• Bob Barr, a former member of the House of Representatives from Georgia, was the Libertarian party's nominee for president in the 2008 election.Boston Globe: Barr Brags Over Tuesday Showing (November 5, 2008)

  Barr can be seen in On the Line, an Academy Award nominated documentary that examines the nonviolent movement to close the School of the Americas, a U.S. Army school that trains Latin American soldiers.

• 1. Full name: Robert L. Barr, Jr.
  2. Born November 5, 1948
  3. Birth place: Iowa City, Iowa
  4. Occupation: Attorney
  5. 1995 - 2003: Represented Georgia's 7th congressional district
  6. Interviewed in the film Borat
  7. 1986 - 1990: Served as US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
  8. 2001 - 2007: Board of Directors of the NRA
  9. One of the leading advocates for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton
  10. 2008: Draft Bob Barr petition started
  11. Campaigned in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Georgia in the weeks leading up to the electionAtlantic Journal Constitution: Libertarian Barr wants to send signal to GOP
  12. Barr's name was be on the ballot in more than 40 statesHartford Courant: He Took His Sweet Time (November 2, 2008)

• Presidential Bid

  After six rounds of balloting, the Libertarian Party chose Barr to be its candidate for president on Sunday, May 25, 2008. Barr defeated research scientist Mary Ruwart in the final ballot by a vote of 324-276.

  The final vote tally on Election Day showed Barr winning about 489,000 votes, or roughly 1% of the national total.Boston Globe: Barr Brags Over Tuesday Showing(November 5, 2008)

• Congress

  Running as a Republican, Barr defeated six-term Representative Buddy Darden in 1994, and would go on to be re-elected three times. While in the House, he served as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee. Though Barr had a strongly conservative voting record, he was also harshly critical of Bush Administration policies after the 9/11 attacks, particularly regarding the Patriot Act. He eventually lost his seat in the 2002 elections, which may have been a result of Georgia Democrats reorganizing the state's districts in their favor.

• Quotes

  "If the Republican Party hasn't gotten its message already, I don't think it will. The message is: Y'all have no vision, no message. And that's why we're running this campaign." - Bob BarrAtlantic Journal Constitution: Libertarian Barr wants to send signal to GOP

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