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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 10:54 PM
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Barr: GOP says one thing and does another
Source: The Hill

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr, who has some Republicans worried that he might take votes from their nominee, on Sunday accused the GOP and its standard-bearer Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) of saying one thing and doing another.

“What’s wrong with John McCain is symptomatic of what’s wrong with the Republican Party in these first years of the 21st century,” said Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia. “They talk one thing but do something different, and that’s become very obvious to the American people.”

When asked about his potential role as spoiler, Barr said on Fox News Sunday that, “if wins on November 4th and Sen. McCain and I lose, it will be because he presented a vision and a platform and a candidacy to the American people that resonated with a plurality of the voters.”

Despite his former party affiliation, the Libertarian candidate also said that he did not necessarily view McCain as preferable over Obama.

Read more: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/barr-gop-says-one-thing-and-does-another-2008-06-29.html
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 10:55 PM
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1. Apparently he missed the heart-felt antiwar speeches of the dems
as they voted for the IWR and then opened their wallets to fund the war.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 10:55 PM
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2. News flash to Barr: Sun rises in east and sets in west.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 10:57 PM
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3. Go Bob!
Splinter mother f***ers!

Enjoy that "Nader Effect"...
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 10:58 PM
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4. Isn't this a defining trait of a politician? Humble foreign policy Bush? Stop the war dems?
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GOPNotForMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 11:31 PM
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5. Mmm keep these headlines coming, Bob! nt
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EarlG ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 11:51 PM
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6. "Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr...
Edited on Sun Jun-29-08 11:51 PM by EarlG
...who has some Republicans worried that he might that he might take votes from their nominee..."

They should be worried. With the evangelicals wavering, and the independents split, the last thing McCain needs is Bob Barr pecking away at the "traditional" conservative wing of the Republican party. If this keeps up McCain's coalition will be down to Cindy and the guy driving the Straight Talk Express.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 12:05 AM
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8. I have known me some tour bus drivers in my day.
I can assure you that they are, to a man, crusty, ill-tempered bastards, though quite lovable. I can also assure you that the driver's vote is not a lock, if only for the fact that he has to cater to a bunch of beltway weenies devoid o' clue who crap in the toilet(major bus no-no. That stuff festers down there and makes the bus smell like an outhouse on a hot summer's day.) and of course, dealing with the Mrs.

They don't have any patience with snooty types.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 11:51 PM
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7. From the "No Shit Sherlock" file. Just figure that out, Bob?
OTOH, Run, Bob, RUN!
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 01:28 AM
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9. No, actually he's been ranting against BushCo for years now
I suspect that his "retirement" wasn't entirely voluntary, either.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:48 AM
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10. And yet he got suckered into the whole Phony Clinton Impeachment thing
by the same lying criminal Bushies.

But you are right, and I guess anyone can be fooled, then realize it and turn around.

Still, I am skeptical of Barr in general, though I wish him all the best in his upcoming campaign.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 02:58 PM
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12. He used to be a drug warrior as well, and has since changed his tune.
Legitimate change of mind, or political opportunism?

Doesn't matter to me. He's not getting my vote and I hope he will be effective at Naderizing McCain, nothing else.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 07:54 PM
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14. Exactly. n/t
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 02:56 PM
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11. and yet the Corp Media Free Ride continues
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 03:04 PM
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13. Always glad to have Republican hypocrisy more broadly discussed.
For years they have: ++ talked national security and weakened our nation, ++ talked fiscal restraint and run up huge deficits; ++ talked small government and increased government regulation. To name but a few.
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