Libertarian Candidate: Bob Barr
Mon, 05/26/2008 - 12:00pm
You may remember that former Democratic senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel had decided to seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party. Their national convention just wrapped up yesterday, and former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr was nominated as the Libertarian Party candidate, prompting Gravel to say that his political career is now over.
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By John McClelland
Mon, 05/26/2008 - 5:09pm
And proof once more that Libertarians are Republicans without the social agenda. Wait. Some do have a social agenda too. So...wouldn't that just make them all Republicans?
I've heard them described as "Republicans with a sex life",
By Lorenzo Sadun
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 2:03pm
but that's not really fair. The Libertarian Party seems to have two distinct wings. There are the social Libertarians who care most about individual freedoms and constitutional government, and the economic Libertarians who care most about cutting taxes and cutting taxes. The economic Libertarians dominate the national party, are most of the candidates for office, and (thankfully!) draw votes away from Republicans. But there are a lot of social Libertarians at the grass-roots level.
When I ran for Congress in 2004, the Libertarian candidate was Robert Fritsche, who agreed with me on about half the issues, who staked out unusual positions on the other half, and who agreed with Republican Mike McCaul on almost nothing.