I FREAKIN' LOVE BOB BARR!!!!!!!

[WilliamPitt]

Barr announces Libertarian White House bid
Former Republican's entry could cost McCain votes

WASHINGTON - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.

His candidacy throws a wild card into the White House race that many believe could peel away votes from Republican Sen. John McCain given the candidates' similar positions on fiscal policy.

Barr, who has hired Ross Perot's former campaign manager, acknowledged that some Republicans have tried to discourage him from running. But he said he's getting in the race to win, not to play spoiler or to make a point.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24582429/

[Stop Cornyn]

1. God bless every right wing hair on Bob Barr's head!

[Boz]

16. Id be watching the Crazy Ivan Ron Paul is actually throwing at McCain too.

His followers are actually challenging McCains nomination, I don't mean rhetorically, they could by technicalities and some very well planned,(and even in some cases already executed) convention and rules maneuvering mess up McCains delegates enough, to make him challenged for the actual Nom.

[JohnnyCougar]

57. Con Sonar, Crazy Ivan!!!

Ryan: Capitan, capitan, he's turning!

Mancuso: Which way is he turning, Jonesy?

Jones: TO THE STARBOARD, SIR!!

Ryan: Give the man a chance.

[shadowknows69]

63. Aww shit, now I have to watch that again.

[PM7nj]

2. I wonder if the media will pay any attention to him...

The only reason Perot got as far as he did (besides using tons of his own money) was because the media payed attention to him and included him in debates.

[KSinTX]

105. They only included him in debates because he used tons of $$

I remember him buying entire blocks of TV time and taking his case directly past the media. Had he not done that, they certainly wouldn't have given him the time of day BUT they were losing their audiences and they knew it. So THEY jumped on HIS bandwagon. I sure hope Barr raises tons of $$ :)

[monmouth]

3. Repugs were so hoping for a bloodbath at the Dem convention...

Hahha, I think not. I visited the site that shall not be named and they really hate McSame. They were not outrageously against Barr, for whatever that might mean. They're sort of tough to figure out over there...lol. Their convention should be a hoot...

[Cha]

37. rush limpbaugh is putting in overtime to brainwash

susceptible Americans to stage blood in the streets of Denver.

[eagertolearn]

77. What is the reasoning behind this because my daughter will be there

and do you think this will really happen? I heard it mentioned before.

[pokercat999]

109. The war was the big problem in the 60's or I should be

more accurate and say the DRAFT was the problem in the late 60's. When just the poor and brown skinned people were going (to Vietnam) it was no problem. When draft deferments were up and the young man didn't want to be a father his middle-class white ass went to Vietnam.......that was the problem (the rich and connected didn't need to worry there were still plenty of soft jobs available for their college educated boys, like Texas Air National Guard.

This time it's all volunteer so .....no draft, no problem.

The deal with Hillary/Obama will work its' self out when Hillary withdraws from the race. If it's a brokered convention and there is any real chance the Democratic Party muckty-mucks will take it away from Obama.....look out, all bets are off.....anyone remember the phrase "burn baby burn"?

But realistically I would bet on peace and mostly tranquility at the convention.

[EFerrari]

44. Projection bites people in the remote like that.

They're promoting one for us because they likely will have one.

[NightWatcher]

4. I pray he'll Naderize McCain.

I think we should really try to keep him in the MSM by talking him up over McCain. Split the rw vote

[muryan]

5. The hope here being that

McCains camp gets antsy about losing conservative votes, he pushes a more right-wing platform and completely shatters the last remnants of his "maverick" persona. This is a great thing

[panader0]

6. How fitting that he has hired Ross Perot's former manager.

Now let's hope the same thing doesn't happen on our side.

[eleny]

7. Be still my heart!

That ought to wipe the smirk off McCain's heart.

[Barrymores Ghost]

8. I'm sure he'll pull in the "Once Licked Whipped Cream Off A Stripper's Funbags" vote

That's about..what? Half of the 29%'ers? Most of the NASCAR dads?

Sweet. Thanks, Bob.

[eleny]

11. You mean McCain will be voting Barr?

[Barrymores Ghost]

14. Grampy McSame did too???

Well, that particular redundancy factor, I suppose, would preclude them from running on the same ticket.

I almost forgot the "Pro-Lifer, Family-Values Dicks Whose Second Wives Had Abortions" voting block...as well as the "Cheated On Their Second Wives With Those Who Become Their Third" demographic.

It's getting tough to keep these scandals straight.

[eleny]

19. LOL!

:rofl:

[Liberty Belle]

49. Not to mention the piracy crime ring founder running San Diego's GOP

as Raw Story reported a week or so ago!

[Lochloosa]

67. Great Pic eleny.

[JVS]

54. What have you got against people who have licked whipped cream off a stripper's funbags?

I know some true democrats who belong to that demographic. :-)

[SwampG8r]

60. excuse me but i WILL NOTvote for him

and speak for yourself about those funbags

edited because of whipped cream slippage on keyboard

[YDogg]

80. pics or it didn't happen

/hoping it happened

[Shakespeare]

9. Indeed. And here I thought Huckabee would be the third party spoiler.

Now where's that pic of Bob Barr with a stripper in his lap....IRC, it involved whipped cream and bare (or almost bare) breasts....

Not a good day to be a republican. :rofl:

[Parche]

10. Bob Barr

1. He is from Boston
2. His best friend is Matcom
3. He always attends Red Sox Games
4. His favorite football team is the Patriots
5. He Knows how to say the Color Ahrenge

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


:hi:

[charlie]

12. Ron Paul and his supporters have run off the leash too

There's been a lot of little instances of uncivil disobedience from that crew lately, like their takeover of the Nevada convention that ended with cancellation and no delegates elected.

We may get a twofer of spoilers this year, I hope, I hope, I hope.

[ClassWarrior]

13. That was my thought when I heard this. Well, not exactly...

I thought, "Why does this asshole who I detest keep doing stuff that makes me like him?"

B-)

NGU.

[blondeatlast]

122. LOL! "Why does this asshole who I detest..."

Ain't it the damned truth?! :rofl:

[dailykoff]

15. "hired Ross Perot's former campaign manager"

That is a very, very good sign. Didn't Perot basically deliver a Clinton win TWICE?

[charlie]

21. ANYBODY would be better than whoever his last manager was

Bob Barr's last campaign slogan:

"Bob Barr. He's just gooder."

I'm not making that up.

[Exilednight]

107. I don't know. I wouldn't hire Gravel's campaign manager ........

what was up with those fucked up campaign videos, and who the hell prepped him for debate?

[deadmessengers]

114. Yeah, you're making that up.

I live in his old district, and believe me, if a politician (especially one that I loathed as much as ol' Bob) pulled a clanker like that one, I would have remembered it.

Also, Googling " "He's just gooder" Bob Barr " produces exactly one hit - your message in this thread. I'm no Snopes, but this one doesn't pass the sniff test.

[Erin Elizabeth]

23. Yep. Reading that made my DAY.

[AnnieBW]

119. I heard that Mark Penn is looking for a job

And he's the kind of soulless being that would do well in a nutcase campaign.

[Bensthename]

17. Hopefully he whould shed a few points away from grandpa

[tekisui]

18. I hope he gets out there and makes a strong showing, especially

in VA, NC, SC and GA.

[senseandsensibility]

20. I second that emotion

:) Now he's gonna make up for all the ulcers he gave me when I used to watch him as a guest on Crossfire.

[Imagevision]

22. Perhaps it could be arranged for Nader and Barr to have their own debate?

[grantcart]

24. Actually I admire conservatives like Barr who are at least consistent

and don't sell out like the GOP does.

I wonder how many Ron Paul supporters he will get?

[Exilednight]

25. all the 420ers, flat taxers, and limited government types at a minimum. n/t

[grantcart]

36. and oppose unnecessary wars as Barr did

[Exilednight]

39. I don't think they'll pull that vote from Obama unless they believe in isolationism. n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

45. Bob Barr killed the DC medical marijuana initiative

420ers will never forgive him for begrudging cancer and AIDS patients the healing herb.

[pokercat999]

110. Must be giving Neal Boortz fits, if he doesn't support

Barr it proves he's not actually a Libertarian as he says but a closet rethug!

[charlie]

29. No Paul supporters

Paul supporters are crazy bitterenders. And Paul is still campaigning.

[gcomeau]

41. Oh, I don't know...

...Paul is the type of guy who would probably be completely open to a VP run on Barr's ticket if he was asked, and with the loyalty and composition of his support base that would have to be damn tempting for Barr to make the offer. Paul isn't exactly a party line Republican, I get the impression he'd have no problem with a spoiler role against McCain. He's already come out and suggested he might prefer Obama over him after all.

And if it ends up being Barr/Paul McCain's legs will get cut right out from under him. It would be glorious to watch.

[charlie]

42. Paulists are crazy

They want him to be Emperor of North America and Parts of Neptune, not somebody's veep. Paul's already been the Libertarian presidential candidate and he's getting way more attention by poaching double-digit blocs in Republican primaries.

[gcomeau]

56. Of course they're crazy

...which is why given the choice of voting for McCain or voting for any ticket with "Ron Paul" anywhere in it they'll flock to Paul. Of course they'd prefer him as a presidential candidate, but wave putting him in the White House in any capacity in front of them and they'll all start salivating.

And he's getting attention poaching Republican votes now, but that will end after the convention. A third party run with Barr keeps him front and center through November.

[ingac70]

75. Don't kid yourself...

If Barr was still in the House, he woulda followed in lockstep all the shit the GOPers have done these last few years !

[4themind]

26. It'll depend how much money he can get IMO

remember perot had his billions, to put his face on EVERY network channel, I know this seems unlike but I'd LOVE a barr/paul ticket!

[Exilednight]

106. Perot's campaign manager was pissed of because Perot spent very little of his billions on his run.

[NewHampshireDem]

27. Just one question ...

Where do we send money?

Seriously, I have no qualms at all about helping Barr 'Naderize' McCain. And, don't forget, a lot of Nader's 'support' came from the right in an attempt to submarine us.

[Exilednight]

28. Try ......

the Libertarian website.

[flpoljunkie]

32. Barr has his own website.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com

[NewHampshireDem]

34. Do you think $10 is enough to encourage, but not enough to actually help?

:evilgrin:

[dailykoff]

40. Hell send him fifty

If he gets on the ticket in swing states it will be money well spent.

[WilliamPitt]

43. Post of the day.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com/

[Mooney]

120. Easily.

[SOS]

30. A wish for November....

Republican: McCain/Lieberman

Democratic: Obama/Sebelius

Libertarian: Barr/Paul

[Brundle_Fly]

31. Imagine if you will

McSame's reaction to this...

priceless albeit imaginary.

[sellitman]

33. Now if could only pick Ron Paul as his VP.

Wouldn't that be a wet dream?

[NewHampshireDem]

35. Not mine, but I know what you mean

;)

From your keyboard to God's ears.

[slackmaster]

38. I think it would be nice to have a Librarian as President

[sellitman]

46. Huh?

Where are the sarcasm tags?

[cboy4]

51. oh my god

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella

[Chipper Chat]

59. Mr. Richard Fanner from Fart-Lee New Jersey writes:

"What's all this talk of Bob Bush for president? Haven't we had enough Bushes by now? I never heard of BOb Bush. Is that Jebby's cousin? Neil's nickname? Why I.....

'Emily...that's Bob BARR'

"Oh.....nevermind."

[swimmernsecretsea]

82. What's all this I hear about Presidential

Erections? Don't they have enough statues in Washington?

What? What!?

....oh. That's very different.

Nevermind!



God, how I miss Gilda Radner.

[slackmaster]

72. What do you think of Soviet jewelry?

:rofl:

[blonndee]

50. LMAO! That librarian president ought to help keep those violins in our schools!

[Blue-Jay]

68. What's all this I hear about Jews chilling cheeses?

[slackmaster]

71. And youth in Asia

I've always liked Asian children.

[peace frog]

86. "What's all this fuss about the Librarian Party!"

"That's the Libertarian Party - not the Librarian Party."
"Oh.... never mind."

[Terran]

87. ROFL!

Truly funny--thanks man!!

[Pyrzqxgl]

89. A Liberian can't be President, they have to be US born.

[Lilith Velkor]

47. You are so full of it Will

What the fuck did Mike Gravel ever do to you?!2?1!?

[WilliamPitt]

73. "?!2?1!?"

The "2" in there is my favorite part. :):):)

[swimmernsecretsea]

81. 2. Because once is never enough. Calvin Klein. nt

[Lilith Velkor]

84. It goes with question marks

I thought about adding a @, but that made it a little too busy.

[NewHampshireDem]

48. Kick for good news

:kick:

[Gore1FL]

52. haha

But he said he's getting in the race to win, not to play spoiler or to make a point.

In other words, he's "in it to win it"....

[Pharaoh]

53. woot woot!

:toast:

[Lord Helmet]

55. I wish Ron Paul ran as an independent.

[pa28]

58. So do 3% of Florida and Ohio.

Maybe 10% in Georgia.

Alright, so maybe he's a little aberrated but at least he's sincere. Sincerity has value no matter which side.

[quakerboy]

61. Good times

Now all we have to do is make sure the republics know they have a choice, and our job will get that much easier.

[symbolman]

62. Maybe we can interest Bob in a running mate..

Since most of us have no use for her anyway, and I'm sure she pushing for a Veep position..

Send him the New Breed of Democrat: "The Pantsuited CacklePander"...

:)

[Jawja]

64. Since he is a former Georgia Representative and

since Georgia when for Huckabee in the Primary, I see Bob Barr's entrance into the race giving Georgia to Barack Obama.

[mmonk]

65. I know I'm happy he's running.

I hope he gets plenty of press.

[Coexist]

66. that was the best news I heard yesterday..

I hope all those disgruntled Paul voters flock to his standard.

[UrbScotty]

69. Then why don't you marry him? (nt)

[progressoid]

70. I heard him on Hannity a couple weeks ago threatening to do this

Sean was not happy! :)

[JuniperLea]

74. Karmic payback is a bitch

Love it!

[argyl]

76. Straightup Obama vs.McCain we win. Now we may be looking at a landslide

with very long coattails.

Liddy Dole in North Carolina and John Cornyn in Texas are both under 50% approval rate and could well lose their Senate seats. And those are just the seats that come immediately to mind.

[jasmine621]

78. Still think McCain is going to be the GOP candidate come November?

I don't.

Unless the Repukes just want to hand over all the mess to the Dems to clean up or take the blame when the shit hits the fan big time. I am beginning to believe that they really want to lose.

[Jakes Progress]

79. I don't think they mind a McCain loss.

That would scare all the middle of the road Republicans back in line. Especially good if they can say Paul helped them lose so they can have no third con party opposition. I think they plan on just fuxing up everything the Democrats try to do for the next four years, getting all the MSM to carry on a non-stop coverage of how the mess we will inherit is the Dems fault. The public has bought it before. What's four years when you are looking at trillions of dollars.

Win win for them even if McCain wins. They will just heart attack him and put their selected VP in.


It doesn't end in November. It will just be starting.

[NewJeffCT]

94. You're probably right

but, one advantage of an Obama presidency for the next 4 years (and hopefully 8)will be that his choice replaces John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, and probably Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

and, we have 4 years (hopefully 8) of Obama appointing judges to the federal judiciary. We've had Republics appointing them 20 of the last 28 years now, and Clinton had many more obstructed than Bush, Bush or Reagan.

[Jakes Progress]

101. Yup,

We need a Democrat as president to just keep even in the SC. Stevens and Ginsberg need to be replaced with justices at least as liberal. That is why I said it only starts in November. republicans will block any attempt to nominate good judges. They threw holy fits when the Democrats even tried to question their appointments and, of course Dems lacked the will to filibuster. The repubs will filibuster and cheat and block almost anyone the Dem president will nominate. We need an extra couple of dozen Democrats in congress, ones with a little more guts than the lite weights we have had. They will need to hold the president's feet to the fire to get him to nominate someone good. I am a little concerned that Obama seemed to originally think Roberts was a good choice until he was advised otherwise. We don't need a president appointing justices with his eyes on the 2012 election. We have to win big in November, with a big jump in majorities in both houses. Then we need to keep pushing. The republicans certainly will.

[nam78_two]

83. Not as good as a Ron Paul run, but pretty good nonetheless.nt

[rniel]

85. Give this man

Some free prostitutes on my tab.

[Terran]

88. Cool, now there are TWO African-Americans running for Prez!

:evilgrin:

[kwenu]

103. Dammit. I wanted to say that! Maybe he'll come out of the closet about his ancestry?

[Terran]

104. Heh, not too bloody likely

He flies into a rage whenever it's mentioned, from what I have read.

[janx]

90. K&R

:rofl:

[ieoeja]

91. Words I never thought to see on DU.

But ... woo-hoo!

Hopefully he gets more than the 0.47% that Ron Paul got as the Liberarian nominee in '88. He should given the major dislike a huge segment of the Republic Party has for McCain.

[janx]

92. ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014793/posts


:rofl: :rofl:

:rofl:

[WilliamPitt]

96. I just peed.

:spray:

[Barrymores Ghost]

113. Nice meltdown over at FR. What a spectacle!

You can hear their hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing from here, I swear to f*ckin' God.

[Mooney]

121. OH MY GOD

And I quote, ahem....

"He’s got my vote... Unfortunately, the liberal McCain running on the republican ticket will steal the election from him. McCain should drop out for the good of the conservative movement..."

I... I... words fail.

[King Coal]

93. Pittster mean like the Republickers loved Nader.

He just ain't quite as eloquent a writter as me to says so. Piss on youse, Pittster youse ol' Boston Bean Bag.

:rofl:

[Union Yes]

97. Barr vs McCain courting the right wing maniac vote...

Mac- I believe the earth is only 6000 years old.

Barr- Oh yeah? I believe it's only 5999 years old, take that you commie pinko!

The "fight for the right" could set the stage for possibly the funniest campaign for prez in US history.

Peace.

[Maine-i-acs]

95. Barr is a TRUE conservative and ALL repubs should vote for him!

!!!!!11!!11!!

[onehandle]

98. If you helped Nader in 2000 , this is your chance to make up for it. Donate to Bob!

Seriously.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com/

[redqueen]

99. I know!

It's like a hug from baby Jesus!

:woohoo:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

100. McFool would have lost anyway.

[shomino]

102. Barr vs. Borat

http://www.chbn.com/Clip.aspx?key=8BF2D6BFC8CACD0C

[Thrill]

108. If Ron Paul actually runs as his VP. The Dems will win in a landslide

[GaVetRay]

111. HRC

My group of friends, all Hillary 2008 supporters, are hoping for an independent run by Hillary. We believe she could take a large block of Republican votes from John McCain.

[rndmprsn]

112. K&R

[Arugula Latte]

115. I'm gittin' me on the Barr Bandwagon!!!!

Wooooooeeeeeee!!!!

:woohoo:

[Bucky]

116. Barr is "In it to win it"?

Let the dipshit begin it!

[osaMABUSh]

117. The Nader of '08

but this time we like it!

[AnnieBW]

118. Now THAT

is a phrase that I'd never thought I'd see on DU, especially from William Pitt.

I don't care if he is Nadering McSame - I still can't bring myself to be kind to him after him going after the Wiccan Circles on Navy bases. Bastard.