention has been diverted to folks even wackier than many covered at TPW. I’ll leave it to you to come up with some exceptions to this [...]
