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Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr said yesterday that the growth of executive power was one of the main threats facing the United States. During a campaign visit to Philadelphia, the former Republican congressman from Georgia described the post-9/11 expansion of presidential prerogatives as "dramatic and breathtaking" and the Constitution...
THE BIGGEST surprise at Tuesday night's 18th Annual Stu Bykofsky Candidates Comedy Night was the appearance of Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, the feisty ex- congressman who I used to see backing his party on the Sunday morning talking-head shows. Each year I promise a surprise guest, and this year...
When the Daily News ' Stu Bykofsky held his first Candidates' Comedy Night to raise money for the Variety Club children's charity in 1991, the event was centered around a long-forgotten obscure mayoral campaign - his own. Some 17 years - and now some $300,000 raised for a worthy cause...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama has lost ground among some of his strongest bases of support, including young people, women, Democrats and independents, according to a new ATV/Zogby poll. The Illinois Democrat has also lost some support among African- Americans and Hispanics, where his lead over...
"No reasonable conservative is going to vote for anyone except McCain." Scoffing at the Ron Paul movement and dismissing the candidacies of Libertarian Bob Barr and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin, Newt Gingrich continued to manipulate the nation's conservatives while possibly positioning himself as the GOP's candidate for...
DRIVING TOWARD Borough Hall in Swarthmore, you pass streets named Vassar, Harvard, Yale. Swarthmore seems like a town with serious educational aspirations. Seated behind the borough council's U-shaped desk last Thursday night were three men with serious political aspirations. Rick Fleharty, Daniel Kingery and John Bootie all want...
ATLANTA, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- "The two major parties like to say that a vote for anyone else is a wasted vote," notes Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr. "But it should be obvious to all that only the Libertarian Party provides an alternative in November....
BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Placed INF Alberto Callaspo on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Billy Butler from Omaha PCL. NEW YORK YANKEES--Optioned LHP Kei Igawa to Scranton/Wilkes- Barre IL. Purchased the contract of RHP...
WASHINGTON AFP — Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has built a yawning 12-point national lead over Republican John McCain, according to a new poll published by the Los Angeles Times Tuesday. The LA Times/Bloomberg survey conducted over the weekend said that in a head-to-head contest,...
It took six ballots before Bob Barr, a former four-term Republican Congressman from Georgia, won the nomination of the Libertarian Party at its Denver Convention on the Memorial Day weekend. An energetic throng gave him a 324-276 victory over Mary Ruwart. He immediately asked the convention to...
Bob Barr, former congressman and Libertarianpresidential candidate, joined BizRadio (Houston,Texas) host Daniel Frishberg on "The Money Man Report" to explain thefoundations, drive and confidence behind his run for the White House. At 59years old, Mr. Barr admits that he doesn't know how much longer he will...
Republican Ron Paul ended his rebel campaign Thursday night and announced a new effort to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country. "With the primary season now over, the presidential campaign is at an end. But the larger campaign for...
ATLANTA, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Upon hearing that Rep. Ron Paul has ended his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination, Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president, issued the following statement: "Congressman Ron Paul has fought tirelessly in both the Libertarian Party and...
"The American voters deserve better than simply the lesser of two evils." After serving six terms as a Georgia congressman, Bob Barr joined the Libertarian Party in 2006 and is seeking the party's presidential nomination at its convention. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Daniel Stone John McCain may be the presumptive nominee, but the Republican race isn’t over—at least not to Ron Paul. The Texas congressman remains an official GOP candidate and has about $5 million in the bank, and a mighty band of fanatical followers. Will...
Note: The following lists were voted on and submitted by each league's coaches. Any missing leagues were not supplied to The Gazette by the deadline for this publication. Those will be published as space permits. BASEBALL 5A Metro...
There are those candidates who make themselves ridiculous by repeatedly running for president: Stassen, Keyes, Buchanan, Nader. Then there are those candidates who make themselves ridiculous by running for president at all. Former Republican congressman Bob Barr, who has just announced a run as the Libertarian-party nominee, falls in that...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's snack attack time in quick service. As cash-strapped customers grow more skittish about spending money in the face of escalating mortgage foreclosures, gas and grocery prices, and job layoffs, fast feeders are working to keep patrons coming in their doors...
David All 29, Republican Before going to work on the Hill at age 24, David All never really considered himself a "tech guy." He had already served as a speechwriter for a U.S. senator and managed a Republican congressional campaign, but when he started work...
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