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While Hillary’s Pyrrhic victory in West Virginia may, for the moment, reinvigorate the delusion she’s been suffering since February that she will somehow be the Democratic nominee, things out on the trail had become a rather tedious. (Even the Rev. Wright hullabaloo was wearing thin; and the tenacity with which the media clung to this non-starter was evidence of just how desperate everyone was for something to talk about.)

Fear not, America, a new looney has entered the race: Bob Barr, former Georgia congressman is seeking the Libertarian nomination for President of the United States. Here’s one site’s description of the man who be a hands-off king when he was in congress:

“Bob Barr has commonly been seen as a gun-toting, NRA champion, anti-gay bigot. Barr is definitely all of these, and more. While pretending to be a champion of “traditional” marriage, Barr has remarried three times and also licked whipped cream off of a beauty pageant’s breasts. Hardly a man of “traditional” marriage standards. In addition, during the Judiciary Committee hearings (which he serves on) it was revealed that Barr has given speeches to the Council of Conservative Citizens, a racist organization.” http://www.dynionmwyn.net/enemies/Barr/barr1.html

It’s obvious this particular site has an ax to grind with Mr. Barr, but so what; with that kind of vitriol circling around, you gotta love this guy. Besides, that semi-skin head and J. Goebbles wannbe, Glenn Beck, is delighted with Barr’s entrance into the race as a “true conservative.”

Barr isn’t a shoe-in though. He still has to wrest the nomination from the likes of Nevada bookie Wayne Allyn Root, physics prof. George Phillies, and my favorite funnyman and former Democratic Presidential contender, Mike Gravel.

But double B’s has the inside track. He’s an old school hatemonger that will appeal to the base which dissipated after the putrid mucilage known as Karl Rove jumped ship. He’s the man who can rally at least half of what’s left of the Republican Party and get it not to vote for John McCain. Granted that’s 15% of the electorate at best, but you have to appreciate the irony of a right-wing Nader in the mix.

And just the other day I was saying how boring this election had become…

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