[Roscoe]

The article has Linder's campaign manager Bo Harmon stating, "He's not moderated his stance at all. He opposes the legalization of drugs, including medical marijuana. He's flat out opposed to medical use."

Looks like your crowing about Barr's defeat was as ill-informed as usual.

[jayef]

Didn't have time to read the article? Nice job of parsing again. Picked out the quote that agrees with your viewpoint. It looks like Barr ran against Linder as if there was something at stake. Here, let me help out.

And what of the intended beneficiary of this odd campaign with the straw candidate? In a marvelously coy statement July 31, Linder called on the LP to cancel any ads attacking Barr, saying, "According to press reports, I understand that the Libertarian Party intends to run television advertisements with the intention of influencing the Primary. I ask them not to do this."

The release fails to mention that one of the first press reports, from Insight magazine, was posted on Linder's own website in May -- some 10 weeks before the end of July -- including this Insight quote of an LP strategy paper: " ' To the medical marijuana movement, Barr is the equivalent of the Antichrist.' "

Crickenberger, however, declared that when serving years ago in the Georgia legislature, Linder did vote in favor of medical marijuana.

Loudermilk charged, as the Barr Web site happily indicates, that, "The centerpieces of the Libertarian agenda include legalizing drugs, gambling, prostitution, and pornography." He asked Linder to repudiate these positions, "Otherwise, 7th District voters will assume Mr. Linder agrees with this kind of fringe political thought."