Mary Ruwart

Bob Barr nominated Libertarian Presidential Candidate Libertarian Party picks Barr as presidential candidate DENVER (AP) — The Libertarian Party has picked former Republican Rep. Bob Barr to be its presidential candidate after six rounds of balloting. Barr beat research scientist Mary Ruwart, who was the party’s presidential nominee in 1983 and vice presidential candidate in 1992. Barr left the GOP in 2006 over what he called bloated spending and civil liberties intrusions by the Bush administration. Since leaving Congress in 2003 , Barr has become a vocal opponent of the Patriot Act and has stated that he regrets voting for it, claiming that the ... Read Full Story

If anyone was fortunate enough to catch the Libertarian Convention in Denver Colorado, apparently a swing state, consider yourself blessed, that was some great television! I am talking high quality, top production television, this was good stuff and C-SPAN was all over it, well done, well done indeed. The best way to describe the raucous scene is to liken it to a flea market, no a bingo hall, no a pep rally, no, actually there is nothing like, it was so poorly organized and even worse in terms of execution. I am talking hotel ballroom with the usual suspects touting legalized drugs, I have ... Read Full Story

It might be a long shot, but the Liberatarians are officially in the Presidential race with former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr. Barr deafeated research scientist Mary Ruwart, who also went after the party's nomination unsuccessfully back in 1983, on the final ballot by a vote of 324-276. Former Rep. Barr picked Wayne Allyn Root, who was eliminated in the fifth round of the nomination process, to be his vice-presidential nominee. "I'm a competitor and I'm in this to win. I do not view the role of the Libertarian Party to be a spoiler and I certainly have no intention of being a spoiler," ... Read Full Story

(cross-posted at Last Free Voice) In 1985, the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola committed one of the biggest marketing gaffes in history. After decades of establishing their product as “The Real Thing,” they accepted the findings of their research team that discovered a taste people preferred in blind tests, and proudly announced that they had improved the formula. The New Coke was an absolute disaster. The anger of the consuming public was so great that they had to eventually accept hundreds of millions in losses and figure out a way of reversing their course. They announced the return of “Coke Classic”, to give people ... Read Full Story

Final ballot total: Bob Barr 324 votes Mary Ruwart 276 votes Wayne Allyn Root to be Barr's Vice-Presidential candidate, after endorsing Barr. Read Full Story