Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Why else would they be working so hard to keep him off the ballot in Pennsylvania ? HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Republicans want Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr booted from the state’s ballot, alleging shady dealings by local Libertarians. Meanwhile, the Barr camp blamed Republican presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain for trying to shove him off [...]
Extreme Mortman (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
From today’s Bob Barr profile in the Washington Post: And yet, every once in a while, the strangest thing happens. He does something surprising, like announces he really likes Bob Marley. Or says he kind of liked that Borat movie, except for the part where he was unwittingly in it as the butt of a joke, [...]
Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Representatives of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, a group that advocates using National Guard troops to patrol the Mexican Border – announced that several current or former presidential candidates will appear at its rally in Denver opposite the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Amongst those set to appear are Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, Constitution [...]
Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Late on the evening of August 15, a U.S. District Court refused to issue injunctive relief for Bob Barr, in his attempt to be included in this year’s first joint appearance of general election presidential candidates. The event is set for August 16 at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Only Barack Obama [...]
Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
RightMarch.com announces that Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, and Alan Keyes will all be speaking at a rally against illegal immigration that will take place in Denver on the first day of the Democratic convention. The Democratic convention is August 25-28. In addition to the rally, RightMarch’s Bill Greene promises “more protests, pickets, counter-protests, media blitzes, [...]
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr held a blogger conference call yesterday. I found out about it on Hot Air. As far as I can tell, only three bloggers participated: Ed Morrissey, Jazz Shaw (who writes at a...
Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
On July 15, Bob Barr held a press conference in Oklahoma City to denounce the state’s ballot access laws, and to say that he is about to file a lawsuit against the independent presidential procedure. He also turned in 9,123 signatures on an independent petition. No one has appeared on the ballot as an independent [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Bob Barr held a press conference at 2:30pm central in the Rotunda of the Oklahoma Capitol building to announce that he was filing a lawsuit to gain access to challenge the Oklahoma ballot. He released the following statement: One of the most essential components of democratic elections in the United States is the choice among a...
Thoughts, Raves & Outright Beatings (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Once again, we are faced with a lesser of two evils choice for the presidency (or third, if you wish to include Bob Barr in the conversation – I read somewhere that he’s also “pro-life”, which I’m not thrilled about. But anyway…). I was going to possibly go full tilt for Obama until Joe Biden [...]
Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Earlier this month, it was announced that Bob Barr, Tom Tancredo, Alan Keyes, and Chuck Baldwin would be joining together for an anti-immigration press conference organized by the Minuteman during the Democratic Convention in an attempt to inject the issue...
AccuraCast Search Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... where the tax payers’ money is being spent and so on. Even the Libertarian Presidential candidate, Bob Barr, went online on August 21, to talk to the public about his policies and answer their questions to him. One of the major disadvantages of online campaigning , however, is the ease with which politicians and campaigners can use dirty tricks and spread malicious gossip about their opponents....
Tonetek Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... where the tax payers’ money is being spent and so on. Even the Libertarian Presidential candidate, Bob Barr, went online on August 21, to talk to the public about his policies and answer their questions to him. One of the major disadvantages of online campaigning , however, is the ease with which politicians and campaigners can use dirty tricks and spread malicious gossip about their opponents....
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The Washington Post kicks off its Arts and Living pages (yes, really) with a Costco-sized profile of Libertarian president-to-be Bob Barr. PBB Count (paragraphs before the author mentions Borat ): Nine. Every once in a while, the strangest thing happens. He does something surprising, like announces he really likes Bob Marley . Or says he kind of liked that Borat movie, except for the part where...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Pervez Musharraf announces that he will resign as Pakistan’s President. Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro – not Vice President Ford – will take over. Bob Barr is “ is so into the Founding Fathers that most of his phone numbers, including his cellphone, end in "1-7-7-6." Joe Biden takes his turn has the trendy V.P. choice of the moment. Perhaps the best proof of how foolish the weekend chatter...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts announced today it is suing the Secretary of State's office for refusing to put Libertarian Bob Barr on the presidential ballot in November. The central issue in this case is the restriction of...
