Archive | Features

For Immediate Release Saturday, September 6, 2008 Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac Bailout Could Cost Taxpayers $100 Billion or More ‘The federal government is preparing to take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae,’ says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. ‘Congress set up the taxpayers for big losses when it established these quasi-government agencies to subsidize […]

For Immediate Release Friday, September 5, 2008 Barr Met Deadline, Demands Law Be Enforced The Bob Barr presidential campaign has stated “serious legal consequences” will occur should Senators Barack Obama and John McCain be allowed on the Texas general election ballot after they knowingly missed the state’s deadline to file. According to documents obtained by […]

For Immediate Release Thursday, September 4, 2008 ‘Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave a rousing speech yesterday at the Republican National Convention,” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee. “But what would a McCain-Palin administration actually do?’ Barr says Palin defended her record in Alaska, said many nice things about Sen. John McCain and tossed […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Last week, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates rejected the Bush administration’s attempt to shield its officials from congressional scrutiny when he ordered former White House Counsel Harriet Miers to testify and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to turn over documents about the firing of […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 3, 2008 ‘The principle of federalism seemed dead three years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the federal government to run roughshod over state laws permitting the medical use of marijuana,’ says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. Barr says the tide may be turning with the recent […]

For Immediate Release Monday, September 1, 2008 ‘The thoughts and prayers of all Americans are with those suffering through Hurricane Gustav,’ says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. ‘This is time for Americans to set aside partisan differences and come together to help meet the needs of those in the disaster zone.” ‘Although […]

For Immediate Release Friday, August 29, 2008 In the discussion about Sen. John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, it should be noted that the Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee Tonie Nathan was the first woman ever to receive an electoral vote. In 1972, Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia, […]

For Immediate Release Friday, August 29, 2008 Calls on Congress to Scuttle Secret Pact with Mexico ‘Much of Washington’s most important work is conducted behind closed doors,” says Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr. “As was the so-called Social Security ‘totalization agreement’ reached between the U.S. and Mexico, which would make hundreds of thousands of […]

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 28, 2008 Republicans and Democrats clearly miss Texas deadline Though Texas election law sets an Aug. 26 deadline for political parties to file their candidates for president and vice-president, John McCain and Barack Obama must work around the law to get on the ballot alongside Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr […]

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 28, 2008 “It’s time to say no to another raid on the Treasury,’ says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, as America’s money-losing automakers go to Washington asking for nearly $4 billion in loans, in what Barr says is just part of the $25 billion in loans authorized last […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Show hosts Barr for a full-hour special Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee, will be a guest on the Glenn Beck show this Thursday, Aug. 28. This hour-long special will come at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, and will feature Bob for the entire hour. […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Republicans, Democrats miss deadline to file presidential candidates in Texas Bob Barr is slated to be the only presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas after Republicans and Democrats missed the Aug. 26 deadline to file in the state. “Unless the state of Texas violates its own election […]