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No Foreign Aid for Georgian War, Says Bob Barr

For Immediate Release Monday, August 18, 2008 American taxpayers should not pay for the mistakes of other nations ‘The Bush administration is talking about pumping aid into the damaged Georgian economy, after that nation’s short war with Russia,” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. “The conflict between Georgia and Russia was tragic, […]

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Voters want Bob!

Are you aware that to get our Presidential Candidate, Bob Barr, into the debates, we need to be polling at 15% or higher? Perhaps you saw our urgent email about this?  According to a new Zogby poll, 55 percent of likely voters want Libertarian candidate Bob Barr included in the presidential debates! 

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MT governor points out the gorilla

There are all sizes of proverbial gorillas in the room that contains the political campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama.  Few on the left point out that the oh-so-eloquent Obama stumbles aimlessly through answers to questions when not in front of a telepromter.  Additionally, we all know that it is only a matter of […]

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Barr Calls for Commission on Wasteful Government

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Recommendations to Serve as Roadmap to Shrink Size, Scope, and Cost of Federal Government In a statement released by the Barr 2008 presidential campaign, Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr called for a new commission to address wasteful government. “Federal finances are in a catastrophic condition and are getting […]

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McCain, Obama Use Millions of Taxpayer Dollars for Self-Promotion

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Barr Proposes to Stop Taxpayer Funds for Parties’ Conventions ‘My party has already held its convention without a single taxpayer dollar in its support,’ notes Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. But the Republican and Democratic conventions live on federal subsidies. Each party is receiving $16 million […]

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Bush: The ambassador that wasn't

For Immediate Release Monday, August 11, 2008 Bush’s deplorable track record with civil liberties and regulatory policies makes him an unfit ambassador of American values If it weren’t for a history of abuses against civil liberties and a penchant for regulatory economic policies, President George Bush could have been an ambassador of freedom and capitalism […]

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Time to Cut Off Iraq

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Iraq should be footing their own bill “It is time for Iraq to take responsibility for the costs and burdens of rebuilding their country,” says Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath, following a new report from the Government Accountability Office stating that Iraq may have a budget surplus […]

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Recruiting volunteers with Craigslist

From our friendly neighborhood volunteer coordinator, Austin Petersen: To supplement traditional recruitment through your local events, and to help with Ballot Access, I have been placing advertisements on the Web site Craigslist.org. Although it may not sound like a good place to look, you would be surprised at the return rate of people who reply […]

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Border fences poor substitutes for immigration reform

For Immediate Release Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Illegal immigration a product of ineffective government policies As the federal government scrambles to put up a costly border fence along the Mexico-US border, Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis is already calling it a “poor substitute for real immigration reform.” “Illegal immigration is a huge problem in the […]

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Where does your candidate stand?

Where does your candidate stand? Do you know where your candidate stands on the important issues in this upcoming election?  Did you know that John McCain stands for an expensive cap and trade program in his war against global warming?  Did you know that Barack Obama wants huge tax increases on oil companies, which will […]

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