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Two more days until the Barr Money Bomb.
I think I can come up with $100.
Send what you can!
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In that past, Libertarian Presidential campaigns have largely been ignored by the media.  What is most exciting about the Barr campaign is the amount of media he has won.   Go to Google.   Search “Bob Barr”.  Select news.   And then choose sort by date with with duplicates included.   The result is 1700 hits since May 31.   Major newspapers.  [...]

Bob Barr recently answered some tough questions from GQ. He was asked about his change of heart on a few different issues such as Iraq, the PATRIOT Act and about what role government should play in our lives. Below are some excerpts.
On Iraq:
You have opposed the Bush administration on a number of issues, including the [...]

Bob Barr sat down for a rather lengthy grilling from GQ magazine’s Wil S. Hilton. Hilton approached the interview with an obvious sarcastic bias and attacked Barr with some of his questions. They even argued a bit, but Barr held his own, as usual. Here is a particularly argumentative excerpt:
Why shouldn’t the government interfere in [...]

Bob Barr hits the Sunday morning news show with Chris Wallace on Fox News.
And then, CNN feels the need to compete!    CNN broadcasts an interview with Mark Preston.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/29/preston.barr/index.html
The press often appears to have a herd mentality.   It is such a pleasure to see the Libertarian candidate for President benefit from a press stampede.
Spread the word [...]

Bob Barr was on CNN today with Mark Preston to discuss some of the issues that have presented themselves over the last few years as well as this election, such as privacy and spending:
So why did Barr abandon the Republican Party in 2006?
“It probably wasn’t any one thing,” he said during our conversation [...]

The Hill caught this morning’s interview and has published some of the highlights:
“What’s wrong with John McCain is symptomatic of what’s wrong with the Republican Party in these first years of the 21st century,” said Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia. “They talk one thing but do something different, and that’s become very obvious [...]

Dear friend,
I wrote to you last week, asking for your help in propelling the message of Liberty and Smaller Government to the good people of YouTube and your response was amazing! We now are approaching 2,000 subscribers!
As most of you know, ‘new media’ is a vital battleground for a budding campaign. With Liberty largely ignored [...]

Bob Barr takes on Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday in a series of direct and professional questions. After watching the video Digg it HERE

Here is the video of Bob’s appearance on Fox News Sunday. Many thanks to Liberty Maven for sending it along: