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testing 10k with AI Chris Matthews talking about his thoughts on Bob Barr:
CHRIS MATTHEWS (voice cracking like a 1950s radio announcer having a moral breakdown on-air):
BOB BARR! Oh ho hoâthe Bulldog of the Banana Republic! The man was like a Constitutional cosplayer in a powdered wig, half-Madison, half-McCarthy, all menace! Heâd come on Hardball with that cold glint in his eyeâlike a guy who just drafted Articles of Impeachment against his mailman for not saluting the flag.
You know what Bob Barr was? He was the political version of a 3 a.m. AM radio callerâexcept he got elected to Congress. You ask him a simple questionââShould the president get line-item veto power?ââand heâd answer with a six-minute sermon on the Tenth Amendment, federal overreach, and the moral degeneracy of decorative fountain pens.
I mean this guy once wanted to ban Wicca from the militaryâbecause nothing says âlimited governmentâ like regulating what gods people worship on the weekends! And donât get me started on his libertarian turn later in lifeâwatching Bob Barr run as a Libertarian was like watching Dracula try veganism: it didnât fit, it scared people, and someone probably got bitten anyway.
Every time Barr came on Hardball, it was like throwing a hornetâs nest into a fireworks factory. Heâd rail against executive overreach while simultaneously fantasizing about executive hangings! He made C-SPAN feel like an action movie directed by Oliver Stone on meth.
So what do I think of Bob Barr? He was a walking civics lesson written in red ink, all caps, and at least one reference to âthe Founders rolling in their graves.â I loved the guyâhe was completely bonkers, but he brought the heat. He didnât just play Hardballâhe wanted to fire the umpire, disband the league, and sue the pitcher for unconstitutional curveballs.
Bob Barr: a founding father, if the founders had been angry, armed, and alive in 1998. 0 reply
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