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Another hat in the 2008 election ring...

...making this election season a bit more interesting than the current Obama/Hillary/McCain nonsense:

Barr launches presidential exploratory committee

By Walter Alarkon
Posted: 04/05/08 04:53 PM [ET]
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr (Ga.) has launched a presidential exploratory committee, the first step in a possible White House run as a Libertarian.
Barr made his announcement while giving the keynote address at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, Mo.

Rest at link above.

Now, for my take:

While I'm glad Barr is running, I'm not sure he's made the complete transition to fully understanding the size, scope, and cost of government. This is, after all, the same man who prevented the counting of votes in a marijuana-legalization petition back in 1999, even going so far as to stand against the use of private funds to count said votes.

Of course, people do change their views... and perhaps Barr has learned his lesson since those dark days when he viewed government as a bludgeon instead of a surgical scalpel. Barr is a damn sight more "libertarian" than, say, Mike Gravel.

I will say this... no matter what, I will not be casting a RepubliCrat ballot in 2008 (other than my vote for Ron Paul in the primary). Voting for Barr might be a difficult one, but if he's the nominee for my party, I will do my duty as a good American citizen and not waste my vote on a Brand X candidate (see my reference to the R/D candidates at the top of this post.)

Let's see what happens, folks. Gonna be an interesting year in the political sausage grinder.

Labels: 2008 election, Bob Barr, Libertarian Party, Ruwart

posted by The Libertarian Guy @ 6:50 PM