Bob Barr - Libertarian Candidate

Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman from Georgia turned Libertarian Party candidate for president, who gleefully recounted what he says a group of Republicans told him at a recent meeting in Washington: Don't run.

" 'Well, gee, you might take votes from Senator McCain,' " Mr. Barr said this week, mimicking one of the complainers, as he sat sipping Coca-Cola in his plush corner office, 12 stories above Atlanta. "They all said, 'Look, we understand why you're doing this. We agree with why you're doing it. But please don't do it.' "

But with the Libertarian nomination in hand, Mr. Barr hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ross Perot and Mr. Nader, whose third-party presidential bids wreaked general-election havoc.

For one, he is hoping to hitch his wagon to the enormous grass-roots movement behind Representative Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded Republican from Texas who recently abandoned his own presidential bid.

And with presidential elections increasingly boiling down to state-by-state battles for Electoral College votes, many political analysts think a Barr candidacy, no matter how marginal, could have some impact.

On the ballots in 30 states so far, Mr. Barr has the chance to be a spoiler for Mr. McCain, the presumed Republican nominee, in several states, among them Alaska, Colorado and Georgia. Mr. Barr's campaign advisers also assert he has similar potential in other mountain states, New Hampshire, Ohio and other swing states.

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[niggtardd]

The patriot act sounded good at the time but it was misused later, as he says. Being a globalist does not disclude libertarianism neccessarily either. Libertarian's are the great cynics and can't even agree with eachother about every single issue.

[samxjoy]

I wish people would stop coming at Bob for being "Un Libertarian" because some of his opinions don't match up with everything the party stands for. In my opinion, parties are a great divider of America anyway, I think we should be able to asses at a person's beliefs without criticizing them for "betraying their party" as if they are bound to it. He has good, strong policies that make sense and could benefit our nation, isn't that all that matters?

[flach77]

Bob Barr is a globalist. He voted for the patriot act is that libertarian? He avoids the questions. Liberty for all Bob