A message from Barr field director

[MGreen]

Arguing that your candidate is showing leadership is one thing. Labeling Ron Paul a swindler, and all of his supporters as suckers, is probably the dumbest political move imaginable. I have no idea what's going on in this guy's head.

 

[speciallyblend]

I'm going to spend the next few months making video's about how fucking stupid Bob fucking Barr and the entire libertarian party is.

please do ,let me know so i can spread far and wide, barr is finished, never trusted the bastard when he had my vote,now he doesn't exist anymore .. never trust barr or the lp again both are an embarrassment to our movement!!!!

 

[EotS]

I just logged into myspace, then pasted the address and, unfortunately, it is a real myspace page.

Huh - I'll be damned...

I don't use myspace, or have a login to it at all - so it looked suspicious to me. And I did cite the "error" incorrectly.

But I did just follow his homepage link to his blog, and found it - so it is for real.

What a bastard.

 

[Mini-Me]

Arguing that your candidate is showing leadership is one thing. Labeling Ron Paul a swindler, and all of his supporters as suckers, is probably the dumbest political move imaginable. I have no idea what's going on in this guy's head.

Either he's a belligerent loose-cannon who should have been put on a leash, or his move was entirely intentional and possibly premeditated. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turns out he was the same advisor who convinced Barr to back out this morning...if so, he's probably on somebody else's payroll (other than just Barr's) and in place to cause division in our movement and simultaneously tank Barr. If he's not the guy who convinced Barr to back out, it's also possible that Barr has orchestrated these stunts himself to cause division in our movement (or he has several bad/corrupt advisors). Time will tell...

 

[itshappening]

Either he's a belligerent loose-cannon who should have been put on a leash, or his move was entirely intentional and possibly premeditated. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turns out he was the same advisor who convinced Barr to back out this morning...if so, he's probably on somebody else's payroll (other than just Barr's) and in place to cause division in our movement and simultaneously tank Barr. If he's not the guy who convinced Barr to back out, it's also possible that Barr has orchestrated these stunts himself to cause division in our movement (or he has several bad/corrupt advisors). Time will tell...

agree with this, it has all the hallmarks of internal sabotage, by the way, Ron Paul's campaign wasn't immune from such people.

 

[Menthol Patch]

It now is obvious that not only Bob Barr is a neocon but his directors are neocons too.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Either he's a belligerent loose-cannon who should have been put on a leash, or his move was entirely intentional and possibly premeditated. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turns out he was the same advisor who convinced Barr to back out this morning...if so, he's probably on somebody else's payroll (other than just Barr's) and in place to cause division in our movement and simultaneously tank Barr. If he's not the guy who convinced Barr to back out, it's also possible that Barr has orchestrated these stunts himself to cause division in our movement (or he has several bad/corrupt advisors). Time will tell...

It had to be pre-canned. think about it. that was quite a long post and was posted very quickly after the events of this morning.

 

[LibertyEagle]

never heard of him

lol. I'm with you on that, storm.

 

[Drknows]

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[UtahApocalypse]

Shows that it was posted at "9:35 AM" was that not before the press conference even started??? I think this stinks of a set-up big time. the question now was Barr a part of it or a pawn??

 

[freelance]

This National Field Director asshole needs to remember something: He's talking shit about Paul and his press conference when, up until this morning, Bob Barr had actually committed to GO to this press conference. Now that Barr has gone back on his word and bailed with very little warning, his National Field Director is railing against the press conference as if Barr was always vocally opposed to it (rather than blatantly standing Paul up) - and on top of that, he's using it as an opportunity to make personal insults against Paul and insinuations of greed!

It looks to me like Bob Barr followed some horrible advice, went back on his word and stood Paul up, and then noticed the backlash - and so his National Field Director is brashly trying to "save face" for Barr through an extremely ill-advised unprovoked attack on Paul. That's really beyond the pail. If Barr actually agrees with this guy and/or sanctioned this attack, then he can seriously go to hell. I've never really trusted Barr, but I've been liking what he's been saying recently...until today. He has some serious explaining and asskissing to do at this point.

He could start with an apology on ALL of the prime time cable shows, an apology in the NYT and WaPo.

 

[Mini-Me]

He could start with an apology on ALL of the prime time cable shows, an apology in the NYT and WaPo.

I agree...
How Bob Barr handles this fiasco now will determine whether he was sabotaged or complicit. (Unless he really does just have complete idiots working for him...)

 

[acptulsa]

Just out of curiosity, where is TONES today?

 

[RP4EVER]

Wow. Respect for Barr going down...and down...

Anyone know if Chuck Baldwin is on the Virginia ballot? I heard Ron Paul/Mike Bloomberg (weirdest ticket ever) might be there because some group got enough signatures, that would be a good vote...

Yes Baldwin is on the VA Ballot

 

[Mini-Me]

Just out of curiosity, where is TONES today?

Obsessively signing his name somewhere else maybe...
Seriously though, it'd be interesting to hear his take on this, given how emotionally invested he is (or was?) in Barr.

 

[MsDoodahs]

Labeling Ron Paul a swindler, and all of his supporters as suckers, is probably the dumbest political move imaginable. I have no idea what's going on in this guy's head.

Maybe Barr's people have been reading HERE. lol.

I mean, come on. A whole shitload of RPFs members have come damn close to calling Ron a swindler themselves. They got agitated by certain posters whose lives were dedicated to repeating that lie over and over and over.

Some here fell for it.

It caused much dissention.

Now, they're taking that same drumbeat national.

Good job and kudos to those who defended those anti-paul people. I'm sure y'all are real proud of your work today.

 

[nbhadja]

Notice how the Barr campaign guy did not actually say "abolish the Federal reserve"...very fishy........Barr himself never talks about the Fed either.

 

[aspiringconstitutionalist]

I have rarely read anything so venemous, deceitful, and downright repulsive.

The Libertarian Party is an ugly shell of its former self.

 

[freelance]

Notice how the Barr campaign guy did not actually say "abolish the Federal reserve"...very fishy........Barr himself never talks about the Fed either.

That's because it's NOT ALLOWED.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Now I'm mad! Barr and his advisers screwed up big time. Unless there's a major apology and some reconciliation with the good Doctor, I cannot vote Barr. I will choose between Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin.

Amazing, just to think that a week ago I was energized from the rally and ready to whole-heartedly cast a vote for Barr as a way to send a message.