Barr chats with WashTimes readers
July 17th, 2008 by Jason PyeBob participated in a chat over at the Washington Times this afternoon. He was asked some tough questions about immigration, his goals for the Libertarian Party and the mortgage crisis.
You can read the transcript here.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Good tone and good answers. I think he handled the questions quite well.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
When I lived in the D.C. area back in the late eighties the Wash Times was my everyday read. Great job Bob, keep up the good work.
July 18th, 2008 at 4:45 am
This was an excellent opportunity for people to experience Bob and Libertarian ideas first-hand. I echo Stephen above when I say I admire your tone, Bob.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I, too, enjoyed this interview. I like that Bob doesn’t beat around the bush. He tells you what he thinks in plain english!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I am looking around the website to see what Mr. Barr says about the War on Drugs. As I recall, he made some promising statements before securing the Libertarian Party nomination, so I was hoping to at least find those here. But so far, nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I don’t want to read what someone says he says. I want to see interviews with him or press releases from him that address the topic. Thanks in advance for any help in navigating this website. (A search function would be nice. I don’t see that, either.)
July 18th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
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Bob Barr 2008
July 19th, 2008 at 12:11 am
On the chat, Barr says he doesn’t support “amnesty”. Yet, in a Boortz interview in April he supported something that amounts to amnesty: illegal aliens who were caught would be allowed to remain provided that they passed a background check. That would have the same impact as what McCain and BHO support. Not only that, but he went on to use the same false choice as McCain and BHO have used.