Vote for a Real Conservative: Bob Barr for President
Don’t compromise the 2008 election by supporting liberal McCain
by James Buchanan
Let’s say you lived in a small town with two restaurants. One of the restaurants is no good and there’s nothing on their menu you like. One day, the good restaurant starts serving up pigeon in place of chicken. Do you just put up with that or do you put your foot down and boycott that restaurant until it gets its act together?
Millions of conservatives must make the decision whether they will eat pigeon on election day or stand by their values and NOT vote for a liberal Republican candidate. Many conservatives and Libertarians were hoping Ron Paul would run as a Libertarian for president so they could send a clear message to the GOP with a protest vote. Well, the election just got a whole lot more interesting because a socially conservative Libertarian in the form of ex-Congressman Bob Barr is running for president on the Libertarian ticket in 2008.
Bob Barr served on the board of the NRA. He forced “sunset clauses” into the Patriot Act. Unfortunately, the scumbags in government voted to renew that act thanks to public apathy about the Bill of Rights. Barr was (illegally) gerrymandered out of his Congressional district. Other independent-minded Congressmen included James Traficant and Sonny Bono. Traficant was framed for a crime and Bono was murdered (disguised as a skiing accident).
One source reports “Barr was one of the most conservative members of the House. However, he displayed a slight libertarian streak, and was considered one of the strongest supporters of civil liberties among House Republicans. He only voted for the Patriot Act after his amendments adding “sunset clauses” were added to the final bill. Barr played a similar role during the debate over Bill Clinton’s Comprehensive Anti-terrorism Act of 1995, crafting pro-civil liberties amendments to the original text. He now publicly regrets his Patriot Act vote. He is best known for his role as one of the House managers during the Clinton impeachment trial. It was Barr who first introduced a resolution directing Judiciary Committee to inquire into impeachment proceedings — months before the Lewinsky scandal came to light. Chief among the concerns Barr cited at the time was apparent obstruction of Justice Department investigations into Clinton campaign fundraising from foreign sources, chiefly China. Barr took a lead in legislative debate concerning same-sex marriage. He authored and sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act…. In Congress, he also controversially proposed that the Pentagon ban the practice of Wicca in the military.”
I would think the introduction of “Wicca” (devil worshipers) as a religion recognized by the military would be controversial, not banning it. Then again, we have crazy deluded Protestant cultists, who worship Israel instead of Christ. And our military openly practices torture under the Bush-Cheney regime. Maybe we should replace all the Christian chaplains with Wiccan warlocks and perhaps a few rabbis.
Overall, Bob Barr is a socially conservative Republican, the exact opposite of the liberal John McCain. If Republicans want to send a message to the GOP, that they’re headed in the wrong election, they should vote for Bob Barr for president so the Republican Party (hopefully) gets the message that liberal and pro-Amnesty Republican presidential candidate will automatically lose the conservative vote, and therefore lose the election.