Funny that McCain people are still trying to get Paul to endorse him. Don’t they understand he simply will not do so?

The missing Bob Barr really annoys me. He had a press conference in the same building at 12PM. Why wasn’t he there? Some are saying he blew them off, some think perhaps he was just running late. Given that Austin Peterson (who I know) was tossed out by an angry Jesse Benton it seems there was definitely some crossed signals. At least between the Barr people and the LP, but if what Don Rasmussen says is true the Barr campaign has serious explaining to do. At this point I’ve still not heard what Barr’s conference was about.

UPDATE:

According to a fellow Manhattan LP member:

Barr’s folks say Barr didn’t want to “dilute the libertarian message” or
some shit and didn’t want to be on stage with greens, crazy baldwin, or
crazy mckinney. The person I spoke with said that instead Barr had his own
press conference and that he also has written a private letter to Ron
offering ron the VP spot (and that wayne is okay with it).

Now I’m not too sure what to make of it, but my 2 working hypotheses are:
1) it’s legit and Barr intended well
2) Barr offered the “private letter” to Paul knowing Paul wouldn’t accept
and that it could be leaked out to hardcore paul fans and probably wouldn’t
make the mainstream media. This way Barr has it both ways: in the eyes of
the mainstream Republicans who he is trying to impress, he can continue to
be a mainstream Republican who isn’t really a “crazy libertarian” and has
managed to keep his distance from Paul and those loons. But to hardcore
Paullers, he offered Paul a VP spot and may gain their respect (which he
doesnt care about) and their moneybombs (which he does care about).

UPDATE 2:

Here’s the answer.

Barr may have just lost my already reluctant vote.

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