Taking care of business
Written by Dixie Flatline
Today was exciting, because it was the day that former (some say current) neocon neolibertarian Bob Barr decided to melt his campaign down. Not that it was much of a campaign, he struggled to get on ballots, he struggled to differentiate himself from the other candidates (informing people you are different, “Bob Barr is different from the Bob Barr you know, and Bob Barr is also not John McCain”) and he has struggled to create any energy or excitement about his campaign.
So today, I tried to post on the Bob Barr 2008 blog in the comments, and the site went down for what seemed to be a long time, then it came back, but comments were turned off.
So I posted a comment to another post from today, and it was moderated, and has been censored, with later comments showing up on the site, but not mine.
Now my comment wasn’t rude, mean etc. but it was critical. I believe I posted, “Is today the day the Barr campaign implodes?”
Regardless, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to spin control for the shenanigans perpetrated by the Barr campaign today. I mean, big deal if Shane Cory has a tiny ego and the Barr staff have to sock puppet post to their own campaign blog to defend Bob’s lousy actions. Even censorship is not surprising, as Bob was the least libertarian of all of the potential LP candidates at the convention! Statism for the win Bob and Shane!
So I also want to point out what mental midgets the LP are. Read this,
I have been hearing a lot from many LP Members about concerns over Bob Barr not attending Ron Paul’s press conference.
However, before you form an opinion, perhaps you may want to consider the facts and not rely on blogs for your news.
Guess where that was posted? Yep, on an LP blog.
The LP is a joke. They select a former CIA agent, and neocon mega-statist to be their leader, and he can only pull that selection off, by making a deal with his VP Wayne Allyn Root, whom Barr threw under the bus today.
So the LP compromises on quality, integrity and ability (blog posting an advisory not to read blogs for news), and now is performing what FSK might term, “the Death March“, pathetic antics meant to distract from and apologize for the shortcomings of Bob Barr and his stillborn campaign, by blaming it on someone else they seek to eject from the liberty message political sphere.
Next year, Ron Paul will be in Congress. Bob Barr will be a memory of when the LP sold it’s soul for electoral success, instead of principled gains towards a libertarian future.
Almost 12 hours after Barr stood up the Campaign for Liberty, the future still belongs to Ron Paul.
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Mike
Dunno if you followed it, but even goofier than the Barr shenanigans is the LNC’s treatment of dissent within the ranks. Look for the “Angela Keaton” posts from the past weekend here: http://lastfreevoice.wordpress.com/
Comment — September 11, 2008 @ 6:06 am
Dixie Flatline
Thanks Mike, I’ll check that out for sure.
Comment — September 11, 2008 @ 6:12 am