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Barr to Join ACLU
Fox News ^ | November 27, 2002 | Fox News

Posted on 06/07/2008 6:46:23 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper

Ousted Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., is heading over to the American Civil Liberties Union to work on informational and data privacy issues, the organization announced Monday.

The firebrand conservative -- a gun rights advocate, anti-gay rights activist and prosecutor in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton -- told Fox News on Tuesday that the collaboration is not as strange as it might appear at first blush.

"We have actually worked very closely with conservative groups and with the ACLU on a number of issues over the last few years, very successfully in stopping some of the government snooping programs," Barr said.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclu; barr; bobbarr; election; libertarianparty; lp; sideshowbob
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Lest we forget.

This is akin to Obama sitting down with Ahk-mah-gin-i-dad

1 posted on 06/07/2008 6:52:04 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper
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“This is akin to Obama sitting down with Ahk-mah-gin-i-dad”

Yeah, for sure. Since leaving congress, ole Barr's behavior has become more and more eccentric and to put it bluntly, strange. In some ways his behavior reminds me of Carter's which is driven by the bitterness of a failed presidency.

2 posted on 06/07/2008 6:59:31 AM PDT by snoringbear ('Just so to get the terminology correct; it goes like this; the federal government is the Pimp, the)
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To: big'ol_freeper

No, this is like the Pope sitting down with the Council of Churches to announce a merger.

The ACLU is despicable. A communist front group first to last.


3 posted on 06/07/2008 7:03:20 AM PDT by romanesq
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To: big'ol_freeper

He really is giving black republicans a bad name.


4 posted on 06/07/2008 7:04:59 AM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

This is a retread thread from 2002.

So Rep. Barr was a member of the ACLU in 2002. So what? Is he active in the organization circa 2008? Is he still even a member?

I guess the McCain apologists are getting worried.


5 posted on 06/07/2008 7:06:54 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Exactly. The liberal McCain supporters are panicked.


6 posted on 06/07/2008 7:07:50 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Oh, and the excerpting here was very selective. From the article:

“On all of the issues we disagree, and there are many ... we decided to move those off the table and focus on those cases on which we agree, and that is to place reasonable limits on government power and to do something to protect personal privacy which is eroding at a phenomenal rate,” Barr said.

So Rep. Barr noted many disagreements with the ACLU. And the ACLU noted several disagreements with Rep. Barr. Yet, he was going to work with them on some issues of mutual concern.

In reading the article, I note that it doesn’t mention his membership in the organization. Did he ever even join? I assume that he did, but the article doesn’t say one way or the other.

The ACLU is a rotten organization. No disagreement there. But even a blind squirrel gets a nut every now and then.


8 posted on 06/07/2008 7:16:40 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I have always thought he was a a-hole so no surprise.


9 posted on 06/07/2008 7:18:34 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Wasn’t the liberals mantra to infiltrate and influence from within, and haven’t they been very successful at it? Although I think Barr has gotten strange in the last several years, some of the conservatives joining liberal organizations may be simple infiltration tactics.


10 posted on 06/07/2008 7:19:03 AM PDT by Lynne
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To: Abbeville Conservative

“Please, no one is concerned about some wuss from Georgia who represents people like Howard Stern.”

The fact that articles from 2002 are being posted would seem to call your hypothesis into doubt.

I don’t think Rep. Barr has a chance of winning this election. But he has a good chance of pulling say 5-10% of the vote. Those are votes that McCain supporters see as their welfare entitlement.


11 posted on 06/07/2008 7:21:26 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

He has a problem with the Patriot Act, and the lies which the administration used to sell it to Congress.

Whatever happens, that law needs to be allowed to expire before this election. A Hussein administration with that kind of power, I don’t even want to think about it.


12 posted on 06/07/2008 7:22:18 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, were still retarded.)
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To: Crawdad

Not really. He’s a Libertarian.

(Hoccch ptui!)


13 posted on 06/07/2008 7:22:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yo prometo lealtad a la bandera de los Estados Unidos de America, y a la Republica que representa...)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Selective? When posting Fox News articles they have to be excerpted. I posted the first several paragraphs of the article. Nothing selective about it.

To answer your previous, you will note my first statement “Lest we forget.” As in...this happened previously. Nobody was trying to hide that it is a historical topic.

The point is that Barr has worked with a anti-American communist oriented institution instead of working his issues through conservative organizations.

That is despicable and puts him in the same league as McCain, Obama and Hillary.

The knee-jerk support for Bob Barr is amazing.


14 posted on 06/07/2008 7:29:19 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: ovrtaxt

You said: He has a problem with the Patriot Act, and the lies which the administration used to sell it to Congress.

Is that you Ron Paul?


15 posted on 06/07/2008 7:31:19 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Barr can go to hell and take Buchanan with him.


16 posted on 06/07/2008 7:31:51 AM PDT by mimaw
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To: big'ol_freeper

I’ll still vote for Barr over McCain any day of the week.


17 posted on 06/07/2008 7:39:47 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: big'ol_freeper

“Selective? When posting Fox News articles they have to be excerpted. I posted the first several paragraphs of the article. Nothing selective about it.”

Yes, selective. You had the choice of what portions of the article to excerpt. You chose those that would tend to most impugn the reputation of the individual in question.

“The point is that Barr has worked with a anti-American communist oriented institution instead of working his issues through conservative organizations.”

So what? So long as a conservative issue and agenda are being forwarded, and that’s what appears to have happened here, who cares? Politics makes very strange bedfellows at times.

“The knee-jerk support for Bob Barr is amazing.”

I’m not a Barr supporter per se. My top 5 choices didn’t make it to the ballot. I might vote for him as the best amongst bad choices, but that’s about as deep as my “support” goes.

I will say this, the knee jerk reaction of those who see conservative votes as a GOP entitlement is something to behold.


18 posted on 06/07/2008 7:40:34 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: mimaw

“Barr can go to hell and take Buchanan with him.”

Yeah, I know. Those ill-mannered conservatives who won’t line up to take a seat on the Pure Bull Express are such a pain in the posterior (/s).


19 posted on 06/07/2008 7:44:10 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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Ahhh....There goes my vote for Barr.

When I think of he ACLU I think of homosexuals and abortionists... pro Terrorists... nice things like that :)

20 posted on 06/07/2008 7:46:00 AM PDT by ElPatriota (Duncan Hunter 08 -- I am proud to support this man for my president and may be Huck?.. Naah :))
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