Bob Barr published the following article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Stimulus bill just pork in new disguise

by Bob Barr, February 11, 2009

The venerable Oxford English Dictionary defines “stimulus” as “something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.” If, as appears almost certain, the federal government enacts legislation appropriating more than $800 billion in a so-called “stimulus package,” the next edition of Oxford might properly include further definitions for the already-overused term: “any massive federal spending program designed to funnel taxpayer monies into pet political projects; a term employed to disguise massive federal spending programs designed to funnel taxpayer monies into pet political projects, but labeled ‘stimulus’ in order to secure votes necessary for passage.”

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Bob Barr published the following article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Constancy of government’s intrusion unlikely to change

by Bob Barr, Jan 21, 2009

George W. Bush was president. The federal deficit was under $400 billion; and the national debt was “merely” a little over $9 trillion. Virtually no one outside of Alaska knew who Sarah Palin was. America’s Big Three auto makers were still, well, big. Lehman Brothers remained an American financial icon; and insurance behemoth AIG was riding high on the hog. Housing markets across the country were weak, but still appeared viable. And, the notion of smaller government was still paid lip-service support by the Republican Party.

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In the 2008 Presidential Elections Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root obtained 509,478 votes, which is 0.4% of the popular vote. While that wasn’t quite enough to stop Obama, it’s the second best result of any Libertarian Party candidate ever! Congratulations to Bob Barr and we hope you’ll run again in 2012.

In a last minute appeal to all supporters and potential voters, Bob Barr explained how voting for him will make a real difference for our future and advance an important goal of all Libertarians and true Conservatives: “shrink[ing] the size, the scope, the cost and the power of the Federal Government”. This Tuesday, vote Bob Barr!

“Several weeks ago we talked about the fact that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Senator McCain and Senator Obama.

well, here we are, four days before the election, and that’s still the case. There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the the other two candidates, Senator McCain and Senator Obama.

You know that, America knows that. Yet far to many of our fellow citizens will go out there and pull that lever or touch that screen for the lesser of two evils.

Well, the lesser of two evils is still evil.

There is a change, there is a way to make your voice for real change, for real freedom heard, and that is to vote for me, Bob Barr, your Libertarian candidate.

The poll numbers are going up. They are up. They are at record levels for the Libertarian party, and it’s because of your hard work and the message that I’m delivering on your behalf to the American people, that real change is possible, that real positive movement to shrink the size, the scope, the cost and the power of the Federal Government really is possible. But, some folks say ‘well, you know, the lines are just too long’.

Doesn’t matter!

I don’t care if you have to wait in line there for five hours. It is that important for America, to show America that we’re tired of the status quo two party monopoly system that has done so much damage to this country.

Go out there and proudly stand in line so that you can cast your vote for America, your vote for the Libertarian party, your vote for Bob Barr on Tuesday, November 4th. Thank you.”

Watch the Third Party Presidential Debate with Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nader, which took place at the City Club of Cleveland on October 30th, 2008.

On Tuesday, October 21st, 2008, Bob Barr granted an interview to Eric Jackman and Justin Martell at Franklin Pierce University.

Now that it’s guaranteed that John McCain can’t win the elections, Libertarian candidate Bob Barr has emerged as America’s last hope to prevent Barack Obama from becoming the next President of the United States of America.

If you love freedom and care about the future of our great nation, don’t waste your vote on a lost cause like John McCain! Help Bob Barr defeat Barack Obama and send a powerful message to the establishment that socialism stops here.

Bob Barr’s momentum is growing faster than ever before and he has positioned himself as a powerful voice of reason that will keep Obama in check. Once Americans realize that John McCain has already lost, millions will switch their support to Bob Barr.

Unfortunately, fighting socialism doesn’t come cheap. Which is why Bob Barr needs our help. These days even $5 makes a difference… the race is that close and Obama is flush with cash from his Wall Street banker buddies and welfare check groupies.

If you prefer free markets over socialism, small government over one-party corruption, and personal freedom over radical oppression, donate your money to Bob Barr right now instead of paying it in taxes to Obama in the future.

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Bob Barr was interviewed today by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.

Rachel Maddow: Here to try to talk me down is former Congressman Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president this year. Hi Congressman Barr, thanks for joining us.

Bob Barr: Rachel, it’s great to be with you and an honor to be among the first guests on your new show. Thanks for having me.

Rachel Maddow: Very kind of you to say. What do you think when you hear McCain telling voters that he is the real agent of change, he is the real maverick to shake up Washington.

Bob Barr: It’s absolutely hilarious. As you indicated, there might be some reasons to elect this guy as president, but being a maverick is not one of them. This guy has “status quo Washington insider” written all over him, and this latest example of saying, “well gee we don’t really want to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but we’ve got to”, golly gee, and “where was Washington, it’s Congress’s fault”, this guy was in Congress, he’s been there almost 30 years!

Rachel Maddow: Well, the McCain campaign is banking to a certain extent on the idea that “lobbyist” is not a boring political word. They are campaigning as mavericks, they’re saying, “we’re gonna stand up to the lobbyist”. If the idea of a lobbyist is a potent negative image in politics, then what about the fact that the McCain campaign manager was a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac lobbyist? At that point doesn’t it come around to sort of bite them politically that the campaign is really being run by a lot of former lobbyists?

Bob Barr: Well, a little come around to bite them, if the people realize what’s going on. It’s important that you’re talking about it, that I’m talking about it, the others are talking about it, and it’s not just one or two lobbyists, I mean it’s dozens. I think at one point he had like five dozen lobbyists working for him. You know, this is one thing, you know, there are good lobbyists and there are bad lobbyists, but if you’re going to put yourself forward as somebody that is purer than the driven snow and never would have anything to do with a lobbyist, then you have to stand up to the scrutiny that you have lobbyists on your own payroll, and I don’t think he should be able to get away with that.

Rachel Maddow: We saw before John McCain picked Sarah Palin that they were really going with this “inexperienced” attack against Barack Obama. They were hitting that over and over and over again. After choosing Sarah Palin they’ve now shifted to this “running against lobbyists” idea. Do you think they should have stuck with the “inexperience” attack? How are you running against Barack Obaba?

Bob Barr: Well, that certainly is a legitimate complaint I beleive against Barack Obama, but it’s just as legitimate against Miss Palin. I mean, for heaven’s sake, the only foreign experience that has been put forward is, I think by Senator McCain’s wife who said, “well gee since Alaska’s on the same latitude as Russia and it’s really near” – I don’t think she noted that they used to be attached by a small land bridge – this means that she really understands Russia. No, the fact of the matter is that’s what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and it’s a legitimate complaint against both campaigns, particularly since Senator McCain of course as the oldest person ever to seek, or if he were sworn in, to be sworn in as president. These are legitimate concerns. Would his his running mate who would then would become vice president and a heartbeat away from the presidency, does that person really have the experience, and certainly in the foreign affairs arena the answer is a resounding “no”.

Rachel Maddow: Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate for president, I have to say I was not especially “talked down” about John McCain’s successful pitch as the “change” candidate, but thank you very much for chiming in and for joining us.

Bob Barr: My pleasure, Rachel.

While Senators Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged stump speeches in New York, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr added his take to the issues that impact all American citizens.

“Pretending there is only a Republican or Democratic proposal to solve the challenges our nation faces ignores the voices of millions upon millions of Americans who are sick and tired of partisan posturing,” says Bob Barr.

Bob Barr answered the questions Democrats and Republicans choose to avoid, live from Christopher Newport University.

A recording will be available soon.

On October 13, 2008, Bob Barr held an amazing lecture at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Below is a video recording and transcript of his speech, which gives great insight into Bob Barr’s philosophy and position on many different issues facing our country today.

Bob Barr Welcomes The Audience

I appreciate very much the opportunity to be with you all here today.

Andy McPherson, Andy is in back in the room there. Andy is with our campaign and if there is anything that we can do, either after the program today or at any point between now and the election or after, because I don’t intend to stop fighting for liberty and freedom after November 4th. Please don’t hesitate to call him or call on our campaign. The campaign website is BobBarr2008.com. Some of you all may have already gone there; we have an awful lot of information on there and you can find out a little more about yours truly.

You will note that standing here before you today I’ll probably, according to the conventional wisdom – at least all these things that seemed to be important for candidate for president and the eyes of the media under two major parties – are not the characteristics that I have. I don’t have all the lapel flag on, that seems to be one of the defining characteristics of whether or not somebody is qualified to be president nowadays; one of those issues that the other two parties argue about. “Well, why aren’t you wearing a lapel flag that I am. Why are you wearing one”, and so forth.

I also frankly don’t care how many houses anybody has. That seems to be an important issue for the candidates, you know, whether you have one house or two houses or how many cars you have, or what kind of car you drive. I drive a Dodge Magnum with a HEMI engine, I love HEMI engines.

But that has nothing whatsoever to do with why or not a person is qualified to serve as president. You’ll also note that for those of you who have been following, as I suspect everybody here has knowing Lynchburg’s reputation and concern for the community and our country. I suspect that everybody here has been following the campaign for the presidency quite avidly.

The Presidential Debates and the Vacuum of Leadership

You’ll notice that there have been, thus far, three debates for president, two for president and one for vice president, which essentially is the same thing, or at least should be the same thing.

In other words, if we’re to be voting for somebody to be vice president, that person we obviously demand that person satisfied every criteria, appropriate legitimate criteria, to serve as president. So, it’s really not appropriate to say, “Well it was a debate for vice president, so it doesn’t really matter”, it indeed does matter.

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