Comments on: BREAKING: Bob Barr To Run For President http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:11:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JimTheCynic http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441074 JimTheCynic Mon, 12 May 2008 21:54:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441074 <p>No.<br /> Laura Bush gets no reprieve, no sympathy. She’s complicit or has enabled everything that’s happened in the Bush/Cheney regime. If she were a true lady, she would never have allowed such a cad as Little Georgie to continue to act as her husband. But she’s not a true lady. She’s as compromised as the entire Republican Party and the Bush/Cheney regime.</p> No.
Laura Bush gets no reprieve, no sympathy. She’s complicit or has enabled everything that’s happened in the Bush/Cheney regime. If she were a true lady, she would never have allowed such a cad as Little Georgie to continue to act as her husband. But she’s not a true lady. She’s as compromised as the entire Republican Party and the Bush/Cheney regime.

]]> By: JimTheCynic http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441070 JimTheCynic Mon, 12 May 2008 21:51:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441070 <blockquote><p>“If Barr gets enough airtime…”</p></blockquote> <p>If this gets <em>any </em>airtime it will be time to invest heavily in porcine aviation. </p> <p>In the meantime… what about Miley Cyrus and those incredible <strong>naked </strong>photos??? Is she the <em>next </em>Britany??? Stay tuned for more in-depth blather!!!</p> <p>I think I’ll skip investing in porcine aviation for the time being…</p>

“If Barr gets enough airtime…”

If this gets any airtime it will be time to invest heavily in porcine aviation.

In the meantime… what about Miley Cyrus and those incredible naked photos??? Is she the next Britany??? Stay tuned for more in-depth blather!!!

I think I’ll skip investing in porcine aviation for the time being…

]]> By: 1970cs http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441040 1970cs Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441040 <p>Some GOOPer reaction to Barr. 4 more years of McSame doesn’t appear what they wan’t.</p> <p><a href="http://comments.breitbart.com/08051217441516yxf74a/" rel="nofollow">http://comments.breitbart.com/.....516yxf74a/</a></p> Some GOOPer reaction to Barr. 4 more years of McSame doesn’t appear what they wan’t.

http://comments.breitbart.com/…..516yxf74a/

]]> By: newspaperbrat http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441027 newspaperbrat Mon, 12 May 2008 21:00:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441027 <p>Have always considered Laura Bush the most tragic figure inside the nightmarish two term Bush presidency. At the risk of sounding Pollyana-ish I shudder to think how worse it may have been if Shrub had married a truly spoiled whacko, i.e. Cindy nee McCain, rather than the oh so vulnerable 30-Year “old maid” librarian democrat, then as now, eternally traumatized by accidently causing car crash death of her close high school friend a decade earlier. The entire Bush family criminal cartel couldn’t have enjoyed better luck when Laura married the family’s heretofore worst bad seed. Full disclosure: my late mother was southern to the bone and throughout my Dad’s long newspaper career nationally he was so besotted by Mother he endured her preference to maintain our family home bases below the Mason Dixon border.</p> Have always considered Laura Bush the most tragic figure inside the nightmarish two term Bush presidency. At the risk of sounding Pollyana-ish I shudder to think how worse it may have been if Shrub had married a truly spoiled whacko, i.e. Cindy nee McCain, rather than the oh so vulnerable 30-Year “old maid” librarian democrat, then as now, eternally traumatized by accidently causing car crash death of her close high school friend a decade earlier. The entire Bush family criminal cartel couldn’t have enjoyed better luck when Laura married the family’s heretofore worst bad seed. Full disclosure: my late mother was southern to the bone and throughout my Dad’s long newspaper career nationally he was so besotted by Mother he endured her preference to maintain our family home bases below the Mason Dixon border.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441014 cinnamonape Mon, 12 May 2008 20:40:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441014 <p>Interesting. Edwards was in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrat_Coalition" rel="nofollow">New Democrat Coalition</a>, founded by Lieberman, when he was in the Senate. His Senate voting record was pretty much that of a Blue Dog, if one actually bothers to look.</p> Interesting. Edwards was in the New Democrat Coalition, founded by Lieberman, when he was in the Senate. His Senate voting record was pretty much that of a Blue Dog, if one actually bothers to look.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441004 cinnamonape Mon, 12 May 2008 20:33:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441004 <blockquote><p>A poll paid for by Barr’s exploratory committee found that 36 percent of likely voters recognized his name and that 9 percent said they would vote for him over Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain. But a Zogby poll released last month found 45 percent of likely voters favoring Mr. Obama, 42 percent for Mr. McCain, 3 percent for Mr. Barr and 1 percent for Ralph Nader, with 8 percent undecided. </p></blockquote> <p>I suspect that if he wins the Libertarian nomination his name-recognition will go sky high…simply because the right-wing TV and radio propagandists will have to whine about him…and Democrats will constantly talk about the “Barr Effect”. I think Barr only is floating so low in Zogby because nobody yet remembers him, and the Paulites still are holding onto him as their spiritual leader. But if Paul doesn’t run…then I suspect about a third to half would find a natural attraction to Ron Paul. The remainder may go to Obama if he starts speaking on civil liberties issues. And I suspect that many non-Paulite Republicans may also jump to Barr.</p> <p>Whether this will approach the numbers that Perot got is doubtful…but on the other hand, Perot’s campaign was predominantly based on the economy. Now there’s a double (or triple) whammy. The War, the economy and the Constitution.</p>

A poll paid for by Barr’s exploratory committee found that 36 percent of likely voters recognized his name and that 9 percent said they would vote for him over Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain. But a Zogby poll released last month found 45 percent of likely voters favoring Mr. Obama, 42 percent for Mr. McCain, 3 percent for Mr. Barr and 1 percent for Ralph Nader, with 8 percent undecided.

I suspect that if he wins the Libertarian nomination his name-recognition will go sky high…simply because the right-wing TV and radio propagandists will have to whine about him…and Democrats will constantly talk about the “Barr Effect”. I think Barr only is floating so low in Zogby because nobody yet remembers him, and the Paulites still are holding onto him as their spiritual leader. But if Paul doesn’t run…then I suspect about a third to half would find a natural attraction to Ron Paul. The remainder may go to Obama if he starts speaking on civil liberties issues. And I suspect that many non-Paulite Republicans may also jump to Barr.

Whether this will approach the numbers that Perot got is doubtful…but on the other hand, Perot’s campaign was predominantly based on the economy. Now there’s a double (or triple) whammy. The War, the economy and the Constitution.

]]> By: cherish http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441002 cherish Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1441002 <p><i>Some </i>[progressives]<i> really detest the control the </i>[multinational corporations have]<i> gained and would like to shock the </i>[Democrats]<i> out of their dogmatic slumber.</i></p> <p>Red Nader, oh yeah.</p> Some [progressives] really detest the control the [multinational corporations have] gained and would like to shock the [Democrats] out of their dogmatic slumber.

Red Nader, oh yeah.

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440987 RevBev Mon, 12 May 2008 20:16:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440987 <p><strong>“Among the worst offenders is one of McCain’s top advisors, Charlie Black. His firm has represented several leaders known for human rights abuses, as well as Chinese oil interests. Another lobbyist, Tom Loeffler, works for a firm that counts the Saudi Arabian government among its clients. One of McCain’s top fundraisers, Peter Madigan defended the United Arab Emirates against allegations that boys there are enslaved and forced to be camel jockeys.”</strong></p> <p>Just more good news for Mc.</p> “Among the worst offenders is one of McCain’s top advisors, Charlie Black. His firm has represented several leaders known for human rights abuses, as well as Chinese oil interests. Another lobbyist, Tom Loeffler, works for a firm that counts the Saudi Arabian government among its clients. One of McCain’s top fundraisers, Peter Madigan defended the United Arab Emirates against allegations that boys there are enslaved and forced to be camel jockeys.”

Just more good news for Mc.

]]> By: Winski http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440960 Winski Mon, 12 May 2008 19:53:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440960 <p>Hann-job and his ass-clown buddy comedian Limbaugh would make GREAT cell mates at Gitmo….</p> <p>I can just hear the 24/7 whine now…what a show..ticket lines would stretch for miles..LOL!!!</p> Hann-job and his ass-clown buddy comedian Limbaugh would make GREAT cell mates at Gitmo….

I can just hear the 24/7 whine now…what a show..ticket lines would stretch for miles..LOL!!!

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440950 Marion in Savannah Mon, 12 May 2008 19:41:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/12/breaking-bob-barr-to-run-for-president/#comment-1440950 <p>Be that as it may, later on <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/27/ap/politics/mainD8L0MB280.shtml" rel="nofollow">he did this</a>. Which should not be forgotten.</p> Be that as it may, later on he did this. Which should not be forgotten.

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