The Moderate Voice - Latest Comments in Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

dkmeller — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:54:01 -0000

They did after all, spell Mr. Barr's name correctly. For the "mainstream" media nowadays, obsessed as they are with candidates' wives, hair styles, clothing, poll numbers, and other irreleventa, that is an accomplishment on their part. They don't (and probably can't) discuss his policy positions, least of all in a country which is being poisoned by runaway government in both Domestic and Foreign policy.

Maybe some readers, understandably dissatisfied with the dismal alternative offered by the "major" parties, will go to bobbarr2008.com, or lp.org and learn more.

PEACE AND FREEDOM!!
David K. Meller

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

Dyre42 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:36:18 -0000

I noticed that the article is in the Style section. That should give you a pretty good idea of how seriously they are taking his campaign.

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

Jazz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:03:47 -0000

That's the one!

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

sh0ter — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:41:51 -0000

Thanks for the link on the Lazurus Long compilation. I hadn't heard of it. I assume this is the "book" they were working on in Time Enough for Love?

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

ChrisWWW — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:45:15 -0000

We have Ross Perot and Nader to thank for ham-stringing and downgrading a third party choice.

Perot got 20% of the vote in 1992. That's nothing to sneeze at, and would hardly constitute a "downgrade." Nader, like Perot after 1992 and Bob Barr now, is the victim of a concerted effort to ignore his substantive policy ideas and instead make him seem wacky.

Re: Wapo Hit Piece on Bob Barr

RememberNovember — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:39:07 -0000

We have Ross Perot and Nader to thank for ham-stringing and downgrading a third party choice. Yet there have been third party candidates who have won office-Jesse Ventura for example. Governorship is nothing to sneeze at. We also have to stop with the idolization of the President- that's not what this country was founded upon, but unfortunately it's drifting back to. What would you do if you knew your boss was only going to be around 4-8 years?
They wanted to cal Washington "your Highness"- he wanted none of that.