Brushfires of Freedom

To close out the day, Bob visited the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, though Mr. Lehrer was absent this evening, to discuss the bailout and actions that would have been taken in a Barr Administration to avoid a massive burden on the taxpayers like what was supported by Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
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Here is video of Bob’s appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.
Bob talked at length about the economy and took some phone calls from viewers about a wide range of subjects such as the PATRIOT Act, the Iraq War and ballot access.

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Here are a couple of pictures of five enthusiastic Barr supporters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who made about 100 signs to promote their candidate in their community.
Thanks guys!

You can click on the picture to see a larger version.
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“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.” - Thomas Jefferson
Bob was on the air with Thom Hartmann on Air America earlier today.
Hartmann came after Bob on economic policies almost immediately. Hartmann also brought up single-payer healthcare, which Bob obviously doesn’t support. Bob said that, among […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Audio: Bob on radio with Thom Hartmann”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/20/audio-bob-on-radio-with-thom-hartmann/” });

Here is video of Bob’s appearance on the Fox Business Channel. The topic of discussion was the bailout. Bob said that the bailout created distortions in the market and it complicates decisions that banks would make now that the government has forcefully bought shares from them. Bob also criticized the easy money policy of the […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Video: Barr on Fox Business Channel”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/20/video-barr-on-fox-business-channel/” });

Raffi Khatchadourian from the The New Yorker has a piece about the Third Man, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr.
The article chronicles some of Bob’s past, his decision to run for the Libertarian Party nomination for president, and the campaign. It’s much too long and detailed to post excerpts here, but you can read […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Barr in The New Yorker”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/20/barr-in-the-new-yorker/” });

Barr HQ has gotten word from supporters in Ohio about coincidences surrounding campaign stops for Bob Barr. It almost gives the impression that the GOP is attempting to upstage campaign stops by Bob Barr. It certainly come as no surprise given the work of the McCain campaign in Pennsylvania and two GOP appointed judges throwing […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Odd happenings in Ohio”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/20/odd-happenings-in-ohio/” });

Head over to the AOL Straw Poll and cast your vote for Bob Barr.
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Over at Below the Beltway (one of the best in the blogosphere), Doug Mataconis explains why he is voting for Bob Barr and why you should to the same:
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