I left the Republican party and became a Libertarian midway thru Reagans 2nd term when I saw then headed away from small govt and towrds a police state under GHW Bush.
I believe very stongly in Freedom and Indiviudal Rights and have seen many abuses of Freedom from both the Demican and the Republicrats. And Bob Barr was frequently there leading the assualt, He was one of the outspoken Drug Warriors and even worked to subvert he Vote of The People ( review th Wikipedia entry for Bob Barr).
Bob Barr is not a libertarian by any stretch of the imagination!
If Bob Barr is a Libertarian then I am not as I believe that Free Peole have the right to do what they want with whomever they want without he govt being involved in anyway - as long as all parties are consenting aduls and they are not depriving another of their rights -including; same sex marriage, prostitution, gambling, drugs and alcohol, rap music, flag burning, gun-ownership, religion, ect. - Bob Barr prefers to pick and chose which civil rights people ought to have and which they shouldn't (if you're a Christian you're right to practice your religion is protected, if you're a Wiccan your rights don't count. If your're a pharmacutical company producing Marinol, Great! If you happen to be the People voting for Medical Marijuana then the vote is supressed.)
I see Bob Barr joing the Libertarian party as an attempt to create a 'bridgehead' for other neo-cons to move to the Libertarian Party and co-opting it - as no one seems very excited about Mccain.
The I see the guy on Glenn Beck and Glenn is acting like he has just discovered the Libertarian Party and how they stand for small govt, individual rights, govt fiscal respondsibility ect and how there is no one left in the GOP that represents the Old School GOP ideas, and then introduces Barr as the Libertarian nominee - ('bout frosted my cookies! the LP hasn't had their convention yet, the LP has been around for kinda awhile now, and Ron Paul is a libertarian and running on the GOP ticket and STILL in the race!) - pretty disingenous of ol' Glenn Beck there..:barf:
...And as for Ron Paul, he is still in the race, and the only one that has intelligently discussed the issues ( rather that He said/She said). If Paul had recieved an equal amount of media attention he would have easily beat McCain.
Ron Paul is a libertarian running on the GOP ticket,
Bob Barr is a Neo-con running on the Libertarin Ticket
-and it sure ain't 6 of one and half a dozen of the other!
Bob Barr is no libertarian, and probably knows very little about the Tenth Amendmnet - Why, I'd even hazard to guess that he favors the Draft! - and if you look closely you can see the little horns on his head. and of course I don't hav' ta warn y'all bought partin' w/ Barr if'n he has firearms to hand.