An Agonizing Choice

Creative Loafing Atlanta ^ | October 7, 2004 | Bob Barr

[Kuksool]

I believe Bob Barr is still bitter toward Bush and the RNC for not favoring him over John Linder in the hotly contested 2002 GA-07. Barr was very dishonest when he moved into John Linder's House district and claimed the district for himself. However, the voters of the Atlanta suburban-based district told him to get lost. The 2002 GOP primary results showed what real cosnervatives think fo Bob Barr.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Hmm. Far greater chance of big government attempting to take your property than some terrorist.

Hmm. So far, the terrorists have blown up my neighborhood -- *twice* -- and nearly killed me the second time, not to mention coming close to destroying my home. The gubmint -- big or otherwise -- has yet to do that to me.

The terrorists murdered friends and neighbors of mine, while the gubmint hasn't done so.

[HollywoodRepublican]

Would that be the war on drugs, the war on poverty, the war on illiteracy, the war on high prescription drug costs, the war on privacy, the war on wealth, the war on high gas prices, or the war on terror? Only one of these is a war. The rest is politics.

[Deb]

Ahhhh, that must be it.

[Howlin]

But the concerns for many conservative voters -- concerns that may cause them not to vote for Mr. Bush on Nov. 2 --

Here we go again with the "real conservatives," i.e., the religious right, threatening to sit hom.

Here's a clue for them: Karl Rove doesn't count them as "likely voters" since 2000.

[Helms]

Maybe Barr is starved for attention and can't get another life.

The Media has created many Monsters (Mc Cain comes to mind)and celebrities.

[joesbucks]

The economy he inherited was.....well as Rush put it when it seemed to be hitting on all cylinders.......was a result of the republicans taking over congress. It's only when the wheels fell off that it again became Clinton's faltering economy.

[toomanygrasshoppers]

"Being blown up bugs me..."

Yup. National security trumps everything else. We don't know what our enemies have in store for us. What we DO know is that President Bush has done alot to improve our national security and he will kick butt if they hit us again. Kerry has shown that he will not fight for ANYTHING. He will be too worried about what the rest of the world would think of him.

[mabelkitty]

Barr went to work for the ACLU.
He is hardly in a respectable position to represent anybody Conservative.
If he thinks he has clout with his Congressional carrer, he should know that most remember he moved from his district to cannabalize another Republican because he thought it was an easier district to win.
He's still pouting.

[Poohbah]

Bob Barr has become a puzzle. Why come out three weeks before an unbelievably tight election and throw sand in the president's face?

He's employed by the American Criminal Liberties Union. 'Nuff said...

[Deb]

So is Dick Armey and he hasn't gone crazy.

[bonfire]

Bob Barr led me to FR many moons ago. That being said; he needs a makeover desperately. He looks like an alien and creeps me out.


btw, do we have a number 6 tonight?

[jwalsh07]

Bob Barr is an asshole. Aside from the fact that he ignores the islamofasicsts, he decries Bushs handling of illegal immigration, which is fair, but then goes on to entertain the idea of voting for the lunatic Libertarian whose party platform is open borders.

Barr is just as stupid as Don Imus and thats going some.

[mountainfolk]

So Mr. Barr, vote for Kerry, turn Saddam loose, and wait for the terrorists to knock on your door. And while you and your disenchanted, purified conservatives sulk, watch your Kerry president appoint socialist Supreme Court Justices. You disappoint me because I had respected you in the past and took you for a fighter, not a whiner.

[Deb]

Thumbs up!

[auboy]

Good comment. Very good. And 100% on target!

[saradippity]

"....real-life conservatives wknow that this election is about the war,and it isn't about anything else."

You are not necessarily right. Several of my friends and I are very much "real conservatives" who are also very opposed to the war in Iraq. Of the five of us,three are Cathlics. Three will definitely vote for Bush,one is undecided and one will probably vote for the Conservative party candidate.

None of us would consider voting for Kerry, he presents with all of the charm and appeal of a trained zombie and he lies without missing a beat. Kerry also is deeply entrenched in the Culture of Death,Bush is not. There are many others out there who believe as we do and will vote to reflect that belief.