Bob Barr
Bob Barr
Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr.is a former federal prosecutor and a former Congressman. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Barr joined the Libertarian Party in 2006 and served on its National Committee. He was the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.
The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.
A critical component of White House Scandal Defense 101 is rallying the partisan base. This keeps approval ratings in territory where the wheels don't start falling off. The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don't let up. If you're always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong. Anyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.
People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
The goal in Afghanistan is to find the terrorists and take them out.
Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.
History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
We've accomplished, as a team, more than many members.
This project was initiated solely by Intuit. We're on the sideline cheering them on.