Tuesday, June 10, 2008

McCain v. Barr--the Debate

No, the major parties haven't yet agreed to let Bob Barr in on the debates, but here's a link to a nearly hour-long discussion between Matt Welch of Reason magazine and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review Online. Welch has had the goods on McCain for a long while. His book McCain: the Myth of a Maverick does a nice job of accurately portraying McCain as the big-government/anti-liberty/neo(faux)-con candidate that he is. Welch wants us to vote for Bob Barr and I think he makes, by far, the more convincing argument. Ponnuru plans to vote for McCain. Watch the video and see who has the better pitch. For my money, it's Welch all the way.

If you want the abridged version that does about 11 minutes on Bob Barr and disaffected conservatives, go here.

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