Is Bob Barr the funniest celebrity?
September 9th, 2008 by Jason PyeWe were recently treated to video of Bob’s stand up routine from the Stu Bykofsky Candidates Comedy Night.
You can see somewhat of a repeat performance tomorrow night (Wednesday, September 10th) if you live in the DC area as Bob takes the stage for Funniest Celebrity. Among the other participants will be Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, US Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR).
This will also be broadcast on C-SPAN, I believe the same night. I am still trying to make sure. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Paul: Reject the major parties, go for a third
By SUZANNE GAMBOA and SAM HANANEL – 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul is urging voters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and support one of the third-party candidates for president.
Paul, a Republican who abandoned his White House bid earlier this year, is gathering some of the candidates, independent Ralph Nader among them, on Wednesday to make his plea.
“The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two party system,” Paul said in prepared remarks obtained by AP. “This can be accomplished by voting for one of the non-establishment, principled candidates.”
He recommended Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party, former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr of the Libertarian Party and former Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party. He invited them to his news conference Wednesday.
Paul won no primaries in the Republican nomination contest but developed a strong following on the Internet and set a single-day record for raising money online. Thousands attended his protest last week near the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Some Republicans have been concerned Paul could siphon votes from the party in the same way Democrats accused Nader of doing in 2000 when he ran under the Green Party banner.
But when Nader ran in 2004 as an independent, he garnered just 0.3 percent of the vote from 34 states. The Constitution, Green and Libertarian candidates received even fewer votes. Nader claims he has enough signatures to get on the ballot in 45 states this year.
Nader predicted the gathering of third-party candidates would “raise the eyebrows” of political pundits who skeptical of the viability of independent presidential campaigns. The candidates will agree on several common issues they believe are being ignored by the major parties.
“This is the beginning of the realignment of American politics,” Nader said.
Paul espouses limited government and individual responsibility. He is a critic of election laws that he says are designed to prevent third-party candidates from getting on ballots and participating in debates. .
September 10th, 2008 at 7:00 am
This may not be the best place to ask this question, but what is going on with the press conference today? The events page yesterday showed Bob scheduled with Ron Paul at 10:30, now he’s pushed back to 12.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:17 am
I had a suspicion that this was going to happen. Ron Paul simultaneously endorsing every candidate other than McCain and Obama. It’s brilliant. If every Ron Paul fan refuses to vote for the big two, no matter what candidate they do vote for, it’ll put a huge dent in this election. The New York Times website is tracking several major polls, I seen that one of them conducted by Fox News was showing the “undecided/other” at 19%! Just imagine if on election day 20% or more of the vote goes to candidates other than the big two? That will be historic, and truly a sign that indeed the politics of America are beginning to realign. I hope that this press conference gets TV coverage.
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