Barr vs Linder: A matter of more than style (Bonus: DC Report & Pics)

The Hill ^ | 06-12-02 | David Keene

[NetValue]

The article is a shamful hatchet job. Dismaying that you posted it.

[PDR]

There are an awful lot of people who will say anythign about Bob Barr. You either love him or you hate him because he satnds for the right things even if he sometimes doesn't, for whatever reason, walk the talk. There are those who would just as soon see him leave but we all need to rememebr how much he has done for the country -- he took on the administration over the Patriot Act to protect our privacy, he kept the light on the misdeeds of both Clintons and their cronies, and he generally stands up for all the right things.

Unfortunately, there are those who want to smear him because it makes them feel like big people -- what a pity. America is better off because Bob Barr is in Congress and he needs to stay there.

[Theodore R.]

Do you feel the same way about Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-AR? What does Donna Hutchinson now say about Tim? Would you vote for Mark Pryor over Tim because of failed "family values"? What about Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-LA? Didn't he do the same as Barr and Hutchinson? Also the former Gov. Kirk Fordice, R-MS? And what about the many marriages of John Warner, "R"-VA? What about allegations of the affairs of Gov. Jeb Bush, R-FL? And Bob Dole, R-KA, didn't he betray his former nurse Phyllis? But we still have Jesse and Dot Helms as the loving and faithful Republican couple to emulate.

[Vis Numar]

Linder is going to win, probably by 15%

[higgmeister]

DID BOBB BARR COMMIT ADULTERY?

Did he lie about it before a Grand Jury investigating
his pathetic pattern of sexual harassment of women
through intimidation and misuse of his public position?

Sometimes even a Libertarian can stick-up for an anal-
retentive Congressman if he is right much of the time.
 

[brat]

I can't vote in Georgia, but I can sure pray! PRAYER BUMP FOR BOB BARR. We need this good man!

[higgmeister]

Neither can the libertarians. They have vowed to do all they can
to defeat Barr because he offends their pro-dope sensibilites.

Wrong!

Sometimes I think you must be a latent tempted doper to be so hung
up on that one subject.

All of my fellow libertarian friends know that the WOD destroys
the Liberty of all the rest of us that don't use illegal drugs yet has
not come even close to winning the WOD in 40 years of socialist
repression.  Unlike you, I believe Mr. Barr could even eventually
see the light and agree that it is time to try an new tact such as more
relaxed laws and a truthful education and rehabilitation effort from
the private sector without individual fears of government reprisal.
 

[logician2u]

I wish I could share your optimism where Barr is concerned.

However, considering the guy is a Drug Warrior from way back, I see little chance he will reform from his past record. Whether the LP's targeting him for defeat is going to have any effect remains to be seen. (Are they even on the ballot in Georgia?)

I will give Barr high marks for his persistence in fighting the national ID card, which will probably come to pass in spite of conservative opposition. The WH says "Jump!" and most in Congress don't even stop to ask how high.

[higgmeister]

But you must admit there is more hope for changing Barr than KC.

[higgmeister]

We have a very strong Senate Candidate in
Sandy Thomas but nobody is running in the 7th.

Click here for the list.

His website intro always makes me smile.
Oh, he also lives in Marietta.

[L.N. Smithee]

Is Bob Barr on his third marriage? Did he have an affair while married to his second wife? These are not the actions of a social conservative. Social conservatism means upholding social institutions, such as marriage.

• Are you in Barr's district, and intend to vote for Linder?
• Do you know what role Gail Barr had in the destruction of her marriage?
• Do you intend to inquire as to whether Linder is faithful to his wife (if he is married)? If not, why not?
• Do you believe that public officials should expose their sins that don't involve lawbreaking to the public even if there is no real reason for the public to be informed about them?
• Do you think that every social conservative who has either committed adultery or divorced his/her spouse should stand idly by as homosexual radicals try to force this country into legitimizing same-sex marriage?
• Are you a really a social conservative, or just a troublemaker with a bee in his butt?

Don't chicken out. Answer the questions.

[PDR]

Yeah - most of it. I am not surprised to see you utilizing the "big lie" technique -- given your pseduo-national socialist nick and all... You and others like you who carry a torch for Bill and Hillary Clinton and continue to do their dirty work with posts like these have no shame.

[PDR]

This post just shows your ignorance. The Defense of Marriage Act -- or DOMA -- has nothing to do with anything you have discussed thus far. DOMA is federal legislation that is intended to stop the spread of so-called marriage between homosexuals but permitting states to not recognize what some states (read Vermont) may want to call "a marriage."

DOMA is an effort to permanently codify marriage as being between one man and one woman -- divorce is not a subject covered by DOMA. It only applies to the issue of a man claiming to be married to another man or a woman claiming to be married to another woman because, under the concept of "full faith and credit" I believe, the other 49 states are required to recognize as legitimate a marriage that is recognized in any one state.