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Title: Bob Barr seeks Libertarian Party nomination
Source: Desert Dispatch
URL Source: http://www.desertdispatch.com/opini ... ml/libertarian_nomination.html
Published: Apr 20, 2008
Author: Carol Jensen
Post Date: 2008-04-21 15:13:47 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 249
Comments: 16

Bob Barr seeks Libertarian Party nomination

April 20, 2008 - 11:26AM

Former Republican Congressman turned Libertarian Bob Barr has announced that he is forming a presidential exploratory committee. His decision to make this third-party run may be bad news for the Republican nominee John McCain, but good news for conservatives everywhere.

The true conservative candidates who sought the nomination in the Republican race were unable to make it to the top of the heap, leaving the conservative base without one of their own to rally around.

And with polls indicating that Barr is considered the frontrunner in a field that numbers about 10, and the candidate most likely to claim the Libertarian nomination next month at the convention in Denver, the Republicans may be faced with their own version of the Nader effect.

In a Washington Times report, GOP campaign pollster John McLaughlin said a Barr bid wouldn’t be good for the presumptive Republican nominee. “It takes more points from us than Nader takes from them,” McLaughlin said.

Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory points out in an article on LP.org that, “For far too long Americans felt it necessary to waste their vote for the ‘lesser of two evils’ just for the sake of not crossing partisan lines. That’s not how our elections should be. Americans are tired of the status quo politics and want a candidate in who they can believe — not just a candidate who will do the least amount of harm.”

Bob Barr became well known nationally in the 1990’s for being a leader in the Clinton impeachment push. His political career has been centered around his advocacy for smaller government, lower taxes, strict adherence to the Constitution (including the entire Bill of Rights), and last but not least a strict adherence to the rule of law.

With so many conservative voters feeling disaffected over the last several years, Barr’s possible candidacy has garnered more national attention. His platform will not only include limiting government, but defending civil liberties during the ongoing “war on terror,” and opposing pre-emptive wars and nation-building. He also objects to the current interpretation of presidential powers, with the other governmental branches seemingly powerless to limit it.

Barr’s strongest criticism has come from some on the “right” for his work with the ACLU defending the Fourth Amendment. He was outspoken and critical of the Patriot Act, asserting its infringement upon civil liberties.

He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 2006. According to FITNews, Barr will receive the endorsement of Texas Republican GOP presidential candidate and fellow Libertarian Ron Paul. Paul ran on the Libertarian ticket in 1988, and maintains that he will not run as a third-party candidate this year.

Founded in 1971 as an alternative to the Republican and the Democratic parties, the Libertarian Party is America’s third largest political party.

The Libertarian Party saw an increase in membership of 28 percent by the end of 2007, as was reported by LP.org. The popularity of Ron Paul and his campaign success across the country, along with much dissatisfaction in both the Republican, as well as the Democratic parties, has attracted much interest in Libertarianism.

After eight long years of the Bush Administration many conservatives and others are angry and even bitter about the direction the country is going, and if Bob Barr gets the Libertarian Party’s nomination, many on the “right” will have the option of casting their votes for a candidate who supports traditional conservative values.

ABOUT THE WRITER Carol Jensen is a long-time Barstow resident, graduating from Kennedy High School and Barstow College, where she was an English instructor for many years. Much of her time now is spent writing political and social commentary. She may be contacted at cajensen49@msn.com.

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#9. To: aristeides (#0) (Edited)

Bob Barr seeks Libertarian Party nomination

I have a hard time trusting Barr. He's not only been a lifetime supporter of the WOD, he was a zealot. Now all of a sudden he claims to be against it. He and Neil Boortz used to go toe-to-toe on this issue.

Then again, Boortz has become a neocon and Bush apologist, so I guess it's not outside the realm of possibility that he changed his mind. Maybe working with the ACLU has given him a new perspective.

Regardless, if he is the LP nominee, then he will get my vote.

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"Regardless, if he is the LP nominee, then he will get my vote."

Typical Party Apparatchik...MUD

Mudboy Slim  posted on  2008-04-21 17:15:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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He's not only been a lifetime supporter of the WOD, he was a zealot. Now all of a sudden he claims to be against it. He and Neil Boortz used to go toe-to-toe on this issue.

Well, it's been decades since I could have been called a supporter of the WOD. I've wanted to see drugs legalized or at least decriminalized for a long time, but I was never a zealot on the issue. I could live with not having things go my way on it. What I considered the police state methods used for the WOD didn't really affect me, since I didn't use drugs, and, as far as I knew, neither did anybody close to me.

The past decade has given us a chance to see the police state methods first used in the WOD extended to all sorts of other uses. Maybe I'm not threatened personally yet, but I think it's gotten a lot closer to me. So I oppose the WOD a good deal more firmly.

Maybe Barr has undergone a similar development, for much the same reasons.

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