Brushfires of Freedom

In a letter to the editor of the Star Tribune, Dennis Zachman says that if your mad about the bailout, then there is only one candidate that you should support:
Four words describe Bob Barr that make him different from John McCain and Barack Obama: “He opposed the bailout.”
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A supporter sent this along to me. It’s the video of Bob’s speech yesterday at Lynchburg College and the Q&A that took place afterward. It’s is cut into ten parts below.

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Bob spoke with Farai Chideya on NPR’s News & Notes earlier this afternoon about his candidacy and what the Libertarian Party has to offer voters in this election in contrast to the Republicans and Democrats.
You can listen to the interview here. It’s just over eight minutes in length.
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MSNBC’s First Read has a post about Bob’s visit to Virginia:
Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee and former Georgia congressman, visited Lynchburg College here yesterday afternoon. In fact, he will spend the next 10 days in Virginia and Ohio stumping around colleges, which he calls them the “bread and butter” of his campaign.
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Wayne Root was on the air with Neil Cavuto yesterday to discuss the bailout and the stock market. Wayne explains to Cavuto that government caused the mess and they cannot get us out of it.
Here is the video:

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Despite our political differences, I’d like to give John McCain some credit where credit is due.
“And now I suggest that maybe you go to some of these organizations that are the watchdogs of what we do, like the Citizens Against Government Waste or the National Taxpayers Union or these other organizations that watch us all […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bob Barr cuts federal spending while McCain and Obama increase it”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/14/bob-barr-cuts-federal-spending-while-mccain-and-obama-increase-it/” });

Bob continued campaigning in battleground states yesterday by visiting the Commonwealth of Virginia. He spoke about the bailout, fear tactics and the debates at Lynchburg College:
Bob Barr, a former congressman from Georgia and the Libertarian Party’s candidate for president this year, told a small crowd at Lynchburg College that both Democrats and Republicans believe stronger […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bob campaigns in Virginia”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/10/14/bob-campaigns-in-virginia/” });