I didn’t say you were a “typical conservative Republican.” Once again you argue by misquoting the opposition as opposed to responding to the actual argument.

There are conservative Republicans who do vary from other conservative Republicans on a handful of issues such as you list. This does not change the fact that you are essentially a far right Republican, regardless if you differ on a handful of issues.

In your previous posts you’ve defended the war and the Patriot Act. You’ve opposed freedom of expression in opposing the war and have supported what is essentially a military dictatorship. You parrot most of the typical right wing talking points which differ from reality (and frequently return repeating the same claims regardless of how many times they have been disproved by the facts.) Your mind set is certainly one of a far right Republican, not a libertarian.

You are hardly alone on the issues you cite. For example, Bill Bennett is quite a supporter of gambling. Many conservatives oppose the draft. Lots of Republicans (as well as Democrats) patronize prostitutes.

You pegged me Ron. Just a “typical conservative Republican.”

Hopefully a campaign between Obama and McCain will stick more to issues and both will stay away from Bush/Rove/Clinton styles of campaigning.

I believe that Sen. Clinton was completely caught of guard by the emergence of Sen. Obama’s candidacy and can not regain her footing. Sen. Obama on the other hand has been able to handle each and every one of his difficulties with grace and composure. McCain also seems to be unflappable to this point. Hopefully, this portends to a much more civil general election than we have seen in the past, attempts by the “Move on . org” crowd to stir it up already not withstanding.

I genuinely don’t believe Sen. Obama has that same elitist attitude so easily identifiable with the left. Further, I find it somewhat amusing in that Hillary’s supporters are some of the most notorious for at least appearing to have that attitude, while she has been steadfastly trying to attract that voting block by moving her politics to the center over the last 8 years in the Senate. At least now she has a story (i.e. my daddy taught me to shoot and took me hunting when I was a kid) that nobody can prove to be false.

Looks like Obama has managed to turn libertarians against him too. I think the gun issue was the final straw.

In other words, by resorting to such distortions of what Obama has said, Bob Barr is revealing that he is just another dishonest sleezy politician like McCain and Clinton.

This pretty much shoots any credibility for him.

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