Talk:Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
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I would not characterize the defeat of the Workers World Party's Monica Moorehead, in a three-way convention contest with the Socialist Party's candidate (whose name currently escapes me) and Ralph Nader in 1996 as an example of a rebuff to an extremist group's takeover attempt. Their participation in the nomination process was entirely legitimate, and not part of a takeover attempt. It could be argued, in fact, that with Vice Presidential candidate Gloria La Riva, the WWP candidacy was more "indigenous" to P&F than the other two. (I present this view as one who voted against the WWP, as well as the others for different reasons.)
It should be clarified in the article that, while our other statewide candidates are nominated by direct primary, we choose our Presidential candidates at a convention of delegates comprising those elected to each County Central Committee during the primary; the Presidential primary is advisory but not binding, according to our bylaws.
The debate at the 1996 convention was spirited and principled, and the voting difficult as no candidate was able to secure a majority, and we had a hard time trying to determine the "will of the body". We went through several rounds, starting with a straight three-way vote, an up-or-down on each as "acceptable" or "unacceptable", some discussion of an "Instant Runoff" vote (but no means to implement one), and probably more that I've forgotten since then. In the end, we selected Marsha Feinland, our then State Chair, as the candidate, with the stipulation that, should P&F actually obtain the Presidential nomination, we would put forth a slate of Electors to the Electoral College proportionately representative of the votes each of the three (WWP, SP and Nader).
A much better incident to use as an example would be the attempt by the New Alliance Party in the mid-1980s to early-1990s, during which they succeeded in sabotaging our convention in 1988, and were ultimately rebuffed in 1992. Unlike the WWP, they were a classic example of a hostile takeover operation.
--70.132.53.190 11:00, 4 December 2005 (UTC) (note, I wrote this before I got my Wikipedia account) --Davecampbell 16:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Missing Presidential candidates?
Did the party not run candidates in 1976, 1984, and 2000?
http://www.thirdpartywatch.com/ has Margaret Wright (Peoples Party) as their 1976 candidate (on their Third Party Presidential Candidates page), and says P&FP endorsed Sonia Johnson (Citizens Party) in 1984, but had Bill Thorn as the VP candidate instead of Richard Walton (on their Citizens Party page). In 2000 it appears they didn't have ballot access, but perhaps they has a write-in candidate, or endorsed another party's ticket? Schizombie 23:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- P&F was off the ballot in 2000. It recommended a vote for either Ralph Nader or one of the socialist candidates running independently as write-ins. --Davecampbell 02:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ricardo Romo
Is the Ricardo Romo the party ran for Governor in 1970 the same as the University of Texas President? Esquizombi 13:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Eldridge Cleaver's VP running mate?
Wasn't it Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd? Someone added a mention of a Peggy Terry - is that wrong, or was there more than one running mate? Шизомби 20:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hi, Steve Argue
Hi, Steve. Your comment about leaving P&F is more appropriate for the discussion page; the main page is not for airing of personal differences. Good to see you here nonetheless. --Davecampbell 16:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
