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Entries from August 2008

Candidate Bob Barr on the Issues via CNN

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

He won’t be allowed close to the debates, and he’s relegated to 6:a.m. slots on CNN, but thanks to modern technology, the power of the media is to whomever can afford an internet connection! Enjoy learning about libertarian ideas from our Presidential candidate, Bob Barr!

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McCain Camp Engaging in “Stalinist Politics”

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

McCain is very much on record criticizing others for attempting to sideline his own election hopes a few years back through the use of legal tactics designed to exhaust the finances of less well capitalized rivals, and moreover, to simply keep competition off the ballot. Yes, this is common in this, the “land of the [...]

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R’s And D’s Granted Free Pass to Violate Election Laws of Texas

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

As it stands now, Bob Barr is the Lone Candidate in the Lone Star State.
As the filing deadline passed this week, Bob Barr was the only presidential candidate legally certified on the ballot in Texas.
The new Texas law is clear:
A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees for president and vice-president [...]

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Two Party System Reveals the Ugly Side of Democracy

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right… The United States has never developed an aristocracy really disinterested or an intelligentsia really intelligent. Its history is simply a record of vacillations between two gangs of frauds.
H.L. [...]

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Republicans anti-Democracy When it Comes to 3rd Party Choice

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Campaign of Libertarian Candidate for President, Bob Barr:
August 25, 2008 6:32 pm EST

Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr’s presidential campaign has recently learned of an action by the McCain campaign and the Pennsylvania Republican Party to have Barr removed from the state’s ballot, this despite McCain’s promise in the [...]

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