tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post5655663797335657413..comments2024-03-25T18:16:27.930-05:00Comments on My Bossier: Bob Barr announces for PresidentSmarterGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11769910200366947168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-85473335892106071352008-05-17T19:53:00.000-05:002008-05-17T19:53:00.000-05:00Jim, that was an excellent rant. I hope that Barr...Jim, that was an excellent rant. I hope that Barr takes a few votes away from McCain and none from Obama.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I believe that a yellow dog independent of your kind is a far better thing than a blue dog Democrat. I'm furious at my blue dog senator and representative for voting for torture. I have given them campaign money in the past, but I simply could not do it after those votes. I know Charlie Melancon personally, and I was greatly disappointed in him. I will vote for them, but they won't get my money.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-83430565472164107612008-05-17T19:33:00.000-05:002008-05-17T19:33:00.000-05:00I wish I had a big smiley face to put here for you...I wish I had a big smiley face to put here for you Mimi.<BR/>I do think that Bob Barr will be a great alternative for Republicans who are disaffected with McCain. I doubt that he'll get many Democratic votes, unless by some miracle Hillary pulls off the nomination. In that case, there will not be another anti-war candidate running and Barr may actually pull some support.<BR/>Yes, I know Hillary has 'turned' against the war, but where was she when we needed her?<BR/>Obama, although he was just in the Illinois Senate at the time, did go on record against invading Iraq.<BR/>I was a lifelong Democrat until last year. I will only vote independent now, and if that keeps me from voting in primaries, so be it. The country elected a Democratic House and Senate in '06 to deal with the war. They have done NOTHING but enable George Bush.<BR/>I will qualify my independence by adding that I am a 'yellow dog' independent. I would vote for a yellow dog before I would vote for a Republican.<BR/>How's that for a rant?!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927133938857523885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-74647067313175812008-05-17T17:44:00.000-05:002008-05-17T17:44:00.000-05:00Um, no thanks, Jim. My memories of Barr on the Ho...Um, no thanks, Jim. My memories of Barr on the House Judiciary Committee during Clinton's impeachment hearings simply cannot be blotted out. I understand that he's had a conversion of sorts, but no, I don't think so.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com