Comments on: Bob Barr Announces Libertarian Presidential Run http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/bob-barr-announces-libertarian-presidential-run/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:43:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Agnostick http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/bob-barr-announces-libertarian-presidential-run/#comment-406930 Agnostick Mon, 12 May 2008 22:19:46 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5608#comment-406930 If Barr gets the nomination, he should get Newt Gingrich as his VP. They'll set some kind of record for "most divorces in the Oval Office" every time they have a meeting. Barr-Gingrich '08 Because four faces are better than two Agnostick agnostick@excite.com If Barr gets the nomination, he should get Newt Gingrich as his VP. They’ll set some kind of record for “most divorces in the Oval Office” every time they have a meeting.

Barr-Gingrich ‘08
Because four faces are better than two

Agnostick
agnostick@excite.com

]]> By: Grant Gould http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/bob-barr-announces-libertarian-presidential-run/#comment-406905 Grant Gould Mon, 12 May 2008 18:43:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5608#comment-406905 It's far from a sure thing that Barr will get the nod. Libertarian conventions are notoriously unpredictable (no pledged-delegatocracy as with the major parties), and Barr is way, waaay off-platform. Barr is an old-school drug warrior who only "saw the light" once he was out of Congress and seems insincere even now. And he's been peddling a middle way on the Iraq War which is not going to go over well at all. Oh, and he's donating money to Republican candidates even while sitting on the Libertarian Party board, which isn't exactly kosher either. Barr is a Lieberman figure within the LP, and I expect he'll be treated much as Lieberman was by his party. My money is Barr and Root splitting the pragmatist vote and Ruwart walking away with the nomination as a result. But see above about "unpredictable". It’s far from a sure thing that Barr will get the nod. Libertarian conventions are notoriously unpredictable (no pledged-delegatocracy as with the major parties), and Barr is way, waaay off-platform.

Barr is an old-school drug warrior who only “saw the light” once he was out of Congress and seems insincere even now. And he’s been peddling a middle way on the Iraq War which is not going to go over well at all. Oh, and he’s donating money to Republican candidates even while sitting on the Libertarian Party board, which isn’t exactly kosher either.

Barr is a Lieberman figure within the LP, and I expect he’ll be treated much as Lieberman was by his party. My money is Barr and Root splitting the pragmatist vote and Ruwart walking away with the nomination as a result. But see above about “unpredictable”.

]]> By: SpellBound http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/bob-barr-announces-libertarian-presidential-run/#comment-406893 SpellBound Mon, 12 May 2008 16:28:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5608#comment-406893 Good News Indeed. Remember Ross Perot. He's the guy that elected Clinton. Remember RalpH Nader. He's the guy that elected Bush. Remeber Bob Barr. Yep! Good News Indeed.
Remember Ross Perot. He’s the guy that elected Clinton.
Remember RalpH Nader. He’s the guy that elected Bush.
Remeber Bob Barr. Yep!

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