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“I’m sure we will emerge here with the strongest ticket in the history of the Libertarian Party,” Barr stated in his victory speech shortly after being selected as the Party’s nominee. “I want everybody to remember that we only have 163 days to win this election. We cannot waste one single day.”
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The nomination race was neck and neck between Barr and Ruwart.
However, Barr managed to stay ahead in the sixth and final ballot, making him the winner:
Bob Barr: 324, Mary Ruwart: 276, NOTA: 26
Wayne Allyn Root won the Vice Presidential Nomination:
Root: 289, Kubby: 255, Williams: 14, NOTA: 6
Some in the LP do not approve of Barr, as this video shows, and, post-nomination, disgruntled purists have exclaimed cries that a “Republican takeover” has taken place. IPP’s perceptive follow-up can be read here. From the follow-up:
Others have talked about starting Libertarians for McKinney and Libertarians for Baldwin.
Hopefully this (Libertarians for Baldwin) happens and attracts many since Baldwin is a more conservative candidate, though a Barr success would be wonderful too. Few candidates are worse than McCain and Obama, and the two party system needs to crumble.
I managed to catch Christine Smith‘s comments on C-Span after she was dropped in the first round, though I can find nothing about them yet online. The fiery vixen tore viciously into Barr, even suggesting that Barr might be a neocon. I wouldn’t be surprised if the LP splits over Barr. If it does split, the Boston Tea Party might be where a good many flee to.
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RedPhillips on 26 May 2008 at 3:06 pm #
I have very mixed feelings about the Barr nomination. I will try to comment more later.
Andrew T. on 26 May 2008 at 3:09 pm #
I’m happy to see that Gravel wasn’t even close. Ruwart is awful too, so I’m glad she didn’t win.
The LP is filled with what I would call dime-a-dozen libertarians. These ingrates are supporters of open-borders “comprehensive immigration reform”, want to increase state government control of marriage to apply to homosexual couples, think they’ve found the “right compromise” on abortion (don’t make me laugh), and their campaign statements are nothing but marketable platitudes which the folks at TheAdvocates.org have done first and done better, anyhow. At least Barr happens to be a marked exception to that. I can’t say the same thing for Wayne Allyn Root, who seems to be a neoliberal.
Speaking of C-SPAN, last night the channel showed a 1-hour interview with Thomas DiLorenzo about the real Lincoln. I stumbled on that on accident, and I’m sure glad I did!
P.S.: Libertarians for McKinney as in Cynthia McKinney? That’s like a Danish cartoonist in a Mosque.
Weaver on 26 May 2008 at 10:14 pm #
If you find the time, I’d be interested in that.