From Mike Riggs at Reason, describing Gary Johnson’s speech to the ACLU: Johnson said he’d cut the military’s budget and end Obama’s interventionism. It wasn’t until he got started on legalizing marijuana that the crowd (figuratively) lit up. A steady stream of applause followed Johnson’s declarations after that. “I support gay marriage equality. I support [...]
Gary Johnson Contrasts Himself With Ron Paul, Obama, GOP Field, Past and Present Libertarian Presidential Contenders
February 4th, 2012 · 106 Comments
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Chuck Baldwin: ‘Newt Gingrich? Really?’
January 28th, 2012 · 11 Comments
From an article at Chuck Baldwin Live by 2008 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin: If one believes that the problem is out-of-control government trampling our Bill of Rights, Newt Gingrich is definitely not the solution. If one believes the problem is the lack of Christian morals among our civil magistrates, Newt Gingrich is definitely [...]
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Gary Johnson At 8% in North Carolina Poll
January 10th, 2012 · 11 Comments
A new poll from North Carolina-based Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling has Gary Johnson at 8%. From Tom Jensen: In addition to looking at a straight head to head between Obama and Romney, PPP also tested a three way contest with the two of them and Gary Johnson running as a Libertarian. In that scenario [...]
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Bob Barr Writes in The Daily Caller Against SOPA
January 3rd, 2012 · 7 Comments
Bob Barr was the Presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party in 2008, as well as a former member of the House of Representatives as a Republican. Barr now writes a regular column in The Daily Caller–in this article he urges readers to actively oppose SOPA. Congress has been in a constitutionally feisty mood lately. Shortly [...]
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Bob Barr Endorsed Newt Gingrich
December 13th, 2011 · 113 Comments
Bob Barr was the Presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 2008, having recently switched from the GOP. It was recently rumored that he was considering a Republican run for Congress in Georgia, but this still came as quite a shock. Bob Barr is one member of a large slate of public officials and former [...]
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Former Presidential Nominee of the LP Denounced by Conservative Groups
December 2nd, 2011 · 20 Comments
Bob Barr was the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee in 2008 and is still, to the party’s knowledge, a member. However, he has recently been connected with a run, as a Republican, for a congressional seat in Georgia. Some conservative political action committees are not too happy about the idea and have made their opinions known. [...]
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Bob Barr: Think your emails are private? Think again
October 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Bob Barr at the Daily Caller: Ask the average citizen if he thinks his emails and Facebook messages to friends and family members are protected from government snooping, and he’d likely answer, “Sure, the government would have to obtain a warrant before it could go snooping into my personal communications, the same as it must [...]
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Bob Barr: ‘Thank Gov. Jerry Brown for protecting cell phones’
October 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Cell phones, smart phones, and other personal electronic devices are free from arbitrary police snooping in California — at least for the time being, thanks to actions taken by the state legislature and Governor Jerry Brown. In a rare victory for personal privacy rights, legislation prohibiting police from accessing information on a cell phone without [...]
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Bob Barr: OnStar’s dark side
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments
Bob Barr at the Daily Caller: In radio ads and literature, “OnStar” is portrayed by its parent company, General Motors, as a benign service, the only purpose of which is to enable elderly folks, mothers with children and lost drivers in general to quickly access emergency and locator services by communicating with friendly voices that [...]
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Bob Barr: ‘American exceptionalism’ redefined
September 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Bob Barr in the Daily Caller: This week, America celebrated Constitution Week, which commemorates the decision on September 17th, 1787 to report out of the Congress and (11 days later) submit the draft Constitution to the states for ratification. This magnificent document, which became the blueprint for creating a functioning United States of America, was [...]
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Bob Barr takes on US Postal Service, E-Verify and the execution of Troy Davis
September 21st, 2011 · 12 Comments
E-Verify has morphed into a monster by Bob Barr as published on The Daily Caller 9/19/2011 In this column last week, I raised the alarm about the “E-Verify” program proposed to be implemented as part of the Legal Workforce Act (HR 2164) under consideration to be fast-tracked by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TX). Now, [...]
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Bob Barr: ‘Bloomberg again whining for more gun control’
September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Bob Barr was the Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2008. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC is widely considered to be the likely Presidential or Vice Presidential nominee of Americans Elect, a new centrist party currently pursuing ballot access in all states and DC with plenty of money to get the job done. Bloomberg is also a [...]
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Bob Barr: Edwards Prosecution Reflects Gross Overreaching By Feds
June 11th, 2011 · 6 Comments
From an article posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog, June 8, 2011, by Bob Barr: The definition of “overreaching” in the next edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary could be a single sentence — “Over•reaching: see June 3, 2011 indictment of former presidential candidate and United States Senator John Edwards for alleged campaign finance violations.” Every [...]
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Kwiatkowski to Hinkle: LP “vulnerable to criticism for appearing unprincipled”
April 4th, 2011 · 116 Comments
In an “open letter” to Libertarian National Committee chair Mark Hinkle, Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (USAF, Ret.) argues that the Libertarian Party coddles a vocal party minority which favors foreign policy interventionism, and that this raises real image problems for the party. Former US Representative Bob Barr and Las Vegas gambling figure Wayne Allyn Root, [...]
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Bob Barr: GOP’s DNA bill offends Bill of Rights
March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
Bob Barr at the Barr Code blog: What the one hand giveth, the other taketh away — words to live by for the Republican majority at the Georgia legislature; which, it seems, just cannot bear to see the power and control of state government lessened. Last Wednesday, for example, many Georgians had their eyes fixed [...]
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Bob Barr: Power to strip search passengers claimed by Feds
March 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments
Bob Barr at the Barr Code: In a breathtaking statement delivered in an official court proceeding, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims authority to strip search every airline passenger; and to begin such a practice without even soliciting comment from the public. This outrageous statement recently was delivered to the American people by [...]
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Bob Barr: TSA’s “VIPER” program stumbles again
March 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Bob Barr at the Barr Code: Recent activities conducted by various law enforcement agencies under the direction of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), illustrate once again that the agency has a decidedly tin ear when it comes to concern for how its actions upset and disrupt the travelling public, or how it is perceived by [...]
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Bob Barr: Military action against Qaddafi rests on shaky ground
March 13th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Bob Barr at the Barr Code blog: When President Ronald Reagan ordered American F-111 fighter-bombers, assisted by F-18 and A-6E fighters, to strike at Libyan targets in April 1986, he did so based on strong and clear evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s government had directly ordered the bombing 10 days earlier of a night [...]
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Bob Barr: GOP resurrecting RealID bugaboo
March 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Bob Barr at the Barr Code: Like the little girl said in the 1982 movie, Poltergeist, “They’re baaaaack.” In real life, it’s not the evil spirits emerging from haunted television sets that are returning, but the discredited national identification card program, known as “RealID.” This law was passed in 2005 by Republicans in the Congress [...]
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Bob Barr: TSA grows even more powerful
February 26th, 2011 · No Comments
Bob Barr at The Barr Code: George Washington, our first and in the view of many, our best president, once said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” His prescient observation, delivered more than two centuries ago, aptly describes our [...]
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