With the GOP ticket getting so much free press, has Bob Barr been given such niceties?

ColbertWatcher

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:18 PM
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With the GOP ticket getting so much free press, has Bob Barr been given such niceties?

The GOP ticket is being given a free pass from the GOP-controlled media.

Obama and Biden have been given some interviews, but where is the "fair and balanced" treatment for Barr?

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:55 PM
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1. Bob Barr who?

Sad isn't it.

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ColbertWatcher

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:17 PM
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2. Yes, it is. But, he's in the race and deserves some airtime. n/t

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spin

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:37 AM
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3. All candidates do indeed desire attention...

To be fair he has had some limited media attention.

For example Bob Barr FOX News Sunday w/ Chris Wallace 06/29/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHtWQ-Hj04

On this link you can also find interviews with Keith Olbermann 7-25-08, CNN's American Morning, Neil Cavuto 08/18/08, CSPAN and FBN.

If he were to get more MSM attention he probably would pull votes from McCain and therefore help Obama. Perhaps the big corporations fear this man.

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Hidden Stillness

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:46 AM
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4. Barr the Republican Clinton-Persecutor Got Enough of a Free Ride Already

Bob Barr was one of the most "morally outraged" Republicans persecuting Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky (etc.) "impeachment" attempt, one of the most determined prolonged attackers, opposing everything Clinton tried to do, and keeping up a years-long attack on Clinton's unfit moral character--all while having an affair, and once driving the lover to have an abortion while the neglected wife sat at home!

Oh, I think Bob Barr has had enough of a free ride already.

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samuraiguppy

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Mon Sep-08-08 01:06 AM
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5. if he could

get into the debates he would steal some votes from McJerk

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ColbertWatcher

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Mon Sep-08-08 02:56 AM
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8. I guess that may be the reason why he hasn't gotten any airtime. n/t

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tritsofme

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Mon Sep-08-08 01:17 AM
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6. Does he deserve more time than a Nader or Cynthia McKinney?

Probably not.

They're all minor bit players that will struggle to combine their votes to 1% of the total.

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ColbertWatcher

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Mon Sep-08-08 02:55 AM
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7. Hey, they're candidates. In fact, Barr has more experience than Palin.

Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 02:55 AM by ColbertWatcher

I think he deserves some TV interviews.

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