New Barr Press Release: Calls us a Cult of Personality!

[yongrel]

Ron Paul supporters are probably the exact wrong people to pull shenanigans with. Not terribly forgiving or prone to giving politicians the benefit of the doubt.

 

[ARealConservative]

Do they really think we were born yesterday?

that email rings extremely accurate.

 

[ShowMeLiberty]

That is so lame. It is not only insulting, it is written by a Libertarian who apparently doesn't really understand liberty!

He says, "there are those who support the liberty agenda regardless of standard-bearer". How is that anything other than partisan politics? Liberty means judging the candidates as individuals by your own standards, not just blindly following a "party" no matter what.

Fail.

 

[Mister Grieves]

Like I said before, thats Russ Verney talking, not Barr lulz.

Ah. Would have at least made the thing a little more interesting had it been written by Barr.

"Jimmy can dunk. Jimmy's new in town. Jimmy will see you later."

 

[SnappleLlama]

we all read about the rumors floating around about Barr dropping out.

I suspect it is totally accurate that the CFL did that to increase viewership. What a shitty thing to do!

The empire of lies seems to be strong in the CFL.

I never read anything about Barr dropping out. I read a lot of posts URGING him to drop out, though!

 

[gls]

we all read about the rumors floating around about Barr dropping out.

I suspect it is totally accurate that the CFL did that to increase viewership. What a shitty thing to do!

The empire of lies seems to be strong in the CFL.

More B.S.

I spent hours following this story yesterday and heard no such rumors. Zero.

Where is your evidence?

 

[ARealConservative]

Hah!

I told y'all yesterday, BARR was going to do this, for extended Publicity! Lookout, here comes the Press releases.

The 3rd Parties need to UNITE and pull their voters together! Someone needs to get in the debate against the 2 Political Puppet Clowns.

great self fulfilling prophecy.

Hey everybody, I bet the active candidate will issue press releases.

 

[Rangeley]

Not surprisingly, the Libertarian Party is more concerned about advancing their party then the principles themselves. Ron Paul is willing to give props to the other parties for standing by the key principles, the LP would rather pretend these other parties don't exist. For all of Barr's talk about getting beyond partisanship, his campaign has been one with a heavy emphasis on partisanship... just for the LP rather then for a major party.

 

[yongrel]

Not surprisingly, the Libertarian Party is more concerned about advancing their party then the principles themselves. Ron Paul is willing to give props to the other parties for standing by the key principles, the LP would rather pretend these other parties don't exist. For all of Barr's talk about getting beyond partisanship, his campaign has been one with a heavy emphasis on partisanship... just for the LP rather then for a major party.

This.

 

[amy31416]

At least we know what they really think of us now, between Fergusen's post and this email.

Ah well, they had an opportunity to explain things and any good points they may have made are lost in the insults.

 

[Minuteman]

Nice press release. I will still be voting for Barr.

He was also spot on about the cult of personality.

 

[acptulsa]

Nobody--nobody--is this incompetent at spin control. Just nobody.

This is reeking more and more every damned minute of a concerted attempt to dig the party into a hole so deep there's nothing left to do but go ahead and bury it.

 

[Menthol Patch]

I call Bob Barr supporters a cult of fascism.

They are supporting a candidate who still supports the war on drugs.

They are supporting a candidate who put thousands of innocent people in prison.

They are supporting a candidate who voted for the war in Iraq.

They are supporting a candidate who voted for the Patriot Act.

They are supporting a candidate who will not cooperate with other third party candidates.

 

[Shink]

Fu*k Bob Barr. If I could see any Presidency I want, it'd be Ron Paul and Badnarik in no particular order. Bob Barr seems like he's keeping his foot in the door to slip back into the GOP after this election cycle. If I vote at all, it will be for neither Barr nor the other big government jackasses.

 

[Andrew-Austin]

I agree with Barr that Paul is going about this all wrong, fragmenting support to all the third parties.

 

[Menthol Patch]

Nobody--nobody--is this incompetent at spin control. Just nobody.

This is reeking more and more every damned minute of an attempt to dig the party into a hole so deep there's nothing left to do but go ahead and bury it.

I've said it over and over again for months that Bob Barr was a neocon who infiltrated the LP.

 

[rockandrollsouls]

Thats Russ Verney talking not Barr.

Even if it is Russ it's a reasonably fair assessment. That certainly sounds like Ron's campaign....I've never felt like they've been in step with him. What I see is two good guys with two equally poor campaigns.

"There are those who support a specific politician and then there are those who support the liberty agenda regardless of standard-bearer."

Couldn't be more true. 90% of the anti-Barr posts come from mentholpatch anyway.

 

[fr33domfightr]

I think many of you are part of this "Cult of Personality" and are in denial. What he's stating here is, Ron Paul is your "ONLY" guy. That you'll only vote for him, even though Ron Paul said it was about the movement, not him. That's all the statement was about. Don't take it personally unless the shoe fits. If you truly feel that Ron is your only guy, then say so, and accept that people will criticize you.


FF

 

[DRV45N05]

I'm convinced this isn't Bob Barr's calculation, it's Russ Verney's.

Bad move by Bob to hire this guy. He should have gone with a long-time libertarian activist with some campaign experience, or a Paul veteran.

 

[ARealConservative]

I agree with Barr that Paul is going about this all wrong, fragmenting support to all the third parties.

wow - we rarely agree on anything.