Someone who cannot be dismissed as a lefty, former congressman Bob Barr, seems extremely uneasy in backing Bush this time around:
Bush’s problem is that true conservatives remember their history. They recall that in recent years when the nation enjoyed the fruits of actual conservative fiscal and security policies, a Democrat occupied the White House and Congress was controlled by a Republican majority that actually fought for a substantive conservative agenda.
History’s a troublesome thing for presidents. Even though most voters don’t take much of a historical perspective into the voting booth with them, true conservatives do.
Hmmm. Who’s the Libertarian candidate again?
For Barr, it’s fiscal insanity, immigration and civil liberties. But he’s also against the FMA.