Bob Barr Quits GOP, Joins Libertarians

Wins BRAD BLOG 'Intellectually Honest Conservative Award' in the Bargain...

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Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr was wrong on impeachment (of Clinton), but has been right on a number of things ever since, including joining Al Gore to condemn Bush’s assault on privacy and civil rights vis a vis his unconstitutional domestic spying and other such programs.

Barr has now announced he has quit the Republican Party and is joining the Libertarians citing out of control GOP big government spending, and the aforementioned disregard for privacy and civil rights of U.S. citizens.

For that, he earns the too-rarely-bestowed BRAD BLOG “Intellectually Honest Conservative Award” today.

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Bob Barr Quits GOP, Joins Libertarians

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    jen said on 12/16/2006 @ 4:03pm PT: [Permalink]

    The neotheocons have broken the Republican party behind repair.

    Just like the fundamentalists have tarnished the word Christianity, the neotheocons have tarnished the word Republican. Neither should be allowed to hijack those titles, but unless/until true Christians and Republicans rise up and fight back that’s the way it is…

    I guess we’ll be seeing more bailouts over the next couple years.

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    Mar said on 12/16/2006 @ 4:05pm PT: [Permalink]

    Well…….hallelujah and amen..!!

    I wonder though what took so long for the rats to realize that the ship was sinking..!!

    Maybe he didn’t want to envision his ass in a sling.

    Sorry……just my musings..!!

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    Frank Bellamy said on 12/16/2006 @ 4:48pm PT: [Permalink]

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    big dan said on 12/16/2006 @ 9:11pm PT: [Permalink]

    I really admire Bob Barr for doing this, it’s massive! As American Free Press (a conservative newspaper) said, the Republican Party was, is, and always will be, for the elites and Big Business. The Libertarians are REALLY the conservatives. Absolutely, I agree with Bob Barr! Real liberals and real conservatives actually have a LOT in common…these guys who are presently Republicans are NOT conservatives…they hijacked the Republican Party.

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    The Fruit Fly said on 12/17/2006 @ 11:12pm PT: [Permalink]

    I’m still trying to figure out what a “Libertarian” is supposed to be. I don’t understand it. It’s like a gaggle of urban-white and typically male suburbanites who’re missing the stones and admitting to being one of “them” and still hate Boosh.

    An Independant, I think I can understand. But the ordinary Libertarian? That’s like “Diet Rite” verses “Tab”.

    FF

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    Sellitman said on 12/18/2006 @ 12:23pm PT: [Permalink]

    Not much difference between the two as far as I have seen. I disagree with both “parties”. If Barr became an Independent or a Democrat then I’d get excited.

    Ho…hum.

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    czaragorn said on 12/20/2006 @ 6:55am PT: [Permalink]

    A LIbertarian is a Republican who smokes pot and resents the idea that he might get busted, that’s all, folks!

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