Comments on: Publisher compares Barr vote to vote for Truman http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/ Covering America's third parties and independent candidates since May 2008 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: G.E. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/comment-page-1/#comment-24729 G.E. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:33:25 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=4545#comment-24729 Truman was the greatest single-incident mass murderer in all of human history, and #2, too. Bob Barr has his faults. But as far as I know, he's responsible for only one murder (at least directly). Truman was the greatest single-incident mass murderer in all of human history, and #2, too.

Bob Barr has his faults. But as far as I know, he’s responsible for only one murder (at least directly).

]]> By: Ross Levin http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/comment-page-1/#comment-24558 Ross Levin Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:26:54 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=4545#comment-24558 Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing is irrelevant, I guess... Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing is irrelevant, I guess…

]]> By: paulie cannoli http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/comment-page-1/#comment-24441 paulie cannoli Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:34:47 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=4545#comment-24441 I'm more convinced that Thurmond spoke what was on his mind than that Truman did. I’m more convinced that Thurmond spoke what was on his mind than that Truman did.

]]> By: George Dance http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/comment-page-1/#comment-24440 George Dance Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:52 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=4545#comment-24440 You miss the point of the comparison. Truman, in Trapp's view, was the last straight talker elected to President, in the last days before presidential elections became television events. He found the Barr campaign to be similar. The McCain campaign? Please: for all his blather about "straight talk," the McCain candidacy was an artificial media creation; they constructed him, and just as quickly tore him down again. You miss the point of the comparison. Truman, in Trapp’s view, was the last straight talker elected to President, in the last days before presidential elections became television events. He found the Barr campaign to be similar. The McCain campaign? Please: for all his blather about “straight talk,” the McCain candidacy was an artificial media creation; they constructed him, and just as quickly tore him down again.

]]> By: paulie cannoli http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/publisher-compares-barr-vote-to-vote-for-truman/comment-page-1/#comment-24421 paulie cannoli Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:57:51 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=4545#comment-24421 That sounds like a rather disingenuous comparison. Voting for McCain, who most people expected to lose, would have been more like voting for Truman in '48. He isn't the sitting president, but he represents the party many people are blaming for the country's problems, and was behind in the polls (but not single digits like Barr). Voting for Barr was more like voting for Strom Thurmond in '48, only more so. That sounds like a rather disingenuous comparison. Voting for McCain, who most people expected to lose, would have been more like voting for Truman in ’48. He isn’t the sitting president, but he represents the party many people are blaming for the country’s problems, and was behind in the polls (but not single digits like Barr). Voting for Barr was more like voting for Strom Thurmond in ’48, only more so.

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