Barr: ‘I Think McCain Is A Hypocrite’
Do you agree?
THEHILL-John McCain isn’t the opponent of big government that he claims he is, according to Bob Barr, the former GOP congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate.
“I think McCain is a hypocrite,” Barr said of the Arizona senator. “He claims he is for smaller government and that’s not the case.”
Barr doesn’t think Democratic candidate Barack Obama is a hypocrite. He’s just a “classic liberal,” according to Barr.
“I’m not saying he’s a better person, but he’s not hypocritical politically as many Republicans are these days,” Barr said.
Barr made the comments in a 20 questions interview with The Hill that will run in Friday’s newspaper.
A friend sent me this link to a Rolling Stone article: Make-Believe Maverick
Walking along the grounds at Fort McNair, McCain runs into John Dramesi, an Air Force lieutenant colonel who was also imprisoned and tortured in Vietnam…
On the grounds between the two brick colleges, the chitchat between the scion of four-star admirals and the son of a prizefighter turns to their academic travels; both colleges sponsor a trip abroad for young officers to network with military and political leaders in a distant corner of the globe.
I’m going to the Middle East,” Dramesi says. “Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran.”
“Why are you going to the Middle East?” McCain asks, dismissively.
“It’s a place we’re probably going to have some problems,” Dramesi says.
“Why? Where are you going to, John?”
“Oh, I’m going to Rio.”
“What the hell are you going to Rio for?”
McCain, a married father of three, shrugs.
“I got a better chance of getting laid.”
I almost posted that article today