Topic: Bob Barr
Answering Matt Damon's Question and Bob Barr Should Ask Sarah Palin to be his VP (PART 1/2) An idea to jazz up the Barr campaign, or, better yet, put it out of its misery by asking Jake, the Champion of the Constitution to take over. Next up is a look at Sarah Palin, the Star of the McCain Neocon Ticket.by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution
(libertarian)
Sunday, September 21, 2008
In a strange attempt to, as best I can figure, humiliate Dr. Ron Paul, Bob Barr recently made public his request that Paul become his VP, displacing the current VP candidate, W.A. Root. I remain mystified and repulsed by the petty high school power politics of the Libertarian Party, including the Barr's recent "Snubgate" scandal where George Dance explains why Bob Barr refused to attend Paul's endorsement of voting Third Party.
But I have an idea for Mr. Bob Barr. It should actually get him into the mainstream news for a few days, and is morally no different than his offer to Dr. Paul. Here it is:
Offer Sarah Palin the VP slot on the Libertarian Party ticket.
On the odd chance it works, Barr has just stolen McCain's Secret Mojo. If not, Barr should at least get invited on TV to explain his actions, and he could use the time to tell the America people it was just a PR stunt to get his name out as well as his campaign message.
Perhaps Barr could even talk about the good old days when the Electoral College elected the person with the second highest total of Electoral Voters to the Vice President role, and this person was not the same party as the President. So instead of the Republicans being incredibly paranoid of an Obama-bin-Biden presidency, and the Dems being incredibly paranoid of a McCain-Palin (or just Palin if McCain croaks) presidency, we would have Obama as POTUS and McCain as VP, or vice versa.
Or Bob Barr could do a completely unexpected announcement and resign his Libertarian Party candidacy and instead ask Jake, the Champion of the Constitution to campaign in his stead. (I would accept.) I would then have to scramble, but I would find another Mr. or Ms. Champion of the Constitution pretty quick and get going. My campaign strategy would not be to win, but to get a message out.
End the War on Terror and Bring the Troops Home. End the Military Empire. Replace a foreign policy of interventionalism and blowback with one of noninterventionalism. Replace the entire ambassadorial ranks with a call for new blood that would act in accordance with this philosophy, speak the local languages, actually understand the local customs and politics, etc. As Commander-in-Chief, this is where a new President has the largest impact.
Educate as to why the Financial Crisis has occurred, what the problem is, and for good measure discuss the sorry state of Big Government finances. Prevent future crisis by limiting the power of, then abolishing, the Fed. Follow the constitution and develop a rollout plan to switch to gold and silver coinage. Speak out against government bailouts as unconstitutional and call for free markets.
End the War on Civil Liberties and Privacy. Rescind all Bush executive orders and pledge to veto or refer to the Supreme Court any laws that override the veto as unconstitutional, such as the USA PATRIOT Act.
Fight for the limiting of, then the end of the federal income tax using the savings from the end of the military empire.
Attack the Republicans and Democrats with a presentation on how their platforms are incredibly similar. Divide-and-Conquer politics to setup 2012.
Call for a return to a limited government as outlined in the constitution. Restore the constitutional republic. No Department of Education, No UN, No WTO, No NAFTA, No Department of Homeland Security, Energy, No CIA, etc., etc.
The campaign would focus on getting the message out to young people. Every day and evening, I would deliver a speech and presentation at major universities across the nation and sleep in a tent to keep campaign costs low. I would pay for my own gas, water and bread. [Actually, this would be a necessity, given the low total campaign funding Barr has inspired.] Campaign funds would be used to print up the presentation and what-is-a-libertarian kits, which would be given away as free to those who wanted them (or free online).
My guess is that constitutionalist, libertarian, fiscal conservative base would increase. Of course, I would tell all comers they are free to join whatever party they want, and vote however they want but www.CampaignForLiberty.com is recommended. I would be unable to recommend the LP, as I would still be a registered Republican or Independent, similar to Dr. Paul being a Republican Congressman when Bob Barr asked him to become his VP.
Of course, I am not actually serious about the above suggestions, this entire article is, I am afraid just a stream-of-consciousness as I return from a short vacation and find the Fed owns AIG, Lehman Brothers went under, the Treasury had to guarantee all money market funds while getting lectured at by the Chinese press for irresponsible monetary policy, and that the Nolan Chart is now a scientology debate club (er, we have better topics to discuss, don't we?). I continue to take my own advice from my last article on what the collapse of Freddie and Fannie reallly means, the fiat currency valuation of the piles of gold and silver I recently bought are up over 10% already. Oh well, if the metals were still that cheap or cheaper, I would have no tent, lunch or gas money for my presidential campaign.
As a further disclaimer of sorts, the state I currently vote in, California, to the best of my knowledge does not allow writing in of any individual for President. The third party candidates just do not appeal to me and voting McBama is not going to happen. (For why, read my articles below. I view McCain as the frontrunner so the recent attacks are at him, but I see very little difference between McBama.) Only one presidential candidate has actually earned my vote this year, and that person is Dr. Ron Paul. So, I might write him in anyways, see Doug Eberhardt's "A Solution for Ron Paul Supporters?" article. Not only will be conscience be clear, but I will expose a constitutional fraud instead of forwarding my vote to the Electoral College members like an actual democracy, the State of California will throw my vote in the trash and record it as invalid. What is more undemocratic than throwing a man's vote in the trash? This, as Sandra Hamilton writes, exposes the sham of a supposedly democratic society. What if the majority of us did this? It would change the world.
In the next article I will answer the question that actor Matt Damon has about Sarah Palin for him. It's the least I could do for this strange Jason Bourne lookalike.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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Veritas numquam perit. Veritas odit moras. Veritas vincit. Truth never perishes. Truth hates delay. Truth conquers.
"You can’t breathe until you choke! You gotta laugh when you’re the joke! There’s nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive! Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful!... No one will cry at my funeral!"
- Sixx A.M. "Life is Beautiful." No one will cry at the funeral of the Democrat and Republican parties, or for the loss of the Federal Reserve and IRS.
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