Bob Barr: McCain Is A "Hypocrite," Obama Isn't

The Hill:

John McCain isn't the opponent of big government that he claims he is, according to Bob Barr, the former GOP congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate.

"I think McCain is a hypocrite," Barr said of the Arizona senator. "He claims he is for smaller government and that's not the case."

Barr doesn't think Democratic candidate Barack Obama is a hypocrite. He's just a "classic liberal," according to Barr.

Read the whole story: The Hill

Comments

[WorkingClass]

Hey Bob: You led the charge to impeach a president ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE because he had consensual sex with an adult woman. This demonstrates your contempt for democracy. You should not hold ANY elected office.

[Tommygun264]

By all means, all real pubs should vote for Bob Barr.

[GrainOSand]

It should be a bumper sticker.

The hypocrisy is killing the democracy.

[darker]

ditto!

McCain-Palin are LIARS, HYPOCRITES and FRAUDS.

McCain-Palin are LIARS, HYPOCRITES and FRAUDS.

McCain-Palin are LIARS, HYPOCRITES and FRAUDS.

McCain-Palin are LIARS, HYPOCRITES and FRAUDS.

McCain-Palin are LIARS, HYPOCRITES and FRAUDS.

[ensure]

"I think McCain is a hypocrite," Barr said of the Arizona senator. "He claims he is for smaller government and that's not the case."

Barr doesn't think Democratic candidate Barack Obama is a hypocrite," according to Barr.

http://www.sefermpost.com/sefermpost/2008/10/bob-barr-i-thin.html

[Liberal2]

Well, going by Obama's voting record, Barr is a liar, Obama's a democrat but no liberal.

[2351]

I lost respect for this joker during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He was one of the pious few. He makes me sick. The nerve of him to run for president. He makes me want to puke.

[Voting Must Happen]

The Red November: An analysis on campaign marketing
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=50&ArticleName=The+Red+November

Cindy McCain's Fallacious Rebuttal
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=54&ArticleName=Cindy+McCain%27s+Fallacious+Rebuttal

Their Possible Pasts
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=60&ArticleName=Their+Possible+Pasts

[JiminNC]

That's right - repubs unite and vote for Bar!!!! Yea!!!

[wazzucoug]

McCain and Barr are two birds of a feather!

[richdoll]

ron paul refused to endorse mccain and bar will take the rest of the votes from mccain. that's why the polls are down for mccain. no one can trust a liar.

[SickStan]

Cheese, Mr. Barr?

[JiminNC]

Whine Mr. Stan?

[DeeBee2]

Exerpt from:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain/page/9


A month after 9/11, with the U.S. bombing Kabul and reeling from the anthrax scare, McCain assured David Letterman that "we'll do fine" in Afghanistan. He then added, unbidden, "The second phase is Iraq. Some of this anthrax may — and I emphasize may — have come from Iraq."

Later that month on Larry King, McCain raised the specter of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction before he peddled what became Dick Cheney's favorite lie: "The Czech government has revealed meetings, contacts between Iraqi intelligence and Mohamed Atta. The evidence is very clear. . . . So we will have to act." On Nightline, he again flogged the Czech story and cited Iraqi defectors to claim that "there is no doubt as to [Saddam's] avid pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. That, coupled with his relations with terrorist organizations, I think, is a case that the administration will be making as we move step by step down this road."

That December, ... McCain joined with five senators in an open letter to the White House. "In the interest of our own national security, Saddam Hussein must be removed from power," they insisted, claiming that there was "no doubt" that Hussein intended to use weapons of mass destruction "against the United States and its allies."

Check out the rest at the above link...

[teacheng]

Let's hope the current Republican party is destroyed, and Barr and his ilk rise up to take their place. At least then we will have a genuine difference of opinion on how to govern dividing the parties, rather than liberals versus liars/cheats/warmongers.

[evgolightly]

Who cares what Barr has to say? Obama doesn't need his endorsement or his left handed compliment.

[alieninvader]

Actually, we could use him. There's a good chance that he could do for Obama what Nader did for Bush in 2000.

[Danvanh]

Obama does need him... don't be over confident to a point of arrogance. Every point count and if Barr and Paul can take a few points from McCain, that may be exactly what we need.

[LeawoodKansas]

Go Bob Go