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Alternative Voice Needed in Final Debate
For Immediate Release Thursday, October 9, 2008 The presidential and vice-presidential "debates" are awful. The bloviating is excessive; the substance is minimal; and the moderating is bush league. Virtually no one has been satisfied with the debates so far--except...

Bush Administration Hypes Danger to Justify Intervention
For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 7, 2008 "The Bush administration once again misled Americans into believing extreme danger was imminent and extraordinary U.S. government intervention was required to save our country," says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's...

Time to Appoint Judges Dedicated to Constitutional Liberty
For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 7, 2008 'The Supreme Court has begun another term, and it again possesses a full docket of critical cases,' observes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. 'Judicial appointments are one of the most important...

Economic Chaos Increases After Congress Passes Bailout
For Immediate Release Monday, October 6, 2008 Will Sens. Obama and McCain Claim a Piece of this Rotten Fish They Helped Produce? Congress passed the $700 billion Wall Street bailout on Friday, supported by both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. The U.S. stock...

Barr Blasts House for Caving on Bailout Bill
For Immediate Release Friday, October 3, 2008 Senate, White House Pressure Trumped Principle for 58 Members 'It didn't take much to buy a House vote, only about $130 billion in so-called sweeteners,' says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president,...

John McCain’s Actions are not Bipartisan, They are Bipolar
For Immediate Release Thursday, October 2, 2008 "Sen. John McCain claims he can provide leadership, but he panicked in the face of cries that the sky is falling from Wall Street investors who made bad investments, and the taxpayers are going to pay over $700 billion...

BARR: No more government guarantees
For Immediate Release Thursday, October 2, 2008 Just one week ago, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was demanding that Congress grant him unprecedented, unreviewable authority to spend $700 billion or more to bail-out Wall Street. But in a major rebuke to the...

Barr Praises House for Rejecting Wall Street Bailout
For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 1, 2008 'Few people thought it could be done, but members of Congress listened to the people rather than the establishment to vote down the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street," notes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party...

Congress Should Vote ‘No’ on Bailout, Says Bob Barr
For Immediate Release Monday, September 29, 2008 'The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic Parties are rushing ahead with their $700 billion bill,' says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. 'Without a single hearing and without considering...

The 'Bailout From Hell' Must be Rejected
For Immediate Release Friday, September 26, 2008 An OpEd from Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr In the name of restoring economic confidence, the Bush administration is demanding unlimited authority to implement a massive financial bailout. The Secretary of the...