Bob Barr
Republican | Georgia
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bob Barr
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary Runoff
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, BA, 1970
The George Washington University, Washington D.C., MA, 1972
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., JD, 1977
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
National Rifle Association of America, Board Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Chairman of the Board, National Association of Former United States Att, Member
Privacy International, Advisory Board Member, The Patrick Henry Center
Advisory Board Member, Interactive College of Technology, Board Member
Liberty Guard, Inc., Chairman
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Member of Congress, 1995-2003
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
U.S. Senate, 1992
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (3)
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Georgia Right to Life
Steve Forbes
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (7)
Georgia Right to Life
Steve Forbes
Tom Delay
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Dave Bossie
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (23)
Bobby Jindal
Daniel Lungren
Dave Reichert
Dennis Rehberg
George Allen
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Bob Barr Leadership Fund
Citizens United
Jim Gilmore
Midnight Sun PAC
Ohio Gun Collectors Association
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Arlen Specter
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
No Answer
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Agree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our Founding Fathers understood that the fundamental nature of government is to control the citizenry. They knew that our only chance to protect against this would be to enshrine the means to limit and control government within the Constitution.
15. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1.) Lack of fiscal responsibility – The huge and ever-increasing national debt caused by profligate spending by the federal government weakens our economy as well as the political and security of our citizens and our nation. 2.) Reining in runaway executive power – A president who believes he can ignore laws and change them unilaterally to suit his needs, as President Obama has done, throws our system of checks and balance off balance. It is a dangerous state of affairs. 3.) Government spying on citizens – This must be reined in because when the government invades citizens’ privacy without good reason and in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as Ayn Rand said eight decades ago, it leads to the government gaining absolute control over the people.
16. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I oppose abortion. Period.
17. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Constitution, Voters
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God as our creator and in Jesus Christ his son. Man is created in God’s image but possessed of a free will with which to choose to do good or bad. Government is ordained among men to create an earthly environment in which rights are protected so men can prosper and grow.
