Comments on: Bob Barr: Master Of A Curious Universe

Washington Post: Is There Any Human Being More Committed To His Seriousness Than The Libertarian Presidential Candidate?

[think4aminut]

Why do so many people truly believe that the country will be a better place as people think less and less for themselves?
Get Barr in office and remember the saying about giving a man a fish versus teaching him to fish.

[barbaram99]

jerromara. Dear well put.

[AlexKrislov]

Oh, so he renounced his earlier positions.

Yes, he did. Because he''s a has-been in the GOP and wants to get more face time.

Face it, this guy stands for nothing but making himself feel important.

[aldon61]

In a campaign in which the american people don''t appear to have many options, Bob Barr is an alternative. John McCain WILL continue the same reckless policies that have gotten this country into the shape it''s in. He IS NOT a true conservative and has far too many "flip-flops" on his record to please most republicans. Both McCain and Obama will maintain "big government" and the american taxpayers will foot the bill. Barr''s approach towards restricting governmental influence in our daily lives is refreshing. Will he win? Probably not, but we can start taking back our government by backing him; maybe if enough of us show up at the polls, both major parties might take note. ANYONE BUT MCCAIN IN "08"!

[aldon61]

Say what you will about Barr or any third-party candidate, but remember, every congress and president has been a Republican or Democrat, and look at the hopeless mess we''''''''re in as a result.
Posted by SistaTee at 03:41 PM : Aug 18, 2008

Not correct...some were Whigs.


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Posted by rf35 at 03:56 PM : Aug 18, 2008

Some were Federalists too.

[deacon20081]

Barr is an idiot.........ALTOID anyone?

[rf35]

Say what you will about Barr or any third-party candidate, but remember, every congress and president has been a Republican or Democrat, and look at the hopeless mess we''''re in as a result.
Posted by SistaTee at 03:41 PM : Aug 18, 2008

Not correct...some were Whigs.

[bfjones666]

Mr, Barr may not seem like a viable candidate to some but he will certainly siphon off Republican votes from John Sydney McCain III this November. In states like Colorado, where Obama leads McCain by 2 points, Barr has 8. In Iowa, Obaba leads by 4 and Barr has 8 there too. In Virginia, Obama is up by 5 and Barr has 5 points there.
Mr. Barr will be the catalyst for removing the Bush administration from the White House and preventing its spawn, John McCain from taking over. Thank you Mr. Barr.

[sistatee-2009]

Say what you will about Barr or any third-party candidate, but remember, every congress and president has been a Republican or Democrat, and look at the hopeless mess we''re in as a result.

[usclimey]

I don''''t care how seriously he takes things. He''''s a hypocrite of the most obvious kind.

Posted by Alexthek

If you could actually read, you''d notice later on in the article that he has renounced these positions. Of course to any self-respecting neocon, this smacks of flip-floppism, that deadliest of all sins. To me it''s seeing the light, a conversion, possibly even a mere change of mind.