gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (M-16)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2002-08-20 10:53 pm

A Win For The Good Guys

Ultra-Consevative House member Bob Barr (R-GA) has been defeated in his re-election bid.

Barr was one of the most conservative Congress-critters, and was one of the prime movers in the impeachment of President Clinton. Barr also was a darling of the Christian Right. He holds a special place in his black heart for gays & lesbians.

Doubtlessly, he will find a job with one of the groups trying to destroy our civil rights.

But at least he's out of Congress.

(Anonymous) 2002-08-22 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
FYI:

Here's a story from National Review Online about the twin defeats of Barr and McKinney:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-kilgore082102.asp

Also on NRO's The Corner (a collaborative blog), NRO Executive Editor Kathryn Jean Lopez writes:

DID I MENTION? [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
It’s such a relief to know I won’t be seeing Bob Barr and his (R., Ga.)
anymore.

I had no opinion either way about Barr (heck, I really hadn't heard much of anything about him until his primary loss), but it was so nice to see McKinney go down in flames. And I find it amusing that Barr apparently grated with the conservatives at NRO, to the point that their executive editor seems glad he's gone.

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