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CHANNEL 2 ACTION NEWS.
>>> ALL NEW AT 6:00, A
FORMER GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN SAYS
IT IS TIME TO GIVE AMERICAN
VOTERS MORE THAN A TWO-PARTY
CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT.
BOB BOB HAS FORMED -- BOB
BARR HAS FORMED A COMMITTEE TO
GIVE INTEREST IN HIS LIBERTARIAN
CANDIDACY.
LORI GEARY SAT DOWN WITH HIM
IN HIS COBB COUNTY OFFICE.
LORI JOINS US NOW MORE WITH
WHY HE'S CONSIDERING A RUN.
>>REPORTER: HE MAY BE
A LONGSHOT, BUT FORMER
CONGRESSMAN BOB BARR TOLD ME THE
TIMING IS RIGHT FOR A
SERIOUS PRESIDENTAL
CONTENDER WHO'S NOT A
DEMOCRAT NOR A
REPUBLICAN.
>> THE DEEP DISSATISFACTION
ON THE PART OF A LOT OF
AMERICANS WITH THE CHOICES
OF THE TWO-PARTIES ARE GIVING
THEM SO THIS REALLY IS THE
TIME TO LAUNCH A PRESIDENTAL
BID.
>>REPORTER: A REPLICA OF
THE U.S. CAPITOL ADORNS
CONGRESSMAN BOB BARR'S OFFICE.
BUT IT'S THE HOUSE MORE THAN
A MILE AWAY THAT HE'S
EYEING.
THE FORMER REPUBLICAN SAYS
RATHER THAN VOTE FOR THE
LESSER OF TWO EVILS
FOR PRESIDENT, WHY NOT OPT FOR A
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE.
>> THE ISSUES FALL INTO THREE
CATEGORIES, CUTTING
GOVERNMENT SPENDING,
CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND
CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
>>REPORTER: WE SAT DOWN
AND TALKED WITH THE
59-YEAR-OLD FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN HIS
COBB COUNTY
OFFICE.
ON THE ISSUE OF IRAQ, BARR
QUESTIONS WHY THE U.S. IS
OCCUPYING A FOREIGN NATION.
>> WE'RE SPENDING UPWARDS
OF $350 MILLION EVERY SINGLE
DAY TO BUILD THE NATION OF IRAQ.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
MIND-BOGGLING.
>>REPORTER: ALSO MIND BOGGLING
TO BARR IS THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING
TO DEVELOP A
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTION
TO THE MORTGAGE CRISIS AS A
WAY TO BOLSTER THE U.S. ECONOMY.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
IF THIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL
BUREAU KRATS DECIDING
WHO CAN QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE.
>>REPORTER: HE WOULD BE A LONG
SHOT, BUT AS CLEAR
FROM OUR INTERVIEW, BARR
IS SOUNDING MORE LIKE A
CANDIDATE THAN SOMEONE WHO'S
THINKING ABOUT A RUN FOR
OFFICE.
>> THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THIS
COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE
OPENED UP.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED A
CHOICE.
WE HOPE TO GIVE THAT TO THEM.
>>REPORTER: EXPECT BARR TO
ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION ON
WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL RUN IN
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BECAUSE
THE LIBERTARIAN
CONVENTION STARTS MAY 22ND IN
DENVER.
>> THANK YOU, LORI.
>>> MORE DETAILS ON BOB BARR'S
POLITICAL CAREER.
HE REPRESENTED THE 7TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FROM 1995
TO 2003.
BARR LED THE REPUBLICAN
CHARGE TO IMPEACH THEN PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON.
THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN IS ON THE
BOARD OF THE NATIONAL