Why are you all talking about so many other names…..
the election is just between McCain and Obama. Take a look at their policies and vote accordingly. They are not so individualistic to ignore the plans of their respective parties. Both will tow the party line for the most part.

As a republican, I will write in Dr. Paul or vote for the libertarian party. To think what our country has made me sick. The apathy in the US citizen is a disgrace to our founding fathers. Try this…Liberals want to what ever they want and be free llike the trees and conservatives want to be able to do what they want and not have someone tell them how to live. Don't these ideas seem the same. How about eveyone gets individual liberty as long it doesn't infringe upon someone else.

What is it going to take to realize that the republicans and democrats are driving this country towards fascism? When will we all wake up and realize that they are in colusion with each other to hold the power within the 2 party system? George Washington once said that the rise of the 2 party system will be the death of America.
Check out Hacking Democracy..rather informative

Finally, CAN WE JUST GET PAPER BALLOTS AND NOT USE THE COMPUTERS WHICH ARE PRONE TO HACKING AND MANIPULATION!

"We’re not going to demonstrate as much as present a positive case for values that we believe should be the Republican values.”

BS, raise hell boys!

Bob Barr believes that immigrants bring in communicable diseases. What a phony Libertarian! They might as well run Lou Dobbs.

McCain needs some body work.. guy has severe brain damage.
He can join Hillary and get their heads checked.
They keep wining like babies.
OBAMA (2008 -16)

According to CNN, Iraq war could cost taxpayers $2.7 trillion..

And McCain supports the war…

He says how long the troops stay there don't matter..

It's the casualities that do…

Whatever that means…he sounds confused…

If they troops continue to stay there, THERE WILL BE CASUALITIES.

Doesn't take a rocket science to figure that one out…

And this is the man people would rather vote for because he has EXPERIENCE.

Wow.

We all have to start from some where.

i sure hope that hillary's clan doesnt defect to Barr!!*wink*

i'm a democrat always voted democrat but i love ron paul!!this guy isn't afraid to tell the truth, stick his neck out, and speak his mind.the ideas and values that he throws ouyt there are real solutions to real problems..if i was a republican who refused to vote for obama (maccain's might as well be a democrat, wolf in sheeps clothing) i'd throw my vote to barr, just for ron paul..

Ron Paul is the Dennis Kucinich of the Republican party.

Both are rediculous… both are irrelevant.

Why is anything either one of them says considered "news"?

Darth Vadik from CA-

Libertarianism doesn't work in a society of more than 100 people? Really?

So, just by virtue of living around more than 100 people, the ideas of personal responsibility, minimal government interference in our lives, low government spending coupled with low taxes (which means more money WE can spend how each of us as individuals decide), and holding firm to the principles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are not relevant? Really?

Maybe its the fact that you are a socialist and YOU need the government and people like me to pay for you, all because you are too lazy to get up and do it yourself. Get that job at McDonald's and quit crying about having your unemployment benefits extended.

Say YES to America, Say NO to SOCIALISM.

This republican is voting independent this year.

I know this is really silly, but I can't take Barr seriously after seeing him on the Ali G show. One of Cohen's characters (the one that interviews political people) offered Barr a piece of cheese, and after it was already in his mouth told him that it was made from the breast of a woman, I believe he said his own mother. The look on Barr's face and watching him swallow was priceless!

Both candidates are puppets of their party. I do not trust Bob Barr at all either. The only thing that is gonna change in the next 4 years is that americans will become more and more dependent on the government to live their lives while at the same time losing more and more civil liberties. This country is on the verge of fascism. And is run by corporatocracy. I recommend reading the book Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. Very insightful look at the US and its policies in regard to other nations and the reason we are so hated today.

This guy Barr is a fraud. True Libertarians will see him for what he is: a bible-thumpin', morality regulatin', drug warrin' war mongerin' REPUBLICAN!! Don't believe me? Check out his bio and his record. Why the Lib. party would have anything to do with this guy is beyond me!

Bob Barr hated the gays and dope and now he loves them, whats that tell you? Didnt Bob Barr also lead the Clinton witch hunt in the 90s? Sounds like a true patriot i be wetting myself with delight if i was a libertarian

who is worse…barr or nader?

and how starved for attention is Paul anyway?

Perhaps but it will never happen!

Obama=Bush No more extremes! Extreme right-wing to extreme left-wing is not change America can believe in.

It is early! The economy will improve, and Iraq will continue to improve. Troops will begin to come home without a Democratic president!

Barack doesn't know much about anything, and his judgment is not credible.

Expensive suits and liberal universities do not make the man.

Vote for the American hero, a centrist in touch with mainstream America!

To Bayou Joe:

When you said:
"Ron Paul … and Barr are Libertarians, that makes them closer to Obama in ideology. Left wing ideologues do not win elections in the United States."

That made you sound ignorant.

I'm tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. I'm a true conservative and voting for Barr this November. Maybe some pain with Obama at the helm will help this nation in the long run. Jimmy Carter gave us Ronald Reagan, maybe another loss will wake that fool of a Republican Party up and get back to that they are supposed to be.

Google Larry Sinclair

More Obama Drama!

Dave
I do get fed up up with multi millionaires like Ed McMahon crying about how he can't pay for his 5 million dollar home. Maybe he and others should have thought of the consequences of taking out second and third mortgages to pay for Mercedes and swimming pools instead of paying for their homes. I will acknowledge that some people did get hosed by some shady lenders, but they should have read the terms of their loan too.

Alice said that Libertarians believe in almost no government. I don't think thats right. I would say Libertarians believe in a weaker federal government and more clout in the hands of state and local government. The main thing that Libertarians think is that the government shouldn't do is make choices for adults who should make decisions for themselves. Its weird, but as a Christian, I would never encourage someone to have an abortion, but I don't think the government should tell them they can't. It all goes back to personal responsibility.

I don't know. Once brothers realize the Libertarian Party wants to legalize weed, Obama might have a problem…

Legalized marijuana….. Hmmm…..

Run Ron Run!

Ron Paul came out ahead of McCain in Montana

JUNE 3, 2008 !!!!!!

Here! Here! Allen in NC!

Imagine him as president . . . he'd have hundreds of people spying on Bill Clinton, writing reports on Bill Clinton, obsessing on Bill Clinton, while our economy spun down the drain. Barr can't let it go that Bill Clinton had sex in the White House; he'd never do such a thing, even in the bedrooms!
I'd like a Libertarian president; he'd repeal ALL gun laws and ALL drug laws, and as many age limits as possible. That cool with y'all? Yeah, it would suit me, but maybe not be best for my country?

I actually care what happens to this country; it isn't just 'who has the meanest soundbite' although that's kinda fun too.

RON PAUL IS NOT A TRUE REPUBLICAN AND BOB BARR IS A KOOK!!!

The conservative movement has gone to hell in a handbasket by Bush/Cheney/Rove courting poor evangilicals who do not understand true fiscal conservative principles.

See the excellent posting below by Neal Klomp! Neal gets it!!!

Neal Klomp

The disappointing thing about conservative movements in this country is that too often the values are cherry picked without regard for context, i.e. the borderline moronic economic policy of Ron Paul and the libertarian party's completely ignoring that their core values were workable historically a hundred years ago, but were set a side in the interest of defending the people from the monopolies; or the undercurrent of present day bigotry that historically very nearly performed genocide on the Native Americans.
True conservatives should be about values as a total package not some half-baked nostalgia for Hollywood presentations of past eras.
For instance, "all men are created equally…" or "judge not lest yee be judged…" or "government of the people, by the people, and for the people…" in a time when to be greedy was to be amoral.
Too many people are conservative as if they don't have to read a book. Such local, or shallow, conservativeness, is what produces the likes of Al Qaeda and Dick Cheney (not that Dick doesn't read, but that he does not read well, or too broadly; his manipulation of the intelligence vetting process shows his disregard for truth, context, or conflicting realities that broad reading produces).

Ron's supporters are the best. If Ron asks them to support Barr, they will be a huge boost Barr's organization.

I can't vote republican until real republicans take over from the idiotic neocon view that the US should dominate the world.

Hey CNN,
Next time ask Dr. Paul if he would consider a Secretary of State position in a Barr administration.

I was wondering where the crazies in US politics went to…. then Ron Paul popped back up.

Isn't this the same guy who did a completely unbelievable job of explaining away the anti-semitic and xenophobic remarks in his old newsletter? I don't know why the media still gives him air time.
Rather than pander to his kookiness, some journalists should raise their antennas a little higher and ask him some tough questions for a change.

$30 isn't a lot of money? Good! I'll tell that to my creditors and see what they think of that.

Ha ha!

Bob Barr in 2008!

B. Churchill June 12th, 2008 10:56 am ET said:

"Bob Barr spent his life fighting civil rights and the "War on Drugs". Ron Paul's early writings - there are reams of them - are full of racist and homophobic rants - (about the coming race wars and such). Barr wants a smaller government now because it was the government that enforced desegregation, and now he says the "War on Drugs" was wrong. Paul now claims someone else - he has "no idea" who - wrote the papers that bear his name. Do your homework, folks…"

B.,

You must try to understand that civil rights must and cannot ever trump individual rights. The Constitution provides for rights of all individuals, NOT GROUPS. Neither racial, ethnic, marital, sexual orientation, nor any other group rights need be, nor should be legislated apart from the Constitution. When this happens, it ALWAYS steps on the rights of others.

War on Drugs: This is a lose-lose war. Just as with prohibition, it creates crime and profit for drug lords and all their minions. It is another endless war that can never be won–just as DC designed it to be. It places the poor and black in particular at the disadvantage of being jailed for ridiculous lengths of time and does not ever advance the War on Drugs. You have only to look around you and at some statistics to see that since the War on Drugs, the problem has grown immensely. It is much larger now than before the War on Drugs.

Hillarycare is all about taxing and even "garnishing wages", as she has said. It is health care by FORCE, which the government has no right to do. The less government has to do with anything in our lives the better off we all will be. They destroy, abuse, and waste. This is simply another power play to keep government growing ever larger and it will be a disaster, just like all the other programs the government instigates. They do this to grow their power; they do not do it for you and me.

It does not matter which candidate-either Republican McCain or Democrat Obama wins, we will still have a mess in this country. They are both about power. Any third party candidate would better serve all Americans interests except the Green Party.

Please do some research and think this through instead of following the rest of the sheep.

Dr. Paul would NEVER advocate racial slurs. His philosophy would not allow it. His integrity would not allow it.

Awesome! My posts don't even make it to the queue any more. I wonder what CNN has against references to the Constitution, the founding fathers of the country, and the tyranny of the current political regimes?

You have my email address moderator, care to enlighten me on your policies?

Libertarians are their own ideology. They believe in virtually NO government except for national defense, which own might call "ultra- conservative" (although modern conservatism has taken on a very different attitude.)

Disaffected Repubs often gravitate to them, viewing them as some sort of compromise, sort of the way the Dems went for Nader in 2000.

Go Barr! Get those disaffected Repubs out of McCain's column in 2008!

Any candidate willing and able to get us out of the war has my vote. McCain is not the one. Way too excited to watch these soldiers relive his youth, frightening, frightening man who no doubt has issues outside of running for president that need to be dealt with.
Go Obama.

To Joseph Durbin who suggested that we should have a referendum for every major issue. The reason that wouldn't work, particularly in America, is that most people do not have time to research, nor the education and training to analyze, each issue. This is why we elect such well-educated politicians like Hillary Clinton, John McCain, or Barack Obama– people who are to make decisions that have to stand the test of time. For example, years after calling the Iraq a disaster-waiting-to-happen, only now is Barack reaping the rewards of his correct analysis.

But I agree with you: wouldn't it be nice if the average person were better-educated? Wouldn't it be nice if we could take that money of the war and put it into domestic projects like education? This is one reason I think we must elect Barack Obama.

GO BOB BARR, ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER!

OBAMA 08!

$30 is not a lot of money. If it was I wouldn't be able to donate $25 every month to Obama.

Obama 08

Ron Paul is senile lunatic with no ties to the Republican party. He and Barr are Libertarians, that makes them closer to Obama in ideology. Left wing ideologues do not win elections in the United States. Never have never will. Americans are smarter than what we give them credit for.

Barr and Paul should more than offset the Nader effect on the Democrat side. I hope they rob lots of the neo-con votes from McCain.

paul and barr will be the ralph nader for the repubs this year way to go guys thanks…

OBAMA/WEBB 08-16

Thanks Bob, you are really trying to help the Democrats out, arent ya.

@ Martin: Kucinich has already proposed Bush's impeachment. Too bad it's merely a gesture that won't really go anywhere.

I went to Europe with only $500 to find a job. It's clear that America is starting to become a third world country and I'm preparing in advance.

Barack Obama or Senator Mccain are not qualifed to lead this country out of a recession. I wish you all the best, good luck in the future with one of these two idiots running this country.

Do you believe that Obama or McCain support the Bill of Rights (U..S.
Constitution).? What I have seen they spin the subject, unlike Ron
Paul, who is a man of principle that support the Constitution.

What could be more dangerous is electing a president who doesnt know/remember his view on things.We(or the world) cannot afford another "war" chanter.Say NO to McOld.

Obama 08-16 !

A vote for McCain is a vote for McCain.

A vote for Obama is a vote for Obama.

A vote for Nader is a vote for Nader.

A vote for Barr is a vote for Barr.

I am very interested in listening to Ron Paul speak at the republican convention. It would be wonderful if he actually to the nomination away from McCain.

If Ron Paul is the nominee I will be voting for him. If he does not end up on the ballot, I will vote for the Libertatian candidate because I am tired of the Republican Democrat back and forth politics as usual mentality.

I urge those of you not happy with your parties candidate choice to look at Ron Paul as well as the Libertarian Party.

While I plan to support Barack Obama in the general election this fall I agree that we need a strong, viable third party. The only way to truly fight corruption and have real change in Washington is to be rid of Coke/Pepsi politics.

Too bad neither the Green Party nor Libertarian party seem to have enough support or solid candidates to make a difference. Maybe they should start on the local levels.

you go ,paul!keep dividing your worthless party.you are a man of integrity,why don't you propose bush's impeachment?

I am pretty proud to admit that my beliefs and values align with the Libertarian Party. However, we need a serious change from the current Republican Party's values. We need progression, and then we can normalize to libertarian values. President Bush redefined the Republican Party, and people aren't going to take it anymore.

Lisa - you must be 12 years old? However, I will help you out, cancel your internet connection and that should save you ~$30 a month for life. If your really hard up cancel your cable and look for coupons.

Crying about coming back from a European trip with no money isn't going to help you win an argument on personal finance.

The Libertarian party needs to concentrate on building up a base and stop throwing away money on the presidential election

There's no question John McCain is getting a free ride from the mainstream press. But with the power of YouTube and the blogosphere, we can provide an accurate portrayal of the so-called Maverick. We can put the brakes on his free ride!

Since the release of "The Real McCain" a year ago, our REAL McCain series has garnered close to 2 million views, with over 13,000 comments and tens of thousands more in petition signatures! Clearly, John McCain's record is something the public wants to discuss, and yet the corporate media is doing NOTHING to present the truth.

I sure won't travel to europe with a mere $500 in my bank account

Within a week-and-a-half of launching, The Real McCain 2 received over 1.4 million views on Youtube.com.Have you watched it?

Um, I'm from Georgia, and this guy is a Neocon through and through. He led the fight to get the anti-gay marriage amendment.

He is NOT a libertarian by any stretch of the imagination.

If there's anything I've learned from the past elections it's that we NEED more than two parties in our system. This would decrease the odds of another Bush/Kerry election.

Go Obama! I hope he splits the republicans vote, because John Mccain is not offering America anything. He's an old "fat cat" trying to do the dirty work for America's wealthy and I'm tired of poor white people voting for this type of crap, which has hindered America's progress.

that's funny, JB, you sound like you're talking about a lot of Dems and GOP's I know that made crappy choices on their home loans and now want the government (or should I say the taxpayers) to bail them out.

Alright! Many, many Libertarians and Republicans who dislike McCain, especially in GA, will vote for Barr. I think he will pull way more voters from McCain than Nader will from Obama. Nader is ancient history, we've been down that path before. But I've got family and acquaintances who I know will vote for Barr. He can only help Obama in this year's election. Go Obama! Go Barr!

Yes, America does need a third party, but that won't happen until major electoral reform happens. And that won't happen with the two-parties in control, so we're stuck with what we've got. That said, I honestly think Obama can provide inspirational leadership and rational policies for positive change.

ANYONE IS BETTER THAN OBAMA

Thank you for the report, Emily. CBS News, NBC News and Fox News have been absolutely abysmal in their yellow journalism treatment of Ron Paul. Yours, ABC News and PBS Newshour have been SIGNIFICANTLY less biased in coverage of the presidential primaries. The differences have been staggering, and hopefully have opened a lot of people's eyes to the widely varying levels of ethics in the media.

Looks like I'll have to back Barr instead of the corporate clown/puppets from the two party system. Those two are the best that money could buy from the military/industrial complex. The elites win again.

Lisa go ahead and vote Mccain in and see how much better your money situation become's, not to mention what will happen to women rights, and women's health care, and Roe vs wade, you can forget that…go ahead and vote for Mccain, after all I'm not as bad as you money wise, I could live through Mccain probably, I just feel bad for the other people including our children, and other women who will lose the right's they've worked hard for and earned, ignorance is bliss…

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AS A REPUBLICAN IM CONFUSED……………… PARTY CANDIDATES THAT CANT AGREE ON THE SAME PLATFORM. MY MONEY NOT HAVING THE SAME VALUE SINCE ALL PRICES ARE GOING UP. PLEASE TELL ME WHY I SHOULD VOTE REPUBLICAN? STOP THE MADNESS. VOTE OBAMA.

I wouldn't worry too much about Barr or Ron Paul…McCain will win the general…check out the stories on the RealDealReport website to see what I mean. I do know one thing though…Obama's chances are slim..

-We're still paying into Social Security
-We're borrowing billions a day for Iraq
-We're paying over $4 a gallon in gas
-We're paying at least double on food
-We're paying for military bases in over 130 countries
-We're paying for the CIA, FBI, NSA, DHS, DOD
-We're about to go for national healthcare

See you in the food line!

""WE NEED BILLARY BACK!!!!""

Sorry, there will be no endruns around the constitution this time.

Already had President Billary for two terms.

JB: Personal responsibility has gone out of style in America. Democrats don't believe that you CAN take care of yourself or should be forced to, and Republicans believe that you should not be allowed to.

> Obama said $30 is not a lot of money, shouldn't he be running as a
> Republican? $30 is a lot if you only have 50 cents on the bank.

It's not a lot when the $30 saved costs you from having safer bridges, roads and otherwise compromises the infrastructure of our highways. Or maybe you should stop thinking like a Third World dictator.

In a society with more than 100 people

LIBRETARIANISM DOESN NOT WORK

I have found in my experience, that those who don't like Libertarians usually make terrible decisions in life and want someone else to bail them out of their crappy situations that came about because of their crappy choices. Personal responsibility needs to make a big come back in our Country.

I'm glad Barr is in the race. It won't be Obama loosing votes, it will be McCain. This is good news for us and bad news for Mcdummy. Barr is a Republican and he will attract the Reagan Deomcrats. These women who are so mad that they lost their Hillary. Barr is and will always be a Republican. He does have some big lips though. That is for his funny business. Check out Barr's record. Go women, vote for Barr, you will be putting Obama in the White House.

This is for the GOP on their smear campaing on obama:
Common sense: Do you think anyone can just get out there and say I want to be president without simple background checks? Employers do a background check on people and I am the secret service and FBI must have cleared Obama before hanging out with him!!!!!

This make me sick as it makes voters even look dumber! Simple facts… AND to think that this is an issue?

Barr is discared from GOP and Ron Pauil also should follow him. We do not ened such persons in our politics. Vote John McCain

GO AHEAD AND VOT BARR! ONLY REPUBS WILL DO SO AND THAT WILL ENSURE AN OBAMA VICTORY.
NO RIGHT MINDED DEMOCRAT WOULD VOTE FOR BARR OR MCCAIN SO THEY DRAW FROM THE SAME POOL OF VOTERS.

@LISA: YOU ARE AN IDIOT! OBAMA HAS NOT BEEN SHOVED ANYWHERE. HE RAN THE BEST CAMPAIGN.

$30 BUCKS OF GAS IS NOT WORTH 30 YEARS OF DRAMA. QUIT SELLING THAT GAS TAX HOLIDAY CRAP. THAT BOAT HAS SAILED AND SUNK.

Many conservatives hate McCain anyway and would rather throw their vote away on Barr than him.

Not only that by many Republicans concede that they will probably lose anyway so might as well vote for Barr.

That's why Barack won because his supporters believe that $30 is not a lot of money. If $30 is not a lot of money can I borrow it then? I asked Barack and he said no.

To the genius who claims Mr. Barr is a fascist:

He is emphasizing personal choice, which i would describe as ultimate freedom.

Libertarians don't want the government uninvolved in our personal liberties- They want our personal liberties protected by keeping the government out of our private lives.

When you have the government breathing down your neck, telling you what to think about gays and other social issues, well, that is what you call fascism. Take a history lesson, pal.

Maybe some day the Libertarian Party will become what the Republican party "of old" was. While not perfect, I liked the old small federal government, small spending, small taxing method. The current Republican party has been infiltrated by too many Neoconservative super-spenders, and American Job Exporters.

This is why I am a Democrat now. If the Republican Party hadn't abandoned all of their principles, I'd be a Republican.

I don't think even Ron Paul could save this country now with so many McSames in the senate and congress. All they care about is getting as much as they can for their district and to heck with the overall good. Without a serious overhaul of our legislative system America is heading toward a point of economic disaster.

I have voted Republican in every election since I was 18. This year, me and everyone I know is voting for Barr.

I don't trust McCain - he's too much like Bush.

Barr in '08!

Breaking News: Bob Dole and Walter Mondale have been nominated as the presidential ticket for the "Cure Insomnia Now" Party.

Yeah, I went to Europe with $500 and they gave me $200 back. That's why I only have 50 cents in the bank and I need that $30 that Barack said was not a lot of money so I can buy food for dinner tonight.

It is amazing and depressing at the same time to see all the posts denouncing the Libertarian party.

The funny thing is that it seems to be liberals who are spewing most of the hate and venom.

Instead of gobbling up the garbage you are spoon fed by CNN and the Democratic party , why don't you look into the ideas of the Libertarians.

If you don't like the Libertarians, a very strong case could be made that you don't like the Founding Father or the ideas upon which our country was built. Sad and shameful, you liberals are blind sheep who love to be lead by your elitist masters. Baaaaahhhhhh baaaaaaaahhhh say the sheep.

Enlightened Voter wrote:

"Thank you Obama for being a breath of fresh air. I truly believe the universe is giving us a chance to save ourselves, hope we don't blow it."

I try not to blame BO for the cognitive disabilities of many of his supporters, as exemplified by the gem quoted above.

I admired Ron Paul for the simple reason that he refused to talk down to anyone.

B. Churchill wrote:

"Ron Paul's early writings - there are reams of them - are full of racist and homophobic rants - (about the coming race wars and such).”

The US, in case you hadn't noticed, is rapidly Balkanizing.

A "post-racial," pan-ethnic paradise is a pipe dream.

Lisa, yea lets put most hard working construction workers trying to make ends meat for their family out of a job this summer for you to save 30 dollars…way to go!

Phil from little rock-

Have you ever looked into the Libertarian party?

Are you aware that many of our Founding Fathers believed in Libertarian ideas?

Do you not like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

If you do, then i think you will like the Libertarian party.

You, Phil, are part of what's wrong in this country. We need a return to the ideas upon which this great country was built.

This ex-Hillary supporter is voting Libertarian this November. Go Barr!

Democrats also like this guy…He will do very well.

We need a third party

Barr 08

thank you barr for entering the race, even when you dont have a chance in hell at winning, at least you will be taking thousands of crucial votes away from the republicans.

ROCK ON YOU TINY LITTLE PARTY WHO ARE HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE TO THE PAST, ROCK ON!

Barr is a Republican troll who is trying to re-enter the political arena the only way he can. Independants have disappointed me on this one.

I think Ron Paul overestimates how much the Libertarian candidate will influence the election. I have yet to see either Senator Obama or Senator McCain refer to him or one his policy provisions.

We Will Win. The Democrats hate America. That is why the Hillary supporters came over to us. They were just looking for a reason and Obama gave them one. Now we will get it done. Vote McCain for a better America.
1 man 1 woman
pro-life and has no FEAR.
McCain08

Yeah, baby! Finally a Nader for the right! Enjoy, Reptilicans!

Obama or Barr / Never McShame

It is just sad that the Electoral College won't vote for anyone out side of the big two

Since Hillary is no longer in it, I will vote for Barr.

Ron Paul and the Libertarians are fringe nuts who look for any small hole to plug in their own warped philosophy. The good news is, I'm actually beginning to believe that there is a need for more than 2 political parties to govern this country.

No nutjobs, but more parties.

Lisa, if I had the money to go to Europe, I don't think I would be complaining to the blogs about the value of money. Most people can hardly afford milk, bread and gas let alone a trip to Europe.

This is all crazy. We are voting more for personalities than we are issues. There shouldn't be a president. The WHOLE country should vote on large issues with referendums. We don't need a king or queen, we need a proctor.

YAY! Now the reflubicans can be divided this election year…as if they needed to lose MORE votes due to McSame being the nominee. Obama has this one in the bag. Deal with it haters!

This is all crazy. We are voting more for personalities than we are issues. There shouldn't be a president. The WHOLE

Bob Barr spent his life fighting civil rights and the "War on Drugs". Ron Paul's early writings - there are reams of them - are full of racist and homophobic rants - (about the coming race wars and such). Barr wants a smaller government now because it was the government that enforced desegregation, and now he says the "War on Drugs" was wrong. Paul now claims someone else - he has "no idea" who - wrote the papers that bear his name. Do your homework, folks…

To………….Lisa June 12th, 2008 10:12 am ET

Are Obama and Mccain the best qualified candidates America could find to lead this country? WE NEED BILLARY BACK!!!!
———-Hillary is living her millionaire life style, while voters like you sit steal in time concentrating on the what if….Oh by the way, she has been working on “health care” since she was the first lady, and if she except VP, that‘s her choice……The world is moving forward WITH you, or WITHOUT you…

FYI………..The republicans waited to bring their #2 nominee to the forefront …..while the republicans sat ideally by they watch, waited, took minutes, laughed and appreciated each additional minute Clinton campaigned against her own party nominee……..the republicans knew McBush wasn't going to win for the republicans in November, that’s why Bush was eager to get congress to male his rich man tax policy status perm………wasn’t shocked at all.

Although his ideals are profound–the man is a stumblebumkin–when it comes to communication.

The Libertarian Party–clearly supports our constitution and bill of rights–and clearly denounces our current two party system tillted to economic or social special interests.

There's gotta be a better way to lead the nation!!
Bob Barr, 2008

If it ain't broken don't fix it. If it doesn't support all Americans and the precepts of our society–remove. The only values necessary for our next President. Bob Barr 2008—

Join us in the Libertarian Party.Org. every day we claim new DEM/REP who see that their leaders are in bed with the money and not the people!!! Join us and really create change in Washington!

I'm writing in Ron Paul. If they won't let me, I'm taking them to court. We all know Ron Paul is the best candidate for President.

you are a TRUE conservative, Bob Barr!!

I encourage all republicans who are tired of McCain's wishy-washy positions on the ISSUES, to vote for a REAL candidate!

Bob Barr!!

Getout American voice is already heard and working hard, too. even now a 5 points ahead who know afternoon will be double.

Go Paul.

I think as long as the Republicans continue to put forth their Golden Boys (like Bush and McCane), people should not vote Republican.

Lisa, how much will that $30 help you when the bridge you just tried to drive over collapses under you because the money for its repairs was put into your purse? If all you need is political pandering to get you excited about a candidate then you should move to New York so you can keep supporting Hillary but please leave the safety of our roads and bridges to the engineers.

We need the Federal Government out of our lives - both Obama and McCain are big-government politicians, reruns, as an Obama presidency would be a repeat of Carter, and McCain is essentially an LBJ clone -

Barr / Root '08

I read some of the lady bloggers comments on here….. And then they wonder why a woman wasn't nominated?….. Read some of hillarys supporters remarks and then ask yourselves again…. Why in gods name would we the people want such an attitude in the whitehouse?…. If I can't have it no one can…. You grown people had better grow up I'd say…… Your canidate set women back in time for decades…. And you lady hillary supporters can't see the writting on the wall.

Who? I really don't know much about him.

Lisa, if you only have 50 cents in the bank , that's not a Democrat or Republican problem; it's a personal budget problem.

I'm a former Ron Paul supporter and I will be voting for Bob Barr.

Never McCain.

The disappointing thing about conservative movements in this country is that too often the values are cherry picked without regard for context, i.e. the borderline moronic economic policy of Ron Paul and the libertarian party's completely ignoring that their core values were workable historically a hundred years ago, but were set a side in the interest of defending the people from the monopolies; or the undercurrent of present day bigotry that historically very nearly performed genocide on the Native Americans.
True conservatives should be about values as a total package not some half-baked nostalgia for Hollywood presentations of past eras.
For instance, "all men are created equally…" or "judge not lest yee be judged…" or "government of the people, by the people, and for the people…" in a time when to be greedy was to be amoral.
Too many people are conservative as if they don't have to read a book. Such local, or shallow, conservativeness, is what produces the likes of Al Qaeda and Dick Cheney (not that Dick doesn't read, but that he does not read well, or too broadly; his manipulation of the intelligence vetting process shows his disregard for truth, context, or conflicting realities that broad reading produces).

Lisa - I have barely anything in the bank - $30 is not a lot of money in this context.

This is about more than Roe vs. Wade. Obama has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. While McCain has consistently voted against women's issues such as affordable health insurance for our children, equal pay for women, making birth control part of employee health care benefits and cancer screenings for low income women. Someone give me a reasonable explanation for why any woman in her right mind would vote for this man? You're a liar if you say you are supporting Hillary by voting for a man who is against everything she stands for.

The universe is giving us a chance???

Where in reality are you??

For all those Americans who really believe that the American Presidency is about more than a stupid war and a vendetta on the rich–there is an alternative.

Bob Bar…2008
The Libertarian Party–seeks only to ensure and guarantee the liberty and freedom already given us in the constitution and bill of rights. Anything more—-you'll have to go to the two other corrupt major parties.

Vote Libertarian–vote Bob Barr 2008.

If you have 50 cents in the bank, then you probably won't have a car to drive and you don't need gas tax holiday. If you drive a car, then yes $ 30 from gas tax holiday is not much compared to negative effect from bad road condition. I rather have a good road rather then to have $30.

How can anyone but a fascist support Barr? Barr has never been a libertarian. He has always been one of those guys who knew better than everyone else, and he was all too willing to impose his view of the world on people. Libertarians want to get the government off our back in the social and personal liberty areas, not just economic. That means get the government out of the business of regulating a woman's right to choose, gay-bashing, the 10 Commandments in court houses, etc. I wouldn't vote for Barr or Paul for dog catcher.

Thank you Obama for being a breath of fresh air. I truly believe the universe is giving us a chance to save ourselves, hope we don't blow it.

Ron Paul is a true republican. McSame is a republican in disguise.

I like Bob Barr.

VOTE BOB BARR INSTEAD OF MCSAME!

The Libertarian Party looks more attractive every day.

Billary is right where they belong..AT HOME…Obama was not shoved down our throats..can't really be mad at him for running a GREAT CAMPAIGN and getting people behind him regardless of his message…There is a lot of things that need to be CHANGED around here if people haven't noticed…

Billary lost the campaign on her OWN merits..be mad if you want but place the blame where it belongs…on BILLARY…

If the nominee was Ron Paul instead of McCain I would be voting for Ron Paul…So would a lot of others.

Wow……a sound byte from the past……..everybody has to have a dream……

Even if you don't agree with Ron Paul's views, you have to give him credit for standing up for his beliefs. Unlike most politicians, he does consult polls and triangulate public opinions before he takes a stand.

Obama said $30 is not a lot of money, shouldn't he be running as a Republican? $30 is a lot if you only have 50 cents on the bank.

Are Obama and Mccain the best qualified candidates America could find to lead this country? Obama is good at giving speeches but not so good at answering questions. Mccain can't give speeches or answer questions. Obama sold Americans on change, change what? Mccain still think we can win the war in Iraq when we already lost. I took $500 US dollars to Europe last week, they gave me $200 Euros back. The US dollar is like monopoly money in other countries. WE NEED BILLARY BACK!!!!

Well, there is one critical difference between Ron Paul and John McCain.

Ron Paul knows how to use a computer, John McCain doesn't.

LOL- why didn't the republicans vote for him. You talk about being bitter for recieving 1 or 2 votes.

Good.

Obama losing votes to Nader and the 18 PUMA PAC psychos. Not 18 million, just 18.

McCain losing votes to Barr.

So it all evens out.

Ron Paul and John McCain, weren't they the two guys arguing over whether or not the Earth was flat?

Unfortunately, even though Ron Paul was right about it being round, in that period of time it gave him a reputation of being 'crazy' that sticks until this day…

Thank you Ron Paul!!!! I'm glad to know we have another choice to choose from. We have two complete idiots running for office. They kicked the best quailfied person out of the race so we don't have enough to go on. The DNC is trying to shove Obama down our throats and it's not working. We didn't like Obama then and we sure don't like him now.

Thanks Bob! your a true republican and I just cant give my vote to juan mccain!

Barr 08!