WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr will announce Monday that he will run for president as a Libertarian, a source close to the Georgian told CNN.
Barr will officially declare his candidacy at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. The four-term congressman left the GOP in 2006, saying that Republicans had "lost their core principles."
Barr made a name for himself in Congress for his ardent conservative philosophy and his role in President Clinton's impeachment. He lost a primary election in 2002.
Last month, Barr formed a presidential exploratory committee as he weighed a run for the White House. The source said that Barr had been considering a presidential bid "for several months. He currently runs Liberty Strategies, a consulting firm in Atlanta and Washington.
Barr joins a handful of other candidates seeking the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination including former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination this year. Libertarians meet in Denver on May 22 for a four day convention where members will choose the party's presidential nominee.
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Who cares?
Race card again. She thinks that all of us Black folks are nuts like Nutter and will line up and vote for her if the party gives her the nomination? Go ahead Clinton and Demorcratic Party make our day. How sad it is to live in a country that is so racist that it is willing to follow this power hungry woman that is willing to take down the whole Demorcratic Party if she doesn't get her way. Go ahead America so those colors. This whole country is full of Rev. Wrights. White, Yellow, Brown and Black. America is a failure. The rest of the world can't learn anything from us except how to hate.
So now Hillary is saying vote for me because I am White like you. A Black man could be as good and loving as Gandhi and as smart as Einstein and still not be good enough to be president of this country.
How sad. Shame on you America.
Who?
This is interesting...??
well, that only means that he'll split the GOP vote by taking away the conservative support (what little there is) from McBush.
Glad to hear it.
I hope they pick this guy. I could actually vote for Mike Gravel – some of his ideas aren't bad; never for this guy, Barr. But I'm voting for Obama specifically because I believe he is honest, sincere and will effect change in this country when he wins.
In the past I have voted Libertarian, (I am registered independant) maybe I will go to this convention and see what they have to say this year, who knows if Ms. Clinton manages to find a way to steal the nomination from Mr. Obama I will need another candidtate I can truely support and while I can appreciate Mr. McCain's honesty and baasic trustworthyness I do not like his policies all that much.
Why not ?
as long as that can cut into McSame votes
WHO????
OH -----------YES!
This is great! Just what the Repubs need!
This should be great for our Demo-Party to beat Mc Cain because Mc Cain will be getting hit from both sides!
Go Obama!
Tell the neocons we want our party back!
Way to go Barr. Peel off a few votes from McCain.
Who?
I loved what Borat did to him, with the cheese.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
So a real conservative will be on the ballot. I guess I don't have to sit this election out after all.
I hope the McCain camp is watching this!
Hopefully Bob Barr will be the Ralph Nader to Republicans and take 5 – 10 percent of the vote from John Insane.
Ultimate bipartisan ticket: Barr/Gravel '08. Way more bipartisan unity in that ticket than, say, Obama/Clinton or McCain/Zombie Reagan.
The neocons have invaded our party, let's teach them a lesson!
Hillary should run as an Independent. I would love to see the face on NObama face when she kicks his butt.
Bob who??? LOL You'll have to fight Mike Gravel and others.
What a bunch of loons.
Oh give me a break talk about your ego trip!!!!!
Why is it funny that you don't know the very people that YOU have elected into office?
HUH?!?!?!
I missed something.....
This election will go down in history regardless of what happens.I say Hillary has officially destroyed the democratic party over her lust for power and gender biased campaign.
McCain this is the guy to help Obama become president, and the bear goes on. we gonna win this thang.
I wish these people would put out more information on what that party is about. I will do more research, but I do support having another party to choose from. The repugs and us Dem's do not always get it right and it would be nice to have a third party to conduct realitiy checks!!!
This also might be a REpug trick. A third party takes away votes and I think that is what they are trying to do here is split the DEM
DEMOCRATS UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you take away votes from John McCain.
I'll be interested in learning about all 3rd party candidates. My vote isn't spoken for yet in the general and I want the best qualified person for president.
"Loons" – so you're happy with the scurrent, tow party debaucle?
Your ignorance is astonishing. Fool.
COME GENERAL POWELL STEP UP TO THE PLATE. Save us from ourselves. We know what kind of man you are. You were my Commanding General during some of my 28 years in the Army. I am a white-american if that makes any difference because it most certainly don't. The way I see it is we are all Army-Green and brothers under the skin. I do know what kind of a leader you are. These other candidates are not worthy of the Presidency. Please save us, before it is too late.
Who is the idiot? Enough said. Let's get back to the REAL WORLD shall we?
Since Ralph the crusader is going to take votes away from the democratic candidate, it's only fair that this fool siphon off votes for McBush. I wonder what fat-boy Rush and skank Couler will have to say about this. Since they really don't like McCain, will they go to Barr?
We need a voice for liberty – Bob Barr might be conservative-based but he knows that our core liberties are slipping away. Who would have thought that we'd elect and re-elect a president who sould scoff at the Geneva Convention and imprison people without a trial or charges. We need Bob Barr in the presidential race to at least discuss liberty!
The funny part of this is that the Libertarian Party actually played a small role in removing Barr from Congress. They ran ads against him because of his support of the war on drugs.
This is good! Barr (whoever he is?) and Nader will cancel each other out. Then it will be a more equal playing field between the dems and the republicans.
Bob Barr ... HE is the one the right wing would gravitate to if he was to run for the Republican Presidential Nomination ... He is somewhere between Bush and Cheney in his political ideology and may ... just may ... take votes away from McCain if he can get enough "exposure". He's intelligent and well spoken ... so he could be a "threat" as a third party candidate.
Great job Bob! I will support you all the way. Take down McCain!
Who?
Sure, why not. Just what America needs, another loon running for public office. Give me a break.
That's great, this guy wants to run for president. Who IS he? Where has he been during the debates? What makes him think he's a better option?
Maybe I should run for president. Anybody? Anybody?
Vote for Ratgurl!
It is nice to see some more alternatives come up for voters. After being a Hillary supporter, I have to consider who to vote for if not her IF she is forced out. Obama is out for me because I feel strongly about membership in hate groups, with racism and antisemitism, and I don't like his back door cheating and lies.
I think Obama going to be surprised at how many voters he and his followers have driven out of the DNC. Remember in november – it was HIM. Not a race issue or republicans or Rush or the media or ....
Not that I want THIS guy – I am on the search for a good liberal somewhere.
Wow, that's great, this guy wants to run for president. Who IS he? Where has he been during the debates? What makes him think he's a better option?
Maybe I should run for president. Anybody? Anybody?
Vote for Ratgurl!
Unfortunately this guy is better than the other 3 we have to deal with...
Thank you, Mr. Barr. It is honorable that you stand up for your conservative principles. Now it's up to the conservative base of the GOP to demonstrate whether their conservative principles are really "principles," or just rhetoric used to win an election.
'08ama
Excuse me is the Former Republican to seek LIBERTINE nomination. He surely will be endorsed by all the "Madame".
mmmm . . . could be just what we need.
Bob....I think you not going to win. Other think if Hillary lose the nominee
she going to run (PPP) People Power Party too so you think you going to beat Hillary? I think Hillary going to beat both all of your guy in general election.
i'm an independent/libertarian,and this guy's a joke.bob barr is not a libertarian.he is a republican.and not a very good one ,at that.he needs to drop out ,now.
Name for himself?
Seriously...who are you and what do you do again?
Bob Barr couldn't win an election for the president of the community PTA let alone the white house.
Sit down!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless him.
Go Obama go!
Can we say whack-o?
Libertarians are the only ones that really get it. Too bad America is a sports team, bud light drinking us and them type of country.
LP.org
-Hey, Watch out Barr. After Hllary *&^%s up the Democrats, she may just have to switch over to the Libertarians to make a mess over there.
After this ages old slug fest, he can't just slide in at this point and hope for an easy run to the white house. No time to abuse him like the rest of the field so just forget it!
I may be voting for Barr or McCain or I will stay home. I will never vote for such a hatemonger as Obama. And it will be the very FIRST time I did not vote dem. I used to tell people I was an old fashioned yellow dog dem but my ex-party doesn't want old timers, they have the new kids on the block. Will the Obama kids show up in off year elections and work for local candidates. I doubt it. And why do I call him a hatemonger, read the post from his camp about Hillary or Bill or even Chelsea. Blacks and guilt-ridden white liberals are not enough to win a gen election as you'll find out in Nov.
Oh God! Not another one!
so?
Bob Barr the Raple Nader (np) of the republicans.
Thanks Bob that will off set the votes being taken away from Dems because of the Neo-cons scecret weapon RN.
Well, now we have choices, other thatn a bigot, Obama, remember
his coment about his white grandmother, a typical white person,
a war monger, Mc Cain, and Bob Barr.
Loo'k's like this democrat may go with John McCain, just to keep
Pastor's Son out of the White House.
First time voting for a Republican, I certainly wish Huckabee would
have gotten it.
I am snickering. I for one, am a hard-working caucasion woman and whole-heartedly cast my primary vote for Barack Obama.
Mrs. Clinton is grasping for straws. Take a deep breathe, Hillary.
This is great news-he may draw some of the far righties & religiosos away from McCain.
Slow your roll Bob. We already have one black man running for office. What are you trying to do put us in a coma. Yes folks Bob is a black man. I have been living in the ATL all of my life and I know it.
This post was for Hillary's racist remarks.
Why does this shrew keep doing this. I am so sick of her!!! All of her backroom buddies will destroy this party if they go for this. She lied last week about the gas tax and now everyone knows it. Where was CNN to properly inform people?? By the way the PA primary was 4/22/08. She supposedly raised 10 million. We found out yesterday that 6.4 million she had lent to her own coffers. Why can't all of these honest American people see through her. This lady is an evil person. She now knows she can't win so she wants to take the low road. I do believe that this party will win in spite of her. She is done in politics, and will NEVER be president.
I don't get these Obama supporters at all.
One posted bluntly that Hilary supporters voting for McCain instead will be replaced by cross over Repubs and independents anyway, so screw them.
Then there's this post about how Rush Limbaugh should be arrested for influencing Florida repubs into voting for Hilary (another baseless accusation). Isn't that contradictory? I thought you guys had it that they will cross over to your candidate and Hilary's supporters don't matter anyway?...
One thing that truly worked for Obama are all these payed bloggers maligning and spreading lies and throwing vile remaks towards Hilary. Kids, like it or not Hilary's support and supporters are needed to win if he gets nominated – understood?! We're talking about millions of people, she's not that far behind in delegates nor popular votes. Imagine if half of that went the other way.
So don't get cocky, childish mistake. He might win the battle but not the war.
McCain isn't a bad candidate at all, he is playing party politics right now but he is not a stupid Bush by any stretch of the imagination. He could win this against Barrack if Obama's supporters continue to tick Hilary's supporters.
Then again, she could get the nomination then we won't have to worry about winning Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
I sure hope this gets posted.
Hillary should run as an independent also... that would make an interesting General Election
As this Great Country moves forward, may we truly unite, and leave partisanship behind us. Together, we can accomplish anything. The past is behind us. Never give in to corruption, and point it out when seen. They will try, hard as ever, and with large sums of money, to accomplish actions that only support their motives. Our future, and the future for generations to come, depend on our decisions today. We can not, and will not, tolerate the inability of two parties grandstanding, for personal gain.
Vote for Barack Obama, a person for all people.
God Bless You, and God Bless America !
_________________
Independent for Obama
Operation Limbaugh !
BOB BARR, WE ALREADY KNOW YOU AND YOU CAN'T BE PRESIDENT. FORGET IT!!
YOU'RE JUST MORE MUD IN THIS POLITICAL CONFUSION OF 2008.
Good for him. Now take the other Wacko Libertarian (Ron Paul) with you as your running mate. Maybe together you may get .005 of the vote in November.
McCain will be our next President, get used to it.
We will not surrender to the Radical Islamic Jihadists.
A TRUE Conservative Republican !
It looks so great to Republicans. Hoever, Democrats fall in a Political Civilwar. I have seen various Caucians face had been red to dark. Because Obama has gain more delegate. I am very happy to see that this election has taught me a lot. I now know America still has long way to go. I invite every American to come in Islam. Only Islam can cure this racial disease.
This man is no Libertarian. HE advocated draconian sentences for insignifigant drug crimes. A Libertarian candidate is credited with knocking him out of congress.I realize he's had a change of heart but his fierce support of the War on Some Drugs has damged the lives of too many people. I wouldn't trust this guy. Ron PAul I would trust implicitly.
As this Great Country moves forward, may we truly unite, and leave partisanship behind us. Together, we can accomplish anything. The past is behind us. Never give in to corruption, and point it out when seen. They will try, as hard as ever, and with large sums of money, to accomplish actions that only support their motives. Our future, and the future for generations to come, depend on our decisions today. We can not, and will not, tolerate the inability of two parties grandstanding, for personal gain.
Vote for Barack Obama, a person for all people.
God Bless You, and God Bless America !
Who is he?!
Good God, does this man want the Dems to win? This is what will happen if he runs.
GUESS WHAT BARR YOU JUST GOT THIS DEMOCRATIC VOTE. I WILL IN NO WAY VOTE FOR OBAMA. HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE BIAS AND HATEFUL.
GOODBYE OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually Barr is one of the OK Republicans, well he was, he had enough sense to leave that wretched party when they lost their minds.
Maybe he is running because he doesnt want McCain to win.
Bob Barr/Borat '08
They need to put a (Non of the above) option on the Ballot for November. I wonder how many States will actually put his name on the ballot. Or is he running a write in campaign.
I am very surprised with this country trying to take out Hilary Clintion, as the race is not over.
How can this country, not see beyond the vivid picture which Obama has shown this country, as to what he truly is and the change he is really talking about. He is a politician not to trust.
I voted for him, but definitely will not support the democratic party if he is elected, I prefer someone who love this country, and will be more clear as to what change he will make in this country.
Libretarianism ONLY works in societies with 100 people or less, it is impratical for bigger societies, but some people will never get it so...
...whatever
What exactly do conservatives contribute again?
I think one must be certifiably insane to actually believe one (Libertarian, Green, etc) could win the Presidential election over the REP/DEM candidates.
It's purely for show, ego, and tax write-offs.
Hillary don't you know, only Obama can say white voters and get away with it? Now you will be labled a racist. Only the media and Obama can split us up into groups
Why do people in ATL keep voting for this fool. I've known many people in Georgia and none of them are as crazy as this Tool.
RON PAUL AS V.P. !!!
LOL – desperate democrats. .. applauding Bob Barr who helped impeach Clinton.... all while Hillary talks about the white people Barack will never win!
McCain is going to be a wonderful President!!
There certainly should be a third party and lets say their name is the The American Independent Party , then they would need a strong platform to encourage Americans to vote for them,
They should start right after the General Election to put in place cnadidates to start running for the senate and for the congress. You have four years to build your party and introduce yourselves and your platform to the American Citizens.
To jump into a general election just for the sake fo a little mix up is in my opinion unproductive for America which has too many issues on its' plate right now...
So, organize, get new members to sign up, recruit well know people to come into the fold and build and build and if your platform has merit then the expression: "BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME" is appropiate.
White Americans aren't bolting away from Obama. I'm white, I'm an American, and I've been firmly behind Obama since the onset of his candidacy. There's a large group of whites who feel just as I do.
She's padding her count with over-65's and women. These two would naturally vote for Hillary, due to her representing a *real* female candidate and a less "radical" candidate in the minds of senior citizens. There's also the Limbaugh Republicans to take in to account. Democrats will get behind Obama, white Democrats.
This guy is supposed to be a LIBERTARIAN?? Take a look at his bio and record, especially regarding drugs and abortion. He claims the Repubs have lost their core values. Well, so have the Libertarians if they run this guy! He also has a major problem with hippocracy (no surprise there)...
Don't quit Hillary. Or I will go to the McLame ticket.
You are the best and most electable. Obama is a streak of light ready to burn out at the first national problem. He is the poster boy for the conscientious objectors of this great nation of ours.
Why Not !!!
Go Bob, GO !!
Another one,just miss lead the America pepole
I'm sorry, who's on first?
Would a certain whipped-cream wearing stripper from the honorable B. Barr's past be available by any chance? I hear Libertarians love that sort of thing.
I'm very surprised the Republicans did not come up with a plan to divert Barr from running. A more conservaqtive mesage is sure to snatch votes from McCain, as evidenced by a quarter of voters in North Carolina and Indiana voting against him-a couple months after his last opponent dropped out. Personally, I'm voting for Obama because I am not going to allow the press to cast my ballot for me. I think he's decent and caring. And I also believe McCain has had 25 years as an insider to change things for the better. He has chosen to not do so. He does not deserve my vote.
Obama '08
Wow, the more the merrier. With a hundred candidates for Governor in California, we got Arnold with only 15% of the vote.
CNN! You should be ashamed!
Post some real news!
Make room and publish all the good things about Obama!
Hillary don't you know, only Obama can say white voters and get away with it? Now you will be labled a racist. Only the media and Obama can split us up into groups? Write in Hillary in the general election!!!!!
To you people who are saying 90% of the black vote is for Obama....you are not taking into consideration that the votes are not even proportional to each other. Just for the sake of explaining this, let's say 500 blacks came out to vote and ninety percent of those blacks voted for Obama, 10% for Hillary. 2,000 whites came out to vote and Hillary had the majority of their votes. You will hear that 60% voted Hillary and 40% Obama. The numbers are not even proportional to each other ; 500 is a long way from 2,000. Perhaps if it was equal playing ground 2,000 blacks and 2,000 whites or 500 blacks and 500 whites, you could make a better argument. Think logically people.
Hillary has lost black, white, delegate, superdelegate, young, old, male, female, cat and dog votes. Get over it.
This country has lost it's dam mind...
I hope Barack get in there and really put a stop to all of this mess with new laws on the books to stop all of this dam mess.
CNN Reported Hillary Clinton telling voters I quote "Hillary Clinton suggested Wednesday that "White Americans" are increasingly turning away from Barack Obama’s candidacy"
What does this mean? somebody and anybody.
I hope Mike Gravel gets it. It is a real shame the media shut him down in the Democratic primary. He was not even invited to the debates except the first 2.
Mike Gravel has some good ideas and has a backbone. He was the only politician I ever heard declare that the war on drugs needs to end.
It is the biggest waste of taxpayer money in history is is not working. Over half the people in prison are in for drug possession, while the hard-core criminals serve only a fraction of their sentences because we can't build more jails fast enough to keep up with the demand.
Obama and his paternal 1st cousin Odinga, wanted to bring the whole of Kenya under Sharia law. Obama campaigned for Odinga in August of 2006,just before he filed with the US Federal Elections Commission for his presidential candidacy.
The idea was simply to have the Luo tribe, mostly Muslims, to take over Kenya from the inheritors of colonial power, the Kikuyu, and bring the country under Sharia law, kick out the Western investors in the nation that had made it one of the most stable nations in Africa, and supplant those Western investors with wealthy Arab oil money.It all failed.Then Odinga yelled election fraud, and put his Luo Islamofascists into the streets of Nairobi to “protest” by murdering, raping and maiming Kikuyu people, including the recent burning alive of a church full of Christians
Good – he'll siphon conservative votes away from McCain, making it easier for our next president, Barack Obama, to win the White House.
As a McCain supporter I applaud this move. We need more people to choose between when we vote. All of you people who complain about the way government is run and then get so outraged when someone like Ralph Nader has the audacity to actually want to run for President b/c it might take votes away from your candiate are such hypocrits. This move could very well hurt McCain but it's good for the United States and that is what is more important.
I don't care if Barr's uncle, cousin, brother, sister, or mother is running. I am voting DEMOCRAT whether it's Obama or Hillary, whether or not Michigan and Florida are seated, I am voting DEMOCRAT.
How this party is different from Bush?
What plans they have for Iraq and Israeli/ Palastinian conflict. Are they going to offer solutions to this crises in the Middle East or continue the same failed policy?
I will be interested to know more
In other words, he is trying to help Obama get elected president.
Barr's defection and candidacy will hurt the Republicans far more than Gravel's will hurt the Democrats.
I'm not sure where Barr thinks the Republicans deserted him. I think it was the so-called 'moral majority' that took the Republicans off-course and derailed them from the party they used to be.
Bob Barr is no Ralph Nader.
But clearly–neither the GOP or Democrats are fielding legislation or candidates that represent "any kind" of conservative values. In fact, both parties appear to be in a slow march towards socialism in order to retain their voter appeal between liberals and moderates of both parties.
Perhaps it's time for a growing third party–for conservatives to hangout in. I recently changed my registration from Democrat to No Party Afiliation–I'd consider anything other than the current three stooges we've got on order!!!
This was one of the impeachment managers (and a buddy of Ken Starr) who spent $70,000,000.00 of taxpayer money investigating Bill Clintons sex life. He jumped ship, eh??
It is democracy in action. Let them bring additional issue to the forum even if they do not win. It will broaden the discussion.
To NoMcSame– you are blinded by the word "white." Pay attention to the word "educated." Educated voters support Obama no matter what their color and if he loses in November, it's because we have failed as a country to properly educate our people to think. The 15% of this country who would vote for Hitler if he were running wouldn't vote for Hillary anyway. Keep the faith that once people get to know Obama they will at least think before casting their ballot rather than allow themselves to be used by the Clintons.
Clinton hopes by her votes to become running mate of Obama.
And if Obama follows Martin Luthers King destiny she will become president of the USA.
Don't take her Obama ,she is more dangerous then Bush and
demolished unity in the democratic party.
She is a republican in a democratic sheepsskin.
A shrewed woman and desperate by all the money she is losing .
An europian with a clear vieuw.
Concerned. You may want to watch what you wish for. A .005 percentage as you put it would be 500,000 votes based on a 100 million turnout. Remember that it was only a few thousand votes that put Duh-bya, the moronic chimp in office in Florida in 2000. So who is gonna be McBush's running mate? The Huckster who will surely push away anyone who isn't an Evangelical zealot, or Mutt Romney who will do the same since he's in a "cult."
You have my vote sir! McCain will lose anyway. We conservatives need to make a statement.
Maybe Ron Paul could join the ticket. I know a bunch of folks who would like that. I could maybe even come to like it because, as I've been saying in recent months...... ANYONE BUT OBAMA!
And I do mean ANYONE!
Where do these clowns come off thinking they could even get to the Whitehouse on a crappy Liberatarian ticket. OMG! Get real. If HRC and NOBAMA aren't enough of a joke, how this guy?
This guy's timing is great. Why didn't he throw his hat in the ring back in January or something? Does he think the Republicans just now lost their core principles? Note to Bob Barr: they've been lost for about 27 years now. http://spinachflame.wordpress.com/
Obama supporters are wondering why Clinton supporters are not on the early blogs each day? Could it be because we work for a living? By the time I get home, you Obamabots have used up all the space–blogging all day–and Cafferty file does not accept Hillary supporters at any time of the day–therein lies your answer!
Now there's a good idea, if CLinto does not get the Democratic nomination she should run as an Independant, that would surely shake things up.
yea he may do that "The ATL" considering his positions are pretty darn far away frmo most religiosos. He wants LESS control from government, not more. Do some freakin research.
True Conservatives blew it by not electing Ron Paul, The man is brilliant. I completely agree with his Non-Interventionalist Foreign Policy. Whether you are a Republican, or a Democrat, you should read his book "Revolution."
Obama '08!
That picture you all have with Obama in blue jeans...looks like a guy that has aids!!
Why didn't you put a comment entry under that. You would have gotten some great responses??
He looks sick!!
He's running for VP.
Limbaugh: today said he could not keep back this info of cliniton was the ones that gave the TAPE OF Rev. Wright TO RUN ON TV AGAIN CLINITON HAS NO SHAME
hmm someone else to vote for.
Obama is arrogant and inexperienced. Even if he gets elected, will be a weak President. And he will divide this nation even more! Think about your future!
Someone had to fill the role of "Right Wing nutjob" in this election.
Ok. I am a white woman over 60 and if Hillary steals the primary election, I could vote for Bob Barr. At lease he believes in the Constitution.
This is what all true conservatives have been waiting for–a return to conservative principles!
McThuseluh is no Republican, just Clinton-lite.
Bob Barr could be just what the Democrats ordered. Mr. Barr will give the right leaning Republicans a chance to vote for someone that thinks like they do as opposed to the phony McCain. We hear about the Hillary and Obama battle but we do not see Republicans talking about the 25% of the vote in No. Carolina and Indiana that did not vote for McCain. To all McCain backers, how do you want this war to continue in Iraq paid for with money that we do not have?
You bleeding heart liberals are so short sighted and helpless. And you diehard neo-cons are so afraid and angry. You get so involved in politics because you think that government can make your life better. It's very misguided. Libertianism is about having a heart and a brain. The difference is that we promote the idea of charity on a personal level instead of a welfare state. Obama won't save the world and Hillary isn't going to make your bills any more affordable. If you want to change your community then do it yourself.
This is great. I'm a conservative republican, but I simply can't vote for John McCain. Bob Barr will have my vote in November.
steve,
u hav to be an idiotic hillary supporter
why are u making up baseless storeis?
so what id obama is muslim,thou he isnt
are u trying to say muslims dont have the same rights other american citizens have?
then u must be an uneducated racist clinton supporter.
pls jump off a cliff and make this world a better place by your absence
Just saw the article "Obama in jeans".
Give him a real fight Mr Barr.......his fit in jeans doesn't look so impressive......I would say downright average.
So, I'm giving the article the attention it deserves.
wow.
racism thrives in this country.
you just need to read the comments made by the clinton supporters.
this page is about party nominees,of which clinton is not one
so why are u bringing her up,you losers?
Clinton supporters, stop talkaing about her being forced out. The only thing forcing her out is that she was out-organized and out-campaigned by a political newcomer who has caught on to a deep and pervading desire in this country to see the partisan bickering stopped.
As a white older American, I applaud his honesty, his integrity, and his truly gifted way of bringing people of all colors, ages, and religions together; that is, if you lay aside your pre-conceived political and racial biases, take a step back, and actually look at the kind of human being he has been and is. He is a member of a Church whose former pastor said some controversial things. If you are a member of a Church whose pastor never challenged the political status quo, I pity you. Barack Obama joined a Church, a great Church, which grew to be great under the inspired leadership of Jeremiah Wright. Listen to his other sermons. Rev Wright is an immensely inspiring preacher, who after retirement, turned out to be a human being with the same kind of shortcomings that many of us share with him.
If you haven't read about it before, look up "The Tuskegee Study on the effect of Non-treatment of Syphilis in Black Males," a study that lasted from 1932-1972. Perhaps if you read it, you will understand the deep hostility toward a government which at times was immoral and hate-filled toward the black race. If you haven't read it, just be silent – you don't know and can't know what you are talking about..
Congressman Barr,
I am not sure of your church affiliation, but as a presidential African American male candidate from GA, the press will scrutinize your pastor and his sermons.
Limbaugh is thinking that everyone is as dumb just as he is. We do not want you to tell us whom to support. Either democrat will be great but not a warmonger or a soon alzheimer-to be. McCain, please go home because it's too late for you to be called Mr president; now it's your alzheimer time.
See a doctor mr mcbush would be better for you than running for this office!!!