Saturday, May 17, 2008
Bob Barr: "Republicans ought to embrace my effort because ... we're going to be pulling people out to ... vote for Republican candidates"
Posted at colliething
This 30-second audio clip is from an interview Bob Barr gave to Keith Larson on WBT in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday the 13th, the day after he announced he was running for the LP presidential nomination. Here's the full link for those reading text-only mode:
http://colliething.com/barr/barr_larson_wbt_13may08_clip.mp3
The relevant part of the 30-second clip is the following quote:
"... so in a sense, the Republicans ought to embrace my effort, because we're going to be pulling people out to vote who otherwise wouldn't be voting and some of them might vote for Republican candidates on the down-ballot."
The entire interview can be found on iTunes in Keith Larson's collection - it's the Tuesday 10AM segment, and the interview (which lasts about ten minutes) is right after the 10AM news break. Nowhere in the interview does Barr mention supporting downticket Libertarian candidates. This is an embarrassing gaffe on his part, but not surprising in light of his continuing support for Republican candidates (through his leadership PAC) while serving as a regional representative on the Libertarian National Committee. Apparently Mr. Barr sees his candidacy more about 'conservative values' and bringing Republicans out to vote Republican than he does about seeing it as a building mechanism for the Libertarian Party.
¶ 7:59 AM
This 30-second audio clip is from an interview Bob Barr gave to Keith Larson on WBT in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday the 13th, the day after he announced he was running for the LP presidential nomination. Here's the full link for those reading text-only mode:
http://colliething.com/barr/barr_larson_wbt_13may08_clip.mp3
The relevant part of the 30-second clip is the following quote:
"... so in a sense, the Republicans ought to embrace my effort, because we're going to be pulling people out to vote who otherwise wouldn't be voting and some of them might vote for Republican candidates on the down-ballot."
The entire interview can be found on iTunes in Keith Larson's collection - it's the Tuesday 10AM segment, and the interview (which lasts about ten minutes) is right after the 10AM news break. Nowhere in the interview does Barr mention supporting downticket Libertarian candidates. This is an embarrassing gaffe on his part, but not surprising in light of his continuing support for Republican candidates (through his leadership PAC) while serving as a regional representative on the Libertarian National Committee. Apparently Mr. Barr sees his candidacy more about 'conservative values' and bringing Republicans out to vote Republican than he does about seeing it as a building mechanism for the Libertarian Party.
¶ 7:59 AM
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In another of his first round of interviews, he used the airtime to decry being a "debating society". Since people not engaged in the LP have no idea what that means, it's fairly a bizarre use of the public stage. He doesn't seem to understand that internal criticisms should be directed, well, internally.
The Barr team is off to a bad start.
The Barr team is off to a bad start.
Yes, I caught the 'debate society' remark as well (or one instance of it at least). I had the same thought.
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