Brushfires of Freedom

The NBC Night News interview will not air tonight. As of today, the show was still asking for materials. They told us that it will air sometime this week. An exact date was not given.
We’ll keep you posted.
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Bob’s interview with Dave Weigel of Reason is now available online. The interview was part of the magazine’s election issue released in stores earlier this month.
On deciding to run for the Libertarian Party’s nomination:
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Over at Townhall.com, Bob takes issue with Sen. John McCain using the word socialist to label his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. Bob doesn’t disagree with the label, but he points out that McCain has backed the policies of the Bush Administration which have effectively socialized our economy.
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David Knowles over at AOL’s Political Machine blog ponders Bob’s recent prediction that Obama will carry Georgia and notices that there may be something there:
Former Georgia Congressman, and Libertarian candidate for president, Bob Barr made a stunning prediction this week: Barack Obama will beat John McCain in the deep red state that Barr once represented.
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