Bush + Pot = Bob Barr

[Ian David]

+ =

[newmajority]

1. As Thom Hartmann often says

"Libertarians are Republicans who want to smoke dope and get laid".

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Well, at least they've got THAT going for them. n/t

[newmajority]

3. I hear ya

If they didn't also want to completely dismantle the federal government and turn everything over to the corporations, I might actually consider voting for them.

[Ian David]

5. Q: How can you tell when Libertarians have been canvassing in your neighborhood?

A: There aren't any fliers on your door, and there's a pile of Twinkie wrappers on the corner.

[deadmessengers]

4. Barr + Mccain = President Obama n/t

[Bjorn Against]

6. Actually the Libertarians used to despise Barr for his anti-pot stance.

Here is a press release put out in 2000 by the same Libertarian Party which Barr is now the nominee of:

LP Press Release Concerning Crickenberger's Help for Rand

Carole Ann Rand Runs Campaign To "BUMP" Bob Barr.
For More Information, Contact: Ron Crickenberger
E-mail [email protected]
Or See: www.randforcongress.com
July 27, 2002

A Georgia businesswoman and longtime Libertarian activist has agreed to challenge U.S. Rep. Bob Barr for his seat in Congress, creating a "two-pronged attack" intended to help unseat the four-term incumbent.

On July 23, Carole Ann Rand, the chair of the board of directors of the Advocates for Self-Government, announced that she will campaign against Barr to represent Georgia’s seventh district in the U.S. House. By focusing on the issue of medical marijuana, Rand will try to cause Barr — widely considered the most fanatical Drug Warrior in Congress — to lose in the Republican primary election on August 20, said LP Political Director Ron Crickenberger.

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That’s why Rand’s signature issue will be medical marijuana, said Crickenberger. A staunch social conservative, Barr opposes decriminalizing marijuana even for patients who have a doctor’s prescription.

Furthermore, Barr pushed three amendments through Congress to prevent voters in Washington, DC from approving medical marijuana initiatives. He also has been a vocal cheerleader of federal raids on medical marijuana clinics in states where medical use of the drug has been legalized.

http://harrybrowne.org/2000/Crickenberger-Barr-Rand.htm

Libertarians hope you don't look into Barr's record before he became their nominee, or what they have said about that record in the past. It should also be noted that the year the Libertarians put out this press release that they were going to try to make him lose his Congressional seat, was the same year he lost his Congressional seat. Ouch.

[Godhumor]

7. Before I opened this thread, I just assumed you mean Pol Pot

Whoops.