" After the conference, Barr's political adviser Russ Verney told me that Barr had tested the waters with an exploratory committee because he didn't want to run if he couldn't win. "There are substantial risks," Verney said. "We're talking about alienating life-long friends. We're talking about putting your credibility on the line." "
If Senator Obama wants to keep my support then he will have to tone down his anti-oil company rhetoric. He has ramped this up lately and it is not sitting well with me.
Regardless of who I vote for I don't want Senator McCain to win.
Also, I had no idea that someone as well qualified as Bob Barr would seek the LP nomination. It surprised just as Ron Paul entering the GOP race did.
I think for 2012 I am going to just sit on my hands until after all of the conventions are held before I say yea or nay about any candidate on this board. :laugh:
Like I said in another thread unfair criticism of the oil industry(there is fair criticism such as using profits to buy back stock instead of in the business itself) is what eventually cost President Carter my support of him after I had worked on his behalf in the 1976 campaign.
Through the Lord's blessing everything I have in a material way has come from employment in the oil industry - my dad's 34 years with an oil company and my 30 years with an oil company come June 1.
You got that right Curtis.
I will not vote for McCain.
Hillery or Obama might do more damage to the country short term but in the long run McCain will do more by moving us further and further left.