suedanim
05-12-2008, 04:19 PM
Dream Libertarian ticket Bob Barr and Ron Paul? I hear Ron Paul is going to do some moving and shaking too.
The Libertarians are coming! (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/the-libertarians-are-coming/?ref=opinion)
Barr to announce Libertarian White House bid (http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Barr_to_announce_Libertarian_White_House_0512.html )
Published: Monday May 12, 2008
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr is expected to announce that he's running for president as a Libertarian.
His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race that many believe would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain.
Barr had scheduled a news conference Monday. He first must win the Libertarian nomination at the party's national convention that begins May 22. Party officials consider him a front-runner thanks to the national profile he developed as a Georgia congressman from 1995 to 2003.
Barr, 59, helped lead Bill Clinton's impeachment. He quit the Republican Party two years ago, saying he had grown disillusioned with its failure to shrink government and its willingness to scale back civil liberties in fighting terrorism.
The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080511/NATION/904208419/1001) reported that "Barr says even people who have tried to dissuade him understand why he thinks it important to raise issues from what he calls a 'genuinely conservative' perspective and to offer alternatives to the positions of the two major-party candidates."
"In the month since we formed our exploratory committee, not a single Republican who has spoken with me to try and convince me not to seek the Libertarian nomination has disagreed with my reasons for considering a run," Barr told the paper.
The article continues, "Most Republicans who asked him not to run 'also said they understand why I'd run and why John McCain is not conservative and will not seriously tackle the growth in government power and spending,' he said. 'Some said they would vote for me if I ran, but for the sake of the Republican Party, they would prefer I didn't.'"
Barr will be speaking at the National Press Club (http://npc.press.org/calendar/caldbevent.cfm?eventid=15460) at 11:00am ET, in an address sponsored by the Virginia public relations firm Advocacy Ink.
Barr's exploratory web site can be accessed at this link (http://www.bobbarr2008.com/?gclid=CMawtfCQoZMCFSQ8IgodHB4Eqg).
DEVELOPING...
(with wire reports)
The Libertarians are coming! (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/the-libertarians-are-coming/?ref=opinion)
Barr to announce Libertarian White House bid (http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Barr_to_announce_Libertarian_White_House_0512.html )
Published: Monday May 12, 2008
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr is expected to announce that he's running for president as a Libertarian.
His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race that many believe would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain.
Barr had scheduled a news conference Monday. He first must win the Libertarian nomination at the party's national convention that begins May 22. Party officials consider him a front-runner thanks to the national profile he developed as a Georgia congressman from 1995 to 2003.
Barr, 59, helped lead Bill Clinton's impeachment. He quit the Republican Party two years ago, saying he had grown disillusioned with its failure to shrink government and its willingness to scale back civil liberties in fighting terrorism.
The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080511/NATION/904208419/1001) reported that "Barr says even people who have tried to dissuade him understand why he thinks it important to raise issues from what he calls a 'genuinely conservative' perspective and to offer alternatives to the positions of the two major-party candidates."
"In the month since we formed our exploratory committee, not a single Republican who has spoken with me to try and convince me not to seek the Libertarian nomination has disagreed with my reasons for considering a run," Barr told the paper.
The article continues, "Most Republicans who asked him not to run 'also said they understand why I'd run and why John McCain is not conservative and will not seriously tackle the growth in government power and spending,' he said. 'Some said they would vote for me if I ran, but for the sake of the Republican Party, they would prefer I didn't.'"
Barr will be speaking at the National Press Club (http://npc.press.org/calendar/caldbevent.cfm?eventid=15460) at 11:00am ET, in an address sponsored by the Virginia public relations firm Advocacy Ink.
Barr's exploratory web site can be accessed at this link (http://www.bobbarr2008.com/?gclid=CMawtfCQoZMCFSQ8IgodHB4Eqg).
DEVELOPING...
(with wire reports)