BOB BARR IS GONNA RUN !!!!

[SoCalDem]

Hallelujah.. SEND HIM MONEY :)

[Bicoastal]

1. FOR SURE? Link?

[SoCalDem]

3. CNN just showed his announcement from Kansas City

haven't found a link yet :)

Please let him run with Ron Paul..

[PDittie]

44. Posted below

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/metro/stories/2008/04/05/barr_0406WEB.html

[Patsy Stone]

2. I hope this is true.

Everything crossed.

[SoCalDem]

5. CNN just broke into regular programming to show his announcement from KC

Please..everyone write him emails encouraging him :)

ask him to team up with Ron Paul

[Patsy Stone]

9. Very, very wonderful

I think that would be a killer combination. :)

[tekisui]

4. He has to overcome Mike Gravel for the Libertarian nod, first.

After that, he can split the Pukes. Especially if McDubya chooses Condiliar Rice for veep. Puke heads will explode, they will split and their guts will scatter America.

[SoCalDem]

6. and we'll win back some southern states :)

:rofl:

[tekisui]

8. Seriously, it would put GA and FL in play.

Maybe even the Carolinas!

[Cassandra]

22. Don't you mean...

splatter America? DUCK! Freeper guts at 12 o'clock!

[L. Coyote]

7. Maybe. OR, maybe his job is to derail the Libertarian Party this time.

Remember what they did to the Reform Party?
They bombed it into oblivion for Bush.

The Rs know what to do with a political move on their right.
I'd look to that motivation first, before drawing any conclusions.

[hlthe2b]

21. Have you followed Bob Barr the past 7 years?

He has been extremely extremely disgruntled at his own former party, to the point of becoming a spokesman for ACLU (literally and figuratively)....


I don't doubt his sincerity on this score, though, obviously, I'd not support him on other issues.

[asthmaticeog]

10. Lifelong conservative, now a Libertarian, and you're asking DUers to send him money

and support his candidacy? I hope I speak for most of us when I say "buh bye, doucherocket."

[SoCalDem]

14. um.... he needs some "ecouragement" It would be wonderful to split

McCain's vote..now wouldn't it? my tongue is firmly planted-in-cheek :)

Mccain gets his very own "Perot", and we may get a few southern states:)

[onehandle]

18. This could Definitely get us Georgia.

This is Barr's territory and we have So many Looneytarians it's ridiculous.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Exactly!!!!

[hlthe2b]

15. He will bring Civil Liberties abuses by the RW front & Foremost

This will definitely put McCain and his Bush* cronies on the spot... A very good thing, IMO

[housewolf]

23. I agree with you

His candidacy will add some necessariy conversation about civil rights to the debate, so on that basis I welcome his candidacy.

[onehandle]

16. Fifty dollars to a spoiler is equal to a thousand dollars to a real candidate.

I'm in.

[onehandle]

11. Bob will siphon off the closet Looneytarians from the GOP.

This is good. This is good.

[SharonRB]

12. A picture is worth 1000 words

[SoCalDem]

17. Go Bob!!

[depakid]

19. Yep -here he is:

[housewolf]

24. And what a great pic it is, too! (#17 that is!)

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[0007]

13. This guy Bob Barr is one nasty man.

I must send him some money also!

[knight_of_the_star]

20. If I had some spare cash

I would GLADLY do so, this man is vile but he will help split the GOP.

[BlooInBloo]

25. For what?

[onehandle]

27. Looneytarian Presidential Candidate.

He's popular with Looneytarian leaning GOPers.

[BlooInBloo]

33. ah. Heh. "Glibertarian" is what I call em.

[lonestarnot]

28. Why isn't this in LBN?

[hlthe2b]

30. Yes, definitely LBN worthy..... Perhaps SoCalDem will cross post...

[SoCalDem]

31. every time I post there it gets a "dupe-lock"

I just finally gave up :)
I NEVER even go there anymore..haven't in months :)

when I have accidentally gone there, it seems like there are more locked threads than non-locked ones :rofl:

[NNN0LHI]

34. I gave up LBN years ago how did you last so long?

[lonestarnot]

35. I'm scared to post in that place too. I only go there to read every day.

:toast:

[jody]

29. Barr will have ACLU and African-American backing, won't he? n/t

[SoCalDem]

32. probably not.. His entry into the ACLU "surprised" many lefties

and I'm not so sure his constituents are broadminded..

[lonestarnot]

36. Not THAT broadminded I hope or no more money from me!

[madinmaryland]

47. The ONLY reason he joined the ACLU is to make sure

the feds to spy on his pevvie phone conversations!!1!!

[Blue_In_AK]

37. This is great news!

He may do well in Alaska where McCain is not a favorite. The majority of Alaska's registered voters are "Independent."

[Lex]

38. Split the nutbucket conservative vote Bob Barr, go right ahead.

This is better than when Ross Perot ran!

[ElkHunter]

39. Let's not forget...

...that the NRA and other gun rights organizations are not happy with McCain. If Bob Barr could pull some of that constituency to his campaign then it's possible that he could cause some real damage to the Republican ticket.

[jpak]

40. Bob Barr represents The Dumbass Wing of the GOP and is a Prime Asshole

Run Bob Run!!!!111

:rofl:

[chat_noir]

41. Barr bid could hurt McCain

Can a conservative former congressman who helped impeach President Clinton, is a board member of the National Rifle Association and has done contract work with the ACLU dent Sen. John McCain's presidential bid?

That's exactly what Mr. McCain would face if Bob Barr, the former Republican who joined the Libertarian Party two years ago, wins his adopted party's presidential nomination.

"Barr obviously is dangerous. At least he negates any possible Nader benefit," said David Norcross, a New Jersey member of the Republican National Committee and its Rules Committee chairman, arguing Mr. Barr would hurt Republicans at least as much as Ralph Nader, who has announced his own independent presidential bid, would hurt Democrats.

Republican campaign pros said a Barr bid could range from causing them some damage all the way to being the equivalent of Ross Perot's 1992 presidential bid, which many Republicans think split their party's voters, unseating then-President Bush and electing Democrat Bill Clinton.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080403/NATION/613725381

[SoCalDem]

45. Here's a pic that will help Barr

[DemoTex]

42. Maybe he will make Ross Perot his campaign manager.

Know what I mean, Vern?

[PDittie]

43. Linkage, at last

Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr eased into presidential politics Saturday with an announcement that he has formed an exploratory committee to gauge voter interest in his candidacy as Libertarian.

If there are "sufficient numbers" of people behind a Bob Barr presidential race, he's running, the former Republican said.

His announcement brought whoops and applause from the audience of 130 Libertarians, mostly from Midwestern states.

"We are at a tipping point," Barr said, "in terms of the willingness of voters, in significant numbers, to consider alternatives to the major parties."

Barr conceded it was unlikely he could win, but he said his potential candidacy would be an opportunity to preach the Libertarian philosophy.

"I don't think any past performance by a Libertarian candidate is any benchmark," he said. "Are my expectations that the Libertarian candidate will win ? No. But with a credible candidate, anything is possible."

From his home state newspaper:

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/metro/stories/2008/04/05/barr_0406WEB.html

[SoCalDem]

46. Bob Barr Effect..map

If Bob Barr teams up with Ron Paul (he's got supporters & $$$), we could win Alaska AND Georgia...making a LOT of the recalcitrant states "unnecessary".. They are welcome to come along, but we would not need to be held "hostage" to their tantrums..

make your own map @
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/electoral-college/