Clinton Impeacher Quits Republicans (disillusioned) - AP

[applegrove]

Clinton Impeacher Quits Republicans
By BEN EVANS
AP
WASHINGTON (Dec. 17) - A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton's impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with the GOP on issues such as spending and privacy.
Bob Barr plans to work for the Libertarian Party in the South.

Bob Barr, who served eight years as a Republican congressman before losing his seat in 2002, announced Friday that he is now a "proud, card-carrying Libertarian." And he encouraged others to join him.

"It's something that's been bothering me for quite some time, the direction in which the party has been going more and more toward big government and disregard toward privacy and civil liberties," said Barr, 58, a lawyer and consultant living in Atlanta. "In terms of where the country needs to be going to get back to our constitutional roots ... I've come to the conclusion that the only way to do that is to work with a party that practices what it preaches, and that is the Libertarian Party."

Barr said he has no plans to run for office. In his new role as the Libertarian Party's regional representative for the South, he will help promote the party's message and recruit candidates, he said.

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[babylonsister]

1. I'd love to ask him what he thinks of Clinton now compared to the

idiot-i-C.

[applegrove]

2. Good question. I wonder if he will get asked that?

[cspanlovr]

3. Why didn't he care about the privacy of the First Family when he

intruded into their bedroom?

[musette_sf]

4. libertarian: code speak for

"i can't call myself a Republican till they clean house"

also code speak for

"i got mine and i don't really care how you get yours as long as you don't touch mine"

[Donnachaidh]

5. Bob Barr is a pig

period.

[hyphenate]

6. Translation:

Since he is now a libertarian, no one, especially the main two political parties in the country, will touch him with a 1000 foot pole for an election.

[napi21]

7. Folks, this is a big deal for a Georgian to do!

I honestly can't say that I've ever met a single Pub here that changed their mind! I know I've heard him critcizing Shrub lately but I didn't expect him to quite the Party. I love it, and I hope he influences lots of others!

[ReadTomPaine]

8. Truly a "jump the shark" moment for both the GOP and Barr himself. n/t

[ellenfl]

9. ya gotta give him credit for seeing the naked chimp. eom

[jwirr]

10. Beware the Libertarian Party. They are jumping ship but still

trying to take over another party.

[Judi Lynn]

11. Bob Barr helped the Republican Party on its way to mob mentality.

He most surely contributed to the pack of wild dogs (or wild dongs) effect they enjoy to this day.

They are a bunch of shallow, rigid, ugly war-mongering, greedy bastards, and he helped them get that way during the Clinton years by refusing to act like a human being.



You can refresh your memory of Bob Barr looking at this gallery of House Impeachment Managers:

http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/resources/1998/lewinsky/trial.managers/

[Tellurian]

12. Bob Barr is a snake in the grass..

More like, he is "infiltrating" the Libertarian Party in an effort to hold sway,
eventually gaining control, directing Libertarian votes in support of Republican initiatives.

Barr authored (and got it passed), the first piece of legislation when Bush came into office.

That Legislation gave ANY Federal Employee (think Postal Worker) immunity
from prosecution and the automatic authority to be delegated an ASSASSIN
for the Federal Government.