Oh, Bob, why did you have to be so coy?
Today at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, MO, former Congressman Bob Barr announced that he is forming an exploratory committee to be the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee. Barr is most recently known for formally leaving the GOP in 2006 and becoming a member of the Libertarian Party. You may also know him from his break-out appearance in Borat. (Fun fact: The Borat interview was filmed about 20 feet from LOTUS’s desk.)
During his annoucement, Barr touched on one of my pet peeves — conservatives’ obsession with Congressional earmarks. It’s perfectly fine to be against earmarks, but they represent a VERY small percentage of total spending. Barr said, “Removing ‘earmarks’ but not cutting the underlying spending is simply government as usual and is nothing more than a cynical shell game and that’s the high water mark in the debate thus far.”
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