Bob Barr for President?
Former Congressman Bob Barr is mulling a Presidential run on the Libertarian ticket:
Former Republican Georgia Rep. Bob Barr is considering a run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, according to FITNews.
Barr, who joined the Libertarian Party after leaving Congress in 2003, is looking to attract conservatives who are unhappy with the choice of John McCain as the expected Republican presidential nominee. McCain and Barr are at odds primarily over the role of U.S troops in Iraq, although both agree that tough interrogation methods should not be permitted.
FITNews wrote that Barr will receive the endorsement of Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, a GOP presidential candidate who is still technically in the race but has not suggested he would throw his support to McCain. McCain and Paul, who ran on the Libertarian Party presidential ticket in 1988, also are at odds primarily over the role of U.S. troops in Iraq.
Can the Paul supporters make a difference?
“Ron Paul tapped into a great deal of that dissatisfaction and that awareness. Unfortunately, working through the Republican party structure, it became impossible for him to really move forward with his movement. But we have to have ….a rallying point out there to harness that energy, that freedom in this election cycle,” he said.
The Libertarian Party was looking for a candidate to run for President, and Ron Paul has maintained that he would not run as a third party presidential candidate, but never said he wouldn’t support one.
Barr was highly critical of the Patriot Act, feeling that it was an infringement on the civil liberties of Americans. I heard Bob Barr speak at a Conservative conference in Washington, DC in 2003 and was very impressive.
Is this the man that unhappy Conservatives and Libertarians will rally around as a alternate choice to John McCain?
– ‘The Commish’ A.J. Sparxx