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KATY BARR THE DOOR!

This is really interesting to me.

Ex-congressman explores presidential bidEx-Congressman Forms Presidential Exploratory Committee, May Seek Libertarian Nomination

Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr said Saturday he has formed a presidential exploratory committee and may seek the Libertarian party nomination.

"America today faces a grave moral and leadership crisis, and those of us who care about our country's future can no longer sit on the sidelines and remain neutral," Barr told an audience at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, Mo.

The former Georgia congressman left the GOP in 2006 over what he called bloated spending and civil liberties intrusions by the Bush administration.

Barr, 59, became a darling of conservatives in the 1990s for his persistent attacks on President Clinton. He was among the first to press for impeaching Clinton and helped manage House Republicans' impeachment case before the Senate.

He currently runs a lobbying and public affairs firm with offices in Atlanta and outside Washington.

His clients have included the American Civil Liberties Union and the Marijuana Policy Project, a group pushing Congress to allow medical marijuana use and to cut spending for what it says are failed anti-drug media campaigns aimed at young people. Barr also holds the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union Foundation and is a board member of the National Rifle Association.

He left the Congress and the GOP over his party's lack of principle.

I would disagree with him on more than half his issues but I would respect him a great deal.

Some days I could easily be a Libertarian.

Look at his clients! What a mix.

He is tough and he is smart. He would really fuck up John McCain's parade.

That is really what I would like about him most.

He could be the GOoPers Nader.

Labels: GOP, McCain, politics