I won't be voting for Bob Barr. He's delusional if he thinks he has a chance to be president. Wasn't he against the Patriot Act and NSA spying?
Posted on 03/31/2008 10:12:43 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Former Republican Georgia Rep. Bob Barr is considering a run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, according to FITNews.
Barr, who joined the Libertarian Party after leaving Congress in 2003, is looking to attract conservatives who are unhappy with the choice of John McCain as the expected Republican presidential nominee. McCain and Barr are at odds primarily over the role of U.S troops in Iraq, although both agree that tough interrogation methods should not be permitted.
FITNews wrote that Barr will receive the endorsement of Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, a GOP presidential candidate who is still technically in the race but has not suggested he would throw his support to McCain. McCain and Paul, who ran on the Libertarian Party presidential ticket in 1988, also are at odds primarily over the role of U.S. troops in Iraq.
Barr, who represented Georgia’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House from 1995-2003 and served as a House manager during impeachment proceedings against former President Bill Clinton, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week that he identifies closely with Paul’s outlook.
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George, Bill, George, Ronald, Gerald, Jimmy, Richard, Lyndon, John, Dwight, Harry, Franklin, Herbert, Calvin, Warren, Woodrow, William, are some of the more recent first names of US Presidents. There has never been a President Bob and I don’t think the nation is ready for this Bob.
This is interesting news. I hope he runs. Rep. Barr was fairly conservative, his bad taste in joining the ACLU of late notwithstanding.
It’ll also be entertaining to watch the GOP apologists whine and moan about how he’ll split the vote. Ever notice how GOP operatives seem to view conservative votes as some sort of an entitlement? I guess the thought of running better candidates never enters into it....
Barack Obama is a con law professor who does not respect the constitution as shown by his voting record. I believe he voted against Alito, and maybe even Roberts, but I have to check on that. You can take Bill Clinton's record of Ginsburg and Breyer and apply that to Hillary.
McCain may be good or may be bad on this, but I'd rather take a chance on someone who MIGHT be good over someone I KNOW will be atrocious, and at least McCain is good on pork barrell spending, which our current president is not.
Well he is much better than cut and run. At least he is not a blame America first anti-American.
We already have Larry, Curley and Moe running. Who is this idiot going to be?
HillBilly’s hands are all over this one.. track the money if he gets in... it’ll lead right back to the DNC
mc cain is a marxist. (too)
I honestly don’t think Bob Barr will prove as much of a problem as people think. He’ll probably get the level of support something like Pat Buchanan - that’s at least what it sounds like on the surface of it. He’s an extremist.
Barr went off the reservation with his alliance with the ACLU. Sorry but Bob like Ron just could not beat the reg Pubs whether conservs, moderates or lib. Nice guy but should stay in Ga. Go Nader, go. LOL
Woohoo! Then we get to have Hillary in the White House advaning the conservative cause! It'll be morning in America!
I just saw a report card today (I can give you a link if you'd like) that showed Hillary and Barry voting against Alito and Roberts and McCain voting for them.
McCain may be good or may be bad on this, but I'd rather take a chance on someone who MIGHT be good over someone I KNOW will be atrocious, and at least McCain is good on pork barrell spending, which our current president is not.
That's wisdom. McCain could be the worst GOP president since Harding and he'd still be a hundred times better than HillObama.
I’ll take your word on it and can find it myself on the thomas site when I have the time. My dangerously incompetent joke of a senator Stab-me-now voted bad on both of them, and the the Jimmy Carter Clone and Billary both usually voted the same way.
If we do, it’s because that is what America wants.
Woo Hoo. Name two differences between Hillary and John. I only ask for two because that is all there is. Woo Hoo.
I have to admit that Bob Barr getting active in the LP always struck me as odd.
As everyone might recall from his last Congressional race, the LP ran ads "targeting" Barr for defeat because they were angry about his record on their little pet issue, ending the drug war.
Why would Barr want to help a party that worked to throw him out of office? And even though he agreed with them on 90% of the issues, Barr never even struck me as much of a strong libertarian-leaning guy in office, because of the aforementioned drug war stuff and the fact he was a hard-core pro-life absolutist and because shrinking and dismantling various parts of the federal government was never a huge factor in his campaigns.
What do you guys think? The LP sweetened the deal with Barr and promised him some goodies, or Barr went off the deep end and started buying their platform?
you’re so right, AND even more bad news. A few minutes ago, he (Bob Barr) said on FNC that he IS running. He even said he won’t win, but it’s a chance to “get Libertarian ideas out there and give people an alternative choice” (I’m paraphrasing somewhat). What a load of garbage. Either he hates the GOP or he wants to see Obama get elected (or both). Already, all the Ron Paulers (and Dems) are energized. Look, I voted twice for Perot, back before I learned the real world, and he’s the reason Bill Clinton got elected. This latest turn of events is horrifying. What say you??
PS - read his stand on the issues. And yes, he’s for immediately pulling out of Iraq, AND against FISA/Protect America act.
I won't be voting for Bob Barr. He's delusional if he thinks he has a chance to be president. Wasn't he against the Patriot Act and NSA spying?
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