Comments on: How Can You Claim Moral Superiority Voting For Bob Barr?–UPDATED

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:20:10 +0000

I did happen to vote for Barr in ‘08, and I’ve never even been a Libertarian–in fact, I have some serious disagreements with that party. However, living in New York as I do, it became clear that a vote for McCain would be just as “wasted” as a vote for anyone other than His Holiness (as I like to call him). So I was glad for the chance to cast my vote on principle, indeed, because as time has gone on, though as said I have some considerable disagreements with the Libs, many of their other ideas have become more appealing to me. This is the sort of thing that can happen when one reads the Constitution closely, I guess.

(I almost did vote Rep in the end due to Palin’s presence on the ticket, but she wasn’t quite enough to nudge it over the bar in my view.)

So my view is that for a voter in a Dem-dominated state, a vote for Barr is nothing to feel sorry about.

By: fuster

fuster — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:24:25 +0000

You’re all jerking yourselves if you think that there’s any meaning to Barr with or without Palin’s detracting from a vote total that might have swelled montrously all the way to a full one per cent.

By: largebill

largebill — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:25:31 +0000

While McQ may be right that Bob Barr did not change the landscape that is only because of the addition of Gov. Palin to the McCain ticket. Prior to McCain selecting Palin as his running mate Barr would likely have received many more protest votes and there would have been a lot more folks just staying home.

By: seekeronos

seekeronos — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:49:34 +0000

The GOP on the national level, is a dead man walking at this point.

It will never be able to reclaim power in its current form.

And with the big money donors dictating that milquetoast moderates such as McCain and Mitt Romney (who are only slightly less advocates of Big Government solutions to our problems than Obama)… I see little hope for it.

Vote Constitutionalist!

http://www.constitutionparty.org

By: TFMo

TFMo — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +0000

While the Barr vote had little-to-no effect on Obama’s numbers, add to it the Stay-At-Homers.

I voted McCain (or more accurately Palin) and got lambasted a few times as a RINO, that I should vote for Barr, vote for Obama, or just stay home to “teach the GOP a lesson. My response was 1: Barr was not going to get anywhere. Period. Waste of time, waste of vote. 2: Vote for Obama. To teach the GOP a lesson. Riiiiiight. Punish the GOP for leaning liberal by voting for the most liberal Senator in office, more liberal than the proud SOCIALIST Senator. That’s like a dieter punishing himself for eating a donut by devouring an entire wedding cake, topped off with a 3 pound bag of sugar. 3: Stay at home. Smart. I’m sure that the Dems would follow suit and stay home too. Right. Gotcha. IDIOTS.

John McCain is a five gallon bucket of crap. Obama is ten gallons of crap in a five gallon bucket. Whether or not they are crap is not the question; they obviously are. The question is just how much do you want on your shoes?

By: J David

J David — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:43:24 +0000

Reagan did not compromise, Reagan convinced, he educated, he was a personable, but flat-out enemy of the socialism that once took him in when he was a liberal. He knew what liberalism REALLY is, because he had been one, and realized it represented the ultimate overthrow of the United States of America, literally. He was able to explain it to others, and to explain conservatism, something which the RINO Party collaborators are not even trying to do, because they are soulless/mercenary/amoral/pragmatists who are playing the game for themselves alone, like the Reichstag that compromised with the National Socialist German Worker’s Party of the mid-Thirties.

By: DaveR

DaveR — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:54:14 +0000

We need another Reagan – who right up front said “This is wrong, that is wrong!” He didn’t say, “Well…let’s ‘compromise’ even though I know it’s wrong, so the Libs can’t get 100%, we’ll compromise and give them 30-40% of what they want.”

Government taking what I EARNED and giving to something who DIDN’T earn it = WRONG.

Government intruding on a failing company (who’s ideas clearly couldn’t make it in the FREE market system) = WRONG.

Government DEFENDING our country by going out and KILLING the bad guys = GOOD.

Government spying on terrorist organization, BOTH foreign and domestic (that’s right, I said domestic) = GOOD.

Ideas either FOLLOW The Constitution or they don’t, there is NO gray area. That’s why Reagan won in a landslide. That’s why the Contract with America was so successful. They told (and informed and taught) Americans “This” is what Government is allowed to do and “That” is what Government is not allowed to do, and they WON.

Those Congressman and Senators that ratted us out and voted for this crap should be kicked out of the party. There should have been a news conference 5 minutes after they votes – Rep. so-n-so, Rep idiot, Rep dipwad, you are hearby KICKED out of the Republican Party for violating the ideal that you vowed to uphold when you ran for office as a Republican. (if you really look, the Party platform follows the ideals of the Constitution, but nobody enforces it) If that would happen, you’d see the RINO’s run like rats on a sinking ship, and the true Conservatives bring back their support.

By: J David

J David — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:38:22 +0000

And I am beginning to get VERY weary, and leery, of hearing goddess Palin decry “partisanship”(which reminds me of Juan Amnesty McVain-ese language of collaboration). I want to see an all out, no-holds-barred, war to the bitter end of the communist(so-called “socialist”)revolution overthrowing our Constitution, and that communism is coming from the left with the enabling of RINOs decrying “partisanship”. I want to Liberal socialist Democratic Party ideals[or lack thereof] wiped from this country completely and totally! MORE PARTISANSHIP!

By: J David

J David — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:33:18 +0000

“Bob Barr” votes, specifically, are not the the point. The point is ANYONE BUT THE SCUMBAG TURNCOAT, Benedict Arnold, commie-lib RINO pukes!! Until everyone gets the point, including the esteemed Rush and Ann, that the RINO Party = Whig Party, and puts together a new vehicle for conservatism – shuts down the ptomaine-serving catburger joint they’re force-feeding us from – conservatism in this country is going to be ingrown and painfully festering.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:30:05 +0000

Republican party – (Religion + Racism + Homophobia + The South + Promoting Morality + Meghan McCain + Sarah Palin) + (Conservatism + Free Speech Advocacy) = Success

Until then we’ll always be losers.