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 Bob Barr Running
for President: Odds
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Oddsmakers were yet
to release odds on
whether Bob Barr
would be named the
next US President on
Monday. No
doubt the
Former US
congressman from
Georgia will have
long odds running
outside the two main
parties as a
Libertarian.
Nevertheless, the
Republican party
felt threatened
enough by his
presence to try and
keep him from
running.
On Monday, Barr
announced he would
be jumping into the
Presidential fray.
"My name is Bob Barr
and I'm a candidate
for the presidency
of the United States
of America," said
the former
Republican lawmaker,
who played a key
role in the
congressional
impeachment of
former president
Bill Clinton.
Barr said he was
running because
there was not
"currently or
anywhere on the
horizon" any
candidate who
understood the
principles of fiscal
conservatism and
basic principles on
which he said
America was founded.
The 59-year-old said
he was not concerned
about the prospect
of damaging McCain,
possibly among
conservative voters
whom the Republican
candidate has had
trouble courting.
"If Senator McCain
... does not succeed
in winning the
presidency ... it
will be because
Senator McCain did
not present, and his
party did not
present, a vision,
an agenda, a
platform and a
series of programs
that actually
resonated positively
with the American
people."
Barr believes
spending by the US
government is
running out of
control and says
federal authorities
have seized powers
not granted by the
constitution, and
believes US forces
should be brought
home from Iraq.
There have been
rumors circulating
that Bobb Barr could
join forces with
another Presidential
hopeful, Ron Paul,
who has managed to
get 8 percent of the
vote in each of the
last two state
primaries held and
16 percent in the
Pennsylvania
primary.
Ron Paul odds were
still available if
you looked hard
enough and live
outside the United
States.
Paddy Power,
for example, had Ron
Paul with 100 to 1
odds of becoming the
next US President.
US citizens are
prohibited from
playing there
however thanks to a
law that the
Congressman is
working to have
overturned which
makes accepting bets
from citizens of the
States a felony.
----
Christopher
Costigan,
Gambling911.com
Publisher
CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
May 12, 2008 7:16 pm
EST
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