{"id":1113,"date":"2008-05-14T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2008-05-14T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:54:00","slug":"bob-barr-possiblelibertarian-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/05\/14\/bob-barr-possiblelibertarian-presidential-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Barr – Possible Libertarian Presidential Candidate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been a reader of my blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed I lean rather heavily towards the libertarian end of the political spectrum (not really a spectrum, per se<\/em>, more of a 2-D grid, but I digress…). So it should come as no surprise to you that I was quite happy this morning when I stumbled upon the blog (yes, blog<\/strong>) of recent presidential hopeful Bob Bar<\/a>, who is trying out for the Libertarian party. (As an aside, his blog runs WordPress<\/a> and<\/em> has comments enabled – a rare thing for a candidate!)<\/p>\n

I guess I just can’t help myself – I get really happy when I read things like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to end the artificial control of the economy and end burdensome taxation; take a hard look at cutting cabinet positions; reduce the cost of the occupation of Iraq by beginning the process of removing the security blanket from the Iraqi regime . . . return respect for habeas corpus; reinstate the rule of law; stop the warrantless surveillance of American citizens; and remedy the abuses of the Patriot Act. . . .\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’ve felt at all disillusioned with the existing two parties recently, try spreading the word about the Libertarian party. Encourage people to stop “voting for the lesser of two evils” and actually cast a vote that means something and that might actually change things, instead of just keeping the status quo around here. And even if (like me) you vote Libertarian just on principle, remember – a principled vote is never a wasted vote.<\/p>\n

Political candidates from the two main parties often go on about how “it’s time for a change” and then they like to tell you how they’re going to do it – but really, the candidates don’t have the power to change anything. We the people<\/strong> are the ones with the power to change things. We the people<\/strong> are the ones who can take a stand against corruption and abuse and all the things that are wrong with our government today. So c’mon people – let’s make a change<\/strong>. Vote Libertarian!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been a reader of my blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed I lean rather heavily towards the libertarian end of the political spectrum (not really a spectrum, per se, more of a 2-D grid, but I digress…). So it should come as no surprise to you that I was quite… Continue reading Bob Barr – Possible Libertarian Presidential Candidate?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[144,100],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-election","tag-opinion","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-hX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1454,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/10\/31\/get-ready-to-vote\/","url_meta":{"origin":1113,"position":0},"title":"Get Ready to Vote","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 31, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure I'm not the only one you'll hear saying this, but in a few days when the election comes: GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. 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All the links sprinkled throughout the argument support the individual claims (which is good, something most people who argue don't do - and often don't have any evidence to begin with).","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":269,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/10\/08\/blogcriticsorg-election-debate-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1113,"position":3},"title":"Blogcritics.org: Election Debate 2","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 8, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Read through all of this, and I think you'll agree - the libertarian ideas are the best for this country. 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