First, a little background. Bob Barr worked for the CIA in the 70's and was appointed as a US Attorney in drug enforcement by Ronald Reagan in 1986. Then with a little help from his friends in the NRA (on whose board of directors he serves) the Christian Coalition, the National Right to Life Committee, Bob Dornan and Pat Buchanan, Barr became one of Newt's Freshman (winning with the amazing majority vote of 52%). In his first year he was awarded Freshman of the Year by The American Conservative Union; and the Friend of the Family award from the Christian Coalition.

Ironically, most of Barr's legislation has been far from friendly to families. Bobby is one of the strongest voices to eliminate public broadcasting, which provides us great children's programs like "Sesame Street". He has also voted to completely dismantle the Department of Education, repeal the Motor Voter Law (the way that most of the middle class and minorities use to register to vote) and is co-sponsoring amendments to repeal the Establishment and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.

Not exactly the poster boy for enlightenment, is he? But as deplorable as this is, you ask, where is the hypocrisy?

Well, ever since we lost Bob Dornan, Bob Barr has been running neck and neck with "Duke" Cunningham of California for the title of "Mr Homophobe" in the House beauty pageant.

Barr was the sponsor of the Marriage Defense Act of 1996, which was originally titled "The Homos Will Burn Before We Recognize Their Marriages And Let Them Have Marriage Benefits Act", but was changed for being too truthful and wordy.

Let's see... a man divorced twice, failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of a few chesty strippers at his inaugural party.. this guy is deciding that a whole segment of the population is less moral than him and is unfit to claim marriage benefits?

Along with Majority Whip Tom DeLay, Barr is hawking a bill to allow Congress to impeach federal judges for decisions from the bench they just plain don't like, i.e., 'liberal' decisions. They want to impeach one judge in particular: the former black civil rights attorney, Judge Henderson, who put a hold on California's Proposition 209 because he believes it violates the equal protection guarantees under the Constitution by preventing women and minorities from seeking government redress for discrimination. Barr's grounds for this impeachment depends on the "high crimes and misdemeanors," clause in Article II, Section 4. Apparently, to Barr's mind, "high crimes and misdemeanors" means "anything that I or my fascist backers in the NRA don't like:. Never mind the appeal process! Let's just impeach them!

And speaking of impeachment, that brings us to the farce that is The Clinton Impeachment trial. Cut to a few years ago, when Bob Barr sent a his letter to Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde suggesting they begin impeachment proceedings against the President and the Vice President(due to the allegations of them having raised funds in the White House) ,which Hyde agreed to. Now, I'm only a Dramatic Arts student. Presumably these two are more highly schooled in the intricate facets of constitutional law than myself, being lawyers of many years experience... and yet, they seem to have missed one of the more important facts of our legal system. Namely, you need to have a crime committed and charges pressed BEFORE you can begin thinking about a trial!

And what's more... Bob Barr himself has taken illegal campaign money! Yes, it was Reported on CNN (March 31, 1998) that the Federal Election Commission has confirmed that Barr not only took the illegal cash, but also failed to report the contributions as required by law and also intentionally concealed the source of the funds! Of course, this would be grounds for Barr's dismissal... if only Congress had the time to hold a trial for him. BTW, you know who gave Bob the brunt of that money? Yep... the NRA. So not only is Bob a hypocrite, he's a crook!

Oh, and let's not forget that Bob has also been tied to the Council of Conservative Citizens, a racist organization. In fact, he was one of three key-note speakers at their annual national convention this year. (As was reported in the Washington Post )

Barr has said that he did not know the nature of the group when he was asked to speak for them. You'd think he might have been tipped off by the fact that one of the other speakers was KKK Poster Boy David Duke....

And finally.. the piece de resistance.... Bob Barr, an infamous supporter of radical anti-abortion groups such as Operation Rescue, encouraged his second wife to have an abortion.

Say it again.

BOB BARR ENCOURAGED HIS WIFE TO HAVE AN ABORTION!!!!

As was originally documented by Hustler Magazine , Bob Barr not only knew his wife was going to abort one of their children; he coerced her into doing it AND he paid for it. And the final bit of icing on the cake.. Bob Barr's current wife? He was having an affair with her while still married to his second wife. And then he lied about it during the divorce procedings! Yes... Bob Barr commited perjury.

Say it again.

BOB BARR COMMITED PERJURY!!!!

Good thing that's not "high crimes and misdemeanors". You could get kicked out of office for that... well, if you were a Democrat.

Bob. You truly do deserve this Rush Limbaugh Award and a whole lot more besides. However we don't always get what we deserve. A fact which I am sure you are very greatful for since you deserve.... oh, I don't know. At least 20 years in prison give or take a perjury conviction.