Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr’s recent “secure the borders”-themed fundraising letter was viewed as “borderline racist” and “extremely unlibertarian” by some Libertarians. Those are opinions. But the fact is that the letter was just plain wrong about at least one thing: John McCain will not be “the first Republican” to address an annual La Raza convention, nor even the first high-profile Republican to do so — unless you consider Karl Rove, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush to be of a lesser stature than McCain.
IPR was contacted by a representative of La Raza who pointed out this inaccuracy in Barr’s press release.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Fred Church Ortiz // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Rhetorical questions:
Who is known for not fact-checking their press releases?
Who just officially signed on with the Barr campaign?
2 Taft Republican // Jun 27, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Actually, that claim was made by Michael Erickson, head of Republicans for the National Interest: “Mr. Erickson further noted Mr. McCain is scheduled to address the annual La Raza convention in July, making him the first Republican to do so.”
http://shurl.org/pBigA
So Barr is mistaken in quoting Erickson.
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