Dr. Mary Ruwart has issued a statement concerning the government’s proposed bailout of ailing NYSE-traded firms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Libertarian Party, Bob Barr, and the Boston Tea Party’s Charles Jay have previously released statements on the matter.…
Posts published in July 2008
Barnett seeks re-election as BTP vice-chair
Todd Andrew Barnett, the current vice-chairman of the Boston Tea Party, will seek re-election in October.
Earlier we reported that Jason Gatties — who, like Barnett is from Michigan — would be seeking the post.…
House GOP leader: A vote for Barr is a vote for Obama
“A vote for Bob Barr — you might as well vote for Barack Obama,” says House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio. “If you want to throw your vote away, that’s fine.…
Lew Rockwell: Ron Paul, Cynthia McKinney ‘friends’
In a recent third-party update, Lew Rockwell noted that Libertarian Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader are at just 2% each in July 22 Harris poll.…
Barr campaign’s fundraising tops $500,000
The Barr campaign is turning up the heat on campaign donations, hitting the $500,000 mark today and aiming for $750,000 by August 1st. To compare, the Badnarik campaign just barely raised $1 million during the entire 2004 campaign.…
Alan Keyes on California ballot, for now anyway
The always-excellent Ballot Access News reports that the California Secretary of State’s office has certified Alan Keyes as the Presidential nominee of the American Independent Party.…
Rush Limbaugh: More libertarian than Bob Barr?
L.A. Times: ‘Bob Barr is no Ron Paul’
In echoing Lloyd Bentsen’s famous rebuke of Dan Quayle, the Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Malcolm says, “We know Ron Paul, and Bob Barr is no Ron Paul.”…
Barr at Freedom Fest: Another perspective
Earlier, IPR reported on a pair of incidents between Bob Barr and rank-and-file libertarians at Freedom Fest, in which Barr allegedly refused to give them the time of day.…
