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test » Blog Archive » Introducing Bob Barr, Yet Again — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:57:31 +0000

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By: kritt11

kritt11 — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:29:16 +0000

Won't Barr get the votes of all of the “Paulies” still out there who believe their man was sidelined by the MSM? Maybe RP could still go for the VP slot on Barr's ticket! LOL

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Sun, 04 May 2008 23:23:03 +0000

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt’sa talking point stright out of the playbook of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and will not endear Barr to the national security Republicans. And from a different part of the interview:. I believe it’s important to turn that … [...]

By: DLS

DLS — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:54:00 +0000

Barr vs. Nader. We'll see how the numbers stack up. Hahahahahahahaha

That's my ass-kicking comeback to any snide lefty on here. “Oh, go vote for Nader.”

By: DLS

DLS — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:52:33 +0000

“they have no sense of balance”

??? Partial, i.e., less-than-100%, “Goldilocks” (bfitting the playpen crowd here and elsewhere) socialism or excess interventionism by government than otherwise would, and fact, should, be the case never has met the definition of “moderate” among intelligent, honest people, even if “Goldilocks,” “safe and sane” [sic], just-a-small-amount-to-the-left-of-Brookings-so-as-not-to-offend-the-Northeastern-RINOS-who-should-be-Dems dinosaurs is about what so many on this site wrongly consider “moderate” [sic] or “centrist” [sic]. By DC standards, maybe, but not by American standards!

By: hankreardan

hankreardan — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:17:49 +0000

You know if you switched the names you could make the same aguments. If mcCain was a third party candidate you would make aguements about Mccain Finegold, Illegals keating five and a few others.
The one thing Barr will bring to the tablke for the LP is more press, knowledge on how to run a campaign and more money to work with. The Lp normally gets .5 to 1 % of the vote. With Barr that will be pushed to 3-4%. And in his home state 6-9% which would put Georgia in play. You would also have to look at Florida and N.C.. Barr does not have to do great just one or two states could make the differnce or the fact Mcwar will have to spend money in states that are normally safe.
Doug Craig
Political director of Georgia and Super Delegate for the Lp
www.crazyforliberty.com

By: Marlowecan

Marlowecan — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:35:15 +0000

Runasim: I totally agree.

Re: Bob Barr: How can anyone vote for someone taken in by Borat and his Kazakstan cheese?

The scene when Barr is informed that the cheese was made from Borat's wife's breast milk . . . his expression . . . hahahahaha

Barr's puritanical pursuit of Clinton in the 90s was also repugnant, INHO.

By: runasim

runasim — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:00:33 +0000

I see that the only way I can get representation in government is to start my own political party.

Barr and the libertarians have many ideas that I admire but they also hold principles that I abhor. In some ways, they are like the ACLU; they have no sense of balance, which in turn is exactly like the outer wings of the Dems and Reps.

When individual liberties are not balanced by responsibilites to the society that sustains those same liberties, I get off that train of thought.

I want a party that tackles overlapping liberites and responsibilites, not one that operates by denying or avoiding the complexities involved..

By: kryon77

kryon77 — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:01:49 +0000

I'm a Republican, and I agree with your post (with the essential argument, not with the characterization of people such as myself), except the last part concerning Barr's comment on the federal war on drugs.

You'd be surprised how many Republicans and conservatives agree with Barr here. We really do believe in a federal government of enumerated powers, and at least many of us regard the federal war on drugs as an assault on individual liberty and a violation of the principle of federalism.

I understand the strong temptation to characterize political opponents as idiots, having done it myself. But give us a little credit, OK? I take second to no one – even Eric Cartman – in my antipathy toward hippies, but that doesn't cause me to chuck out basic principles.

By: Ron Beasley

Ron Beasley — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:59:30 +0000

I'm not sure how this will break. Libertarians at both CATO and LewRockwell.com have been talking like they may vote for Obama. These are intelligent people who are not likely to throw their votes away and end up with a McCain presidentcy. Ron Paul's comments on Obama yesterday while short of an endorsement could influence many of his supporters. If Hillary should somehow get the nomination it's a whole new ballgame. She is almost as much a hawk as McCain.

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Iraq » Introducing Bob Barr, Yet Again — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:52:22 +0000

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