Bob Barr for President 2008 - The Thread

As a fellow believer in Christ Jesus I ask you to please stop mischaracterizing my vote for Bob Barr as a protest vote, because it isn't.

Thank you.

 

A rather interesting analysis as to which states may be Bob Barr's best:

http://lightandliberty.rationalmind.net/2008/06/the-barr-number.html

Unfortunately, it shows Arkansas as being Bob Barr's 3rd worst state.

 

Thank you, poncho. :wavey:

I think it is rather silly the way that some folks think that either the Democrats or the Republicans are entitled to anyone's vote by default.

 

He has recanted, poncho. As to why he voted for the Patriot Act, see this:

www.nolanchart.com/article3876.html

 

Bob Barr is still better than Senator Obama and way, way, way better than Senator JSM III.

 

The same could be asked about Senator JSM III.

 

Senator JSM III was having an affair with the woman he is now married to while he was married to his former wife.

 

Bob Barr is already polling at 6% in North Carolina.

www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_060208.pdf

 

Bob Barr Criticizes Proposals to Expand FDA Regulation to Tobacco

Bob Barr Criticizes Proposals to Expand FDA Regulation to Tobacco June 3, 2008 1:37 pm EST

Atlanta, GA -- When all of the leading politicians agree on a policy in Washington, “you can bet the house that the public interest will suffer,” observes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate. So it is with proposed legislation to expand the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to tobacco.

We all know that smoking is bad for people’s health, but most of us also believe that America remains a free country, in which people should be able to make mistakes. Yet for years “would-be national nannies have been attempting to give the FDA the power to regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products,” says Barr. The latest proposal is moving through Congress with the support of the Republican and Democratic presidential contenders.

But “the last thing we need today is more regulation and more bureaucrats, which inevitably means less freedom,” explains Barr. People know smoking is bad for their health, which is why ever fewer people light up. Washington should leave smokers and other tobacco users alone.

“We should be particularly skeptical when a major business, in this case Philip Morris, lobbies for regulation,” notes Barr. That usually means the proposal is written to benefit a particular company or interest rather than the public. “If we want to preserve America’s prosperity and freedom, we need to be cutting, not increasing, regulation,” adds Barr.

- www.bobbarr2008.com/press/press-releases/15/bob-barr-criticizes-proposals-to-expand-fda-regulation-to-tobacco/

 

Libertarian Barr urges Iraq withdrawal

Libertarian Barr urges Iraq withdrawal

Published: June 3, 2008 at 5:12 PM

ATLANTA, June 3 (UPI) -- Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr said Tuesday that the United States should publicly declare it won't establish permanent military bases in Iraq.

The former Republican congressman from Georgia said in a written statement that Iraqis want the United States out in the near future, and remaining in Iraq indefinitely would be a waste of lives and money.

"Now is the time to accelerate the turnover of full security authority to the Iraq government, since only when we leave will they have an incentive to take the tough steps necessary to meet their nation's many challenges," Barr said.

Barr also said a prompt U.S. withdrawal was "no knock against America's brave fighting men and women," but was a timely idea given the recent downturn in the level of violence.

- www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/06/03/libertarian_barr_urges_iraq_withdrawal/5857/