Bob Barr for VP? Why not?

[No Free Beer]

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Ron Paul very fond of Mr. Barr? Why not he? I think he would make a great match...

 

[freedom-maniac]

Another small-time liberatarian politician (with questionable libertarian credentials, let's be honest), isn't going to help.

 

[amy31416]

I take it you didn't follow the 2008 primary?

 

[No Free Beer]

What happened?

 

[acptulsa]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/removebobbar/signatures

Barr pissed off most of his potential supporters, that's what.

As the New Yorkers say, fuggedaboudit.

 

[muzzled dogg]

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[No Free Beer]

but what exactly did he do?

 

[LibertyEagle]

I take it you didn't follow the 2008 primary?

+1

 

[amy31416]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/removebobbar/signatures

Barr pissed off most of his potential supporters, that's what.

As the New Yorkers say, fuggedaboudit.

Damn...my memory fails me, did I start that petition? I think I might have...

Either way, Barr totally screwed up, but that's par for the course in the LP, it seems.

 

[ItsTime]

He is going to shock the world and ask Nader. ha!

 

[amy31416]

but what exactly did he do?

He dissed Ron Paul and tried to enact a "coup" of sorts.

 

[No Free Beer]

Well lets change the question, who is Paul's VP?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Bob Barr is a tragicomedy.

 

[acptulsa]

Well lets change the question, who is Paul's VP?

If Romney has enough class to not name one until he has won the nomination, why would Ron Paul lack it?

The question is beyond premature. Only the candidate needs a running mate.

 

[amy31416]

Well lets change the question, who is Paul's VP?

I think Walter Williams is a classy fellow, but if you're looking for someone younger, I like Judge Napolitano.

 

[polomertz]

Barr snubbed him at the "we agree on these things" press conference with Nader, McKinny, and Baldwin. He said he would be there and didn't show at the last minute because he said he wanted to set himself apart. Ron was clearly pissed. I've never seen him with more ire in his eyes. Not to mention voting for the patriot act.

 

[Guitarzan]

RP scheduled a press conference with the McKinney (G), Nader (I?), Baldwin (CP), and Barr (L) to tell his supporters to support a third party candidate. Barr got pissed because he thought RP was splitting up the liberty vote and thought that RP should endorse him...and he canceled at the last minute.

Not long after that, RP endorsed Balwin and that was that.

Barr's not anything special anyhow...former Republican crusader turned 'libertarian'.


Where have you been? lol

 

[hillertexas]

Another reason not to be a Bob Barr fan:

September 25, 1996: Mere days before Congress adjourns for the year, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) introduces H.R. 4170, the "Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996." Within a few days, the bill attracts a coalition of 26 Republican cosponsors. The legislation demands either a life sentence or the death penalty for anyone caught bringing more than two ounces of marijuana into the United States. The bill ultimately dies a well-deserved death.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:H.R.4170:

Cosponsors:
Rep Barr, Bob [GA-7] - 9/26/1996
Rep Bliley, Tom [VA-7] - 9/26/1996
Rep Bunn, Jim [OR-5] - 9/26/1996
Rep Canady, Charles T. [FL-12] - 9/26/1996
Rep Chenoweth, Helen [ID-1] - 9/26/1996
Rep Christensen, Jon [NE-2] - 9/26/1996
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 9/26/1996
Rep Dornan, Robert K. [CA-46] - 9/26/1996
Rep English, Phil [PA-21] - 9/26/1996
Rep Fox, Jon D. [PA-13] - 9/26/1996
Rep Hilleary, Van [TN-4] - 9/26/1996
Rep Hutchinson, Tim [AR-3] - 9/26/1996
Rep Kim, Jay [CA-41] - 9/27/1996
Rep Martini, William J. [NJ-8] - 9/27/1996
Rep Molinari, Susan [NY-13] - 9/26/1996
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 9/26/1996
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [WA-5] - 9/26/1996
Rep Parker, Mike [MS-4] - 9/26/1996
Rep Paxon, Bill [NY-27] - 9/26/1996
Rep Portman, Rob [OH-2] - 10/2/1996
Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. [WI-9] - 9/26/1996
Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [NY-22] - 9/26/1996
Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] - 9/27/1996
Rep Tate, Randy [WA-9] - 9/27/1996
Rep Waldholtz, Enid Greene [UT-2] - 9/26/1996
Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. [OK-4] - 9/27/1996

 

[Dr.3D]

I believe Chuck Baldwin would be a better choice over Bob Barr.

 

[freedom-maniac]

Another reason not to be a Bob Barr fan:

He also voted for the Iraq War and the PATRIOT Act