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To: Captain Kirk
Bar is an interesting fellow as is attested by this Wikipedia entry:

"...In 1999, during Clinton's impeachment trial, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offered money to anyone who could provide evidence that a prominent Republican had engaged in an extramarital affair. According to the American Journalism Review, "Barr was one of 13 House Republicans chosen to act as prosecutors in Clinton's Senate trial. Barr, Flynt's investigators found, 'was guilty of king-size hypocrisy': An outspoken foe of abortion, the Georgia lawmaker had acquiesced to his then-wife having an abortion in 1983.[2] He had also invoked a legal privilege during his 1985 divorce proceeding so he could refuse to answer questions on whether he'd cheated on his second wife with the woman who is now his third."[2][60]


62 posted on 06/09/2008 6:43:56 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
So do you take your marching orders from Larry Flynt? Seriously, the Barr abortion story is more complicated that it is made out to be as many freepers pointed out at the time. Although Barr disagreed with his wife's decision and said so, she had cancer and regarded it as a life saving operation.

In any case, if you are really worried about tracking down hypocrites, check out John McCain's record as an anti-tobacco nanny state crusader even while he lived off the proceeds of "Big Beer." This wasn't back in 1983. It is happening now. If you are worried about the one, you should certainly be worried about the other, right?

63 posted on 06/09/2008 10:32:26 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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