Why are they supporting Bob Barr?

It surprises me that a lot of our local folks and blogs are supporting Bob Bar for President. Do we really know who Bob Barr is? What he stands for?

Bob Barr voted for The PATRIOT Act

Bob Barr is a conservative Republican who does not support gay marriage.

It was Barr who in 1996 wrote the Defense of Marriage Act, which said states didn't have to recognize gay marriages performed in other states.
“As a conservative Republican member of Congress from 1995 to 2003, I was hardly a card-carrying member of the gay-rights lobby. I opposed then, and continue to oppose, same-sex marriage, or the designation of gays as a constitutionally protected minority class.”

Bob Barr is for the right for people to own and carry guns and is an NRA board member:

“These and other firearms-related issues likely will – and should – occupy the attention of our legislators during the 2008 session. One hopes that organizations like the NRA and GeorgiaCarry.Org, will continue to proactively educate and advocate on behalf of the inherent Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Georgians, just as the lawyers representing such citizens in the District of Columbia will be doing in the Supreme Court early next year.”

“The extent to which Georgia’s laws restrict the carrying of a firearm by an otherwise law-abiding citizen as a result of these long-standing, but little-known laws is startling; and such laws should be amended. For example, unlike California, Georgia law prohibits the carrying (by a holder of a carry permit) of a firearm on a bus or a train – or even at or near a train or bus stop parking lot.”

Iran: He does not say much about Iran but he says that:
“Unlike the Iraqi population before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, which had never enjoyed a participatory political system, millions of Iran's citizens have tasted and understand the benefits of such freedom. It would be a shame if, in a rush to prove something politically at home or abroad, the U.S. were to initiate a military confrontation that would not only destroy that base of support, but lead to a conflict vastly more costly and lengthy than the invasion of Iraq has turned out to be”

“Should Washington simply sit back and leave Iran alone — free to support terrorist groups and regimes in other countries, including Iraq, and to develop a nuclear capability? Of course not.” So Bob how do you stand on Iran?

Since leaving Congress, Barr has taken an advisory post with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and started writing a column for Atlanta's alternative weekly Creative Loafing -- neither ordinarily a haven for Republicans.

In closing, after reading Barr’s web site, I find it hard to find out what he stands for or against. (Except for the examples above)
But the point I am trying to make here, it looks as if our Libertarian party is supporting a conservative Republican that is against many issues the they are in favor of. And true Republicans would not vote for anyone that is a connected with the ACLU.
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/about/