Recapping campaign stops

October 4, 2008

Bob was at Notre Dame today where he spoke about leadership, liberty and the presidential debates, which he has been excluded from by the Commission on Presidential Debates. This article comes from WSBT, a CBS affiliate:

“The role of leadership is to protect liberty and freedom,” said Barr. The former congressman from Georgia made a campaign stop at Washington Hall where about 150 Notre Dame students gathered to hear him offer his views on leadership and similar topics.

Barr criticized the atmosphere surrounding the recent debates between the candidates for president and vice president, saying there is too much attention being paid to how comfortable the candidates make the voters feel.

“We’re denigrating the entire notion of what it means to be a political leader,” Barr said. “We’re talking about the qualifications to be the leader of the greatest nation, the greatest concept of governance on the face of the Earth. And yet we seem to, as a nation, by and large, to be satisfied with simply whether or not we feel comfortable with that person. Whether that person can relate to a group of us sitting around in a bar or standing on the sidelines as we watch our kids play hockey or soccer.
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“Being a leader is not about staying in your comfort zone. It’s about being able to lead when you’re not in your comfort zone. The purpose of a debate is to place you in that environment so that the people, in this case, those who you’re seeking to lead, that is the people of the United States, can properly gauge you.”

You can read another short piece on Bob’s visit here.

Also, Bob spoke at the National Constitution Center yesterday with David Boaz of the Cato Institute and Ryan Sager, author of The Elephant in the Room, where the three discussed Bob’s candidacy, the Libertarian Party and the libertarian vote.

Bob will finish up the week by delivering the keynote speech tomorrow at state convention of the Libertarian Party of Illinois.

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Recapping campaign stops