Bob Barr.

[TheSilverGuitar]

I really can't see why a lot of you all adore Barr. Maybe it's because he's Libertarian, and I've always seen then as the center of the political spectrum, the gray area, the area with no opinions. I would love it if you all proved me wrong, and listed some of his admirable credentials.

[n64kid]

At 11/5/08 08:08 PM, TheSilverGuitar wrote: I really can't see why a lot of you all adore Barr. Maybe it's because he's Libertarian, and I've always seen then as the center of the political spectrum, the gray area, the area with no opinions. I would love it if you all proved me wrong, and listed some of his admirable credentials.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com/issues/

I agree with most of his issues. He does advocate for the fair tax, which I disagree on, but suggests that we do away with the death tax and capital gains tax, which is good morally and for all businesses/investors.

[TheSilverGuitar]

At 11/5/08 08:55 PM, n64kid wrote: I agree with most of his issues. He does advocate for the fair tax, which I disagree on, but suggests that we do away with the death tax and capital gains tax, which is good morally and for all businesses/investors.

His site is down right now, so what's his opinion on same-sex marriage, abortion, etc.?

[IllustriousPotentate]

At 11/6/08 07:13 PM, TheSilverGuitar wrote:

At 11/5/08 08:55 PM, n64kid wrote: I agree with most of his issues. He does advocate for the fair tax, which I disagree on, but suggests that we do away with the death tax and capital gains tax, which is good morally and for all businesses/investors.

His site is down right now, so what's his opinion on same-sex marriage, abortion, etc.?

http://selectsmart.com/president/2008/Ba rr.html

BTW, libertarianism isn't in the political spectrum, namely because the political spectrum is a oversimplification of political views. At the very least, political views should be placed on a Cartesian plane. The traditinonal red-blue spectrum would lie on the x axis, then the y axis would be various levels of government control, ranging from authoritarian to libertarian.

Barr's views are similar to Ron Paul's, though Barr's shift slightly more to the conservative on social issues.