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Libertarian Candidate: Bob Barr

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.

Republican Lite

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",

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.

Re: Libertarian Candidate: Bob Barr

Barr returned to the United States, attending the University of Southern California and joining the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity in 1967 (where as of 2009[update] he holds the position of Grand Crysophylos on the fraternity's Board of Directors). Meanwhile, the trend in the post industrial age is for people to work more than the norm, which heretofore was about a 40 hour work week, which means that many of us lack much of a social life. A healthy social life is good, as it turns out. It's important for a person to get out there and do a little credit repair with the human race. Freelance workers who work at home should take notice. It's also great for networking. Go out and do something – go out for coffee, have lunch in the park, go bowling. A payday loan towards having a better social life is debt relief for your own mental health.

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