Neoconservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh has admonished Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr for praising Al Gore’s work on climate change. According to reports, Limbaugh has called on Libertarians to explain to their presidential candidate what libertarianism actually means.

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In echoing Lloyd Bentsen’s famous rebuke of Dan Quayle, the Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Malcolm says, “We know Ron Paul, and Bob Barr is no Ron Paul.”
Malcolm isn’t speaking of the vast ideological gulf between the conservative Libertarian and the libertarian Republican, but rather the even greater chasm between their fundraising and spending habits.
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Earlier, IPR reported on a pair of incidents between Bob Barr and rank-and-file libertarians at Freedom Fest, in which Barr allegedly refused to give them the time of day. In our comments section emerged this counter-report from Justin Grover, an unpaid volunteer at Freedom Fest.
Mr. Grover claims Marc Victor, a libertarian portrayed sympathetically by the [...]

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FrontPage Magazine has a harsh piece on Alan Keyes this morning, saying that “since being rejected for the Republican and Constitution Party presidential nominations,” Keyes “is now attempting to inflict himself upon the American Independent Party. A high-decibel Harold Stassen, the Energizer Loser keeps running, and running, and running. … It appears not [...]

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The Houston Chronicle reports, “Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, whose campaign manager once guided Ross Perot’s reach for the White House, sported leather boots Sunday as he sought votes in Houston. But, looking beyond the Texas trappings, Barr aimed his message at the nation. He said he hopes to win the support of [...]

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According to recently published FEC reports, former Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, Shane Cory, was paid $17,870.97 by the Libertarian Party between May 14 and June 11 of this year.
Mr. Cory resigned in May after issuing a press release calling for more government which many observers thought was intended to smear LP presidential front-runner [...]

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