Former Congressman Bob Barr (R-Ga.), who is hoping to win the Libertarian Party's presidential nod and cause problems for John McCain, gets a puff profile here from the New York Times. But the thrice-married father of the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act and congressional opponent of medical marijuana makes for a strange libertarian indeed.
More. Barr also had an terrible record on free trade (voting against it, that is) while in Congress. As David Boaz told the Times, if Barr should head the LP ticket, "I think he's going to have a problem." That seems clear: only unhappy GOP social conservatives — and New York Times liberals hoping for "Barr to block" — will wish him well.