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A new Zogby poll shows Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr at 5% nationally, with 11% support among independent voters. The poll isn’t a comprehensive has the previous poll that showed Bob at 6%.

Candidate
% of vote  
indie voters  

Barack Obama  
44%
39%

John McCain
43%
33%

Bob Barr
5%
11%

Other/Und.
9%
16%

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In the previous post I suggested possible ways to promote the campaign. I wrote that if you have the means to donate, please do so and urge your friends to get involved in the campaign and if they can donate, that’s great. If not, then there are other ways for them to contribute, like getting [...]

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What a week? Bob stayed busy all week between doing interviews, campaigning, raise funds and flying between stops. It hasn’t slowed down and the message of Liberty is being spread which is great news for the campaign, the Libertarian Party and voters who are hearing something new and refreshing, rather then the stale rhetoric of [...]

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Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News reports that Democrats and Republicans have missed the August 26th deadline to place a presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas. According to the Texas Secretary of State website, Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root are the only candidates for president and vice-president that will appear on the ballot in the Lone Star State… Continue reading

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The frontpage of Yahoo! earlier this afternoon had this headline, Why have the candidates made no mention of the financial crisis?, which lead to this article. Huh? Did I read that right? It should read, Why have McCain and Obama made no mention of the financial crisis?, because Bob Barr is certainly addressing the issues [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Who isn’t addressing the issues?”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/08/27/who-isnt-addressing-the-issues/” }); Continue reading

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I’ve seen many comments over the last couple months complaining about the lack of contact information for the Commission on Presidential Debates. A colleague forwarded along the information to me this morning.
Please call the Commission on Presidential Debates at (202) 872-1020 and politely request that they include Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party nominee for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Do you want Bob in the debates?”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/08/27/do-you-want-bob-in-the-debates/” }); Continue reading

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Grit & Grace 

9/4/2008 - 10/12/2008 

Saturday, October 4 7 p.m. Sunday October 5 2 p.m. Saturday, October 11 7 p.m. Sunday October 12 2 p.m. Freeport High School Auditorium Grit & Grace is a community performance of the stories of Walton County pioneers. Performed with music, drama and storytelling, it is the official folk life production of Walton County. 850-835-2032 or http://www.gritandgrace.org 

Event Location:  Freeport 

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Here is video of Bob on CNN’s American Morning this morning. It starts as a discussion about Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Convention. Bob highlights how his campaign is addressing issues, like Social Security and cutting spending, that are being ignored or put on the back-burner by Obama and McCain.
Here is the video:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/0WK3GQjLqlY" [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Video: Bob on CNN’s American Morning”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/08/27/video-bob-on-cnns-american-morning/” }); Continue reading

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Over at CounterPunch, Alexander Cockburn praises Bob Barr while knocking around Sen. Joe Biden as Obama’s choice for a running mate:
Face it, if you want to stay true to reason and conscience, the man to vote for is Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate. Check out from Friday’s CounterPunch site his stance on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “CounterPunch editor praises Barr”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/08/26/counterpunch-editor-praises-barr/” }); Continue reading

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Here is an excellent piece in the Las Vegas Review-Journal about how the two major parties monopolize on the electoral process in collusion with the fraudulent Commission on Presidential Debates:
Like those of 1996, 2000 and 2004, this year’s debates will be two-man shows: Republican vs. Democrat. None of the independent and minor-party candidates for president [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “CPD monopolizes election for McBama”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/08/24/cpd-monopolizes-election-for-mcbama/” }); Continue reading

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