Bob Barr never fully repudiated many of the awful positions he took in the past. He certainly sounded better than McCain or Obama on the campaign trail, but he always left much to be desired. He talked about smaller government, but most of the things he said could have been said by any establishment Republican candidate. Ronald Reagan probably sounded more radical in his time than Bob Barr has this past year. Why would people get excited about a third-party candidate, who has no shot of winning, when his ideas aren’t even that radical or exciting?
The Republican party is not the only party to founder on a rocky shore. Libertarians were presented with a Republican castaway who espoused muddled ideas inconsistent with libertarian principles. Democrats will be able to implement their agenda with only token opposition as Republicans and Libertarians regroup.
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