[Mb-civic] ACROSS THE DIVIDE: Bob Barr supports Badnarik for President

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Fri Oct 22 16:15:09 PDT 2004


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ACROSS THE DIVIDE
Bob Barr supports Badnarik for President

Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr is a conservative's conservative -- a former
Republican congressman, a leader in the fight to impeach Bill Clinton
and an entrenched traditionalist on issues like medical marijuana and
gay marriage.

But Bob Barr is not voting for George W. Bush on November 2.

In a debate on Georgia's proposed same-sex marriage ban last night,
Barr asserted that he'd be voting for neither Bush nor Democratic
challenger John Kerry, saying he has "serious questions about both
presidential candidates."

He's voting Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik.

Over the years, the Libertarian Party and Barr have had an on-again,
off-again relationship: allies on issues of privacy rights and fiscal
responsibility, opponents on drug war and other cultural issues.

Since his exit from Congress after redistricting put him up against
another popular representative (Libertarians ran ads in that campaign
taking him to task for his opposition to medical marijuana), Barr's
career trajectory tilted toward the issues on which he and
Libertarians agree. He's spoken at party events and complimented
Libertarians on their approach more often in recent times.

Then, last week, Barr publicly voiced his doubts about Bush in a
column for Creative Loafing, an 

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