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Bob Barr for President 2008 - The Thread
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KenH
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Barr’s path to victory
This is a very interesting scenario:
"This is a crazy election year. I have said it before that a big mistake that people make in politics is assuming that the future will be like the past. Sometimes it is; sometimes it isn’t.
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McCain is the weakest Republican nominee since Alf Landon.
The Democrats could name Hillary and walk into the White House but they’ve apparently decided to shoot themselves in the foot and name a complete unknown, extreme liberal as their nominee. No one really knows where the Obama thing will go. He has gotten a free ride from the media and therefore the normal vetting process simply has not occurred. His most recent gaffe on controlling our diets could alone sink him.
Nader will get some votes from Obama as well, particularly if Obama fades.
With five candidates in the race, the magic number for winning the popular vote drops to about 32%.
First, Barr needs to get the endorsement of Ron Paul and try to get the Revolution behind him.
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Step two is to convince conservatives and Republicans of the obvious fact that McCain is a dead man walking. That way, you turn the wasted vote argument upside down. The wasted vote here is the “major” party. As more and more Republicans become convinced of this, McCain’s poll numbers will shrink and Barr’s will rise.
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If Barr can pass McCain in the polls, he becomes the challenger to Obama and McCain will continue to fade away.
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So let’s say that step three is that Obama implodes when people start to grow tired of the empty rhetoric and the constant verbal gaffes.
As I suggested in my various Ron Paul analyses, Barr needs to outflank Obama from the left and right at the same time. Outflank him from the right on taxes and spending and global warming – the sleeper issue–and from the left on the Iraq War and the drug war. Barr should campaign in the black community and present a positive alternative to the liberal Democratic policies that have devastated their communities for 75 years and that Obama promises to continue and even intensify.
Will this happen? Probably not. It is impossible? No, not in this crazy year."
- http://blog.jimostrowski.com/?p=1048
This is a very interesting scenario:
"This is a crazy election year. I have said it before that a big mistake that people make in politics is assuming that the future will be like the past. Sometimes it is; sometimes it isn’t.
...
McCain is the weakest Republican nominee since Alf Landon.
The Democrats could name Hillary and walk into the White House but they’ve apparently decided to shoot themselves in the foot and name a complete unknown, extreme liberal as their nominee. No one really knows where the Obama thing will go. He has gotten a free ride from the media and therefore the normal vetting process simply has not occurred. His most recent gaffe on controlling our diets could alone sink him.
Nader will get some votes from Obama as well, particularly if Obama fades.
With five candidates in the race, the magic number for winning the popular vote drops to about 32%.
First, Barr needs to get the endorsement of Ron Paul and try to get the Revolution behind him.
...
Step two is to convince conservatives and Republicans of the obvious fact that McCain is a dead man walking. That way, you turn the wasted vote argument upside down. The wasted vote here is the “major” party. As more and more Republicans become convinced of this, McCain’s poll numbers will shrink and Barr’s will rise.
...
If Barr can pass McCain in the polls, he becomes the challenger to Obama and McCain will continue to fade away.
...
So let’s say that step three is that Obama implodes when people start to grow tired of the empty rhetoric and the constant verbal gaffes.
As I suggested in my various Ron Paul analyses, Barr needs to outflank Obama from the left and right at the same time. Outflank him from the right on taxes and spending and global warming – the sleeper issue–and from the left on the Iraq War and the drug war. Barr should campaign in the black community and present a positive alternative to the liberal Democratic policies that have devastated their communities for 75 years and that Obama promises to continue and even intensify.
Will this happen? Probably not. It is impossible? No, not in this crazy year."
- http://blog.jimostrowski.com/?p=1048
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But wasn't this "complete unknown" the same one who you were throwing your support behind and planning to vote for this year? Wasn't a picture of his bumper sticker right next to your name?KenH said:
First is was "vote for Ron Paul - he's the man." Then, "vote for Obama - he's the man." Now it's "vote for Bob Barr - he's the man." Does this sound a little confusing to anyone else?
SBCPreacher said:
Especially since it is one extreme to the other and back.
What does that mean?KenH said:
Bow, what does that mean?KenH said:
Baptist in Richmond
Active Member
I really, really, really hope that McCain is elected. I want a Republican to take all the blame for all the failed policies of the GOP. Make no mistake: we are getting ready to have a bad economy for a while.
Regards,
BiR
Regards,
BiR
In other words, you've simply changed your mind... again.KenH said: