A press release and open letter from the Kevin Barrett campaign:
Kevin Barrett, the apparent winner of the 3rd District Libertarian
congressional primary with over 59% of the vote, thanked opponent Ben
Olson for what he called “a terrific campaign.” “Ben Olson is a
wonderful guy, and I’m glad this campaign gave me a chance to get to
know him,” Barrett said. “Our debate on Captain Soma’s riverboat was
a memorable experience. I have nothing but good things to say about
him. I hope to stay in touch with him, and I will continue to work
with him and his supporters in an attempt to rein in this out-of-
control government.”Barrett also thanked Governor Jesse Ventura for his last-minute
endorsement. “Next time I take on Hannity and O’Reilly, I want Jesse
Ventura on my tag-team,” Barrett said. “Seriously, Jesse Ventura is
the only true statesman I see anywhere on today’s political
landscape, and I’m honored by his endorsement. I hope he’ll run for
president and win in 2012.”Barrett cited the popular Libertarian mayor of Tomah, Ed Thompson, a
regular guest on Barrett’s radio shows. “Ed Thompson said this
primary was a referendum on 9/11. I don’t know if I’d go that
far…but any landslide victory for the ‘conspiracy professor’
Hannity and O’Reilly and the rest of the controlled media love to
beat up on is very good news for the 9/11 truth movement.”Barrett added that he planned to hold incumbent Ron Kind responsible
for “consistently voting for a criminal war of aggression that has
wrecked our economy,” and added that he had just sent the following
email to Kind:Dear Congressman Kind,
Now that I have won the Libertarian primary, I am writing to request
that you ask one of your staffers to schedule the debate to which you
agreed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_dCg_QYEeAI hope you will be prepared to truthfully defend your pro-war votes,
in light of the recent announcement that thousands of Wisconsin
guardsmen will soon be sent to Iraq in the biggest call-up since
World War II.Sincerely
Kevin Barrett
The Peace and Truth Candidate
Wisconsin’s District 3
5 responses so far ↓
1 G.E. // Sep 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm
If people think IPR isn’t “objective” enough, just look at how we’ve given Barrett his fair coverage, even as all but one of our writers who have an opinion on the matter think he’s second only to Sonny Landham in his apostasy.
2 Ross Levin // Sep 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm
GE: I think some of the trouble the media gets in is mixing up objectivity with not challenging people when they are clearly lying or being ridiculous. I hope we don’t get mixed up in that, and I know I’ll work hard to keep it from happening.
3 Trent Hill // Sep 10, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Obviously our biases come through in our writings, but we arent the AP–we’re a political blog. As long as it doesnt become the mouthpiece of a particular group, im fine. With that said, im not a Libertarian and have no bone to pick in their fights, so I will always make sure GE knows it if I disagree with his posts.
4 Galileo Galilei // Sep 10, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Barrett Generates 77 Google News Hits in One Day! Results 1 – 4 of about 77 from Sep 9, 2008 to today for kevin-Barrett libertarian.http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=%22kevin+Barrett%22+libertarian&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=d&as_mind=9&as_minm=9&as_maxd=10&as_maxm=9&nolr=1
5 G.E. // Sep 10, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Good point.
Bob Barr has been REDICULOUSâ„¢ since day-one of IPR’s existence.
(I owe you a nickel, Trent)
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