File this one under "what the hell are you thinking" category, but I dare say Bob Barr's radio interview yesterday with odious Theocon John Lofton isn't likely to find it's way to the media page on Barr's presidential website. Call me silly, but I tend to think the listening audience of this theocon wingnut--who spends the first 5 minutes attacking Barr for subscribing to the political views of "militant atheist" Ayn Rand--is not a likely target voting demographic for a libertarian presidential campaign. Unfortunately, for Barr, the first 5 minutes was the high point of the interview; it got worse as it progressed.

Afterwards, Lofton issued this media advisory:

""Bob Barr's answers during my interview of him illustrate perfectly what's wrong with modern Libertarianism – it is a Godless, bread-alone, don't-seek-God's-Kingdom-at-all philosophy. There are, I have been told, exceptions, to what I say. I have been told there are Christian Libertarians. I have, however, not met any – by which I mean I have met no Libertarians who are Christians first. If such an individual exists, he would, of course, be a Christian. A Libertarian, as I see it, is one who puts the Libertarian philosophy first and all other things next."

So much for attracting the wingnut vote, Bob. And, I'm sorry to say, that interview isn't going to score many brownie points with the LPers either. Allowing Lofton to beat out of you an admission that abortion is "murder" isn't going to sit well with many libertarians. It damn well doesn't sit well with me. Tolerating a "federalist position" on abortion as a compromise becomes intolerable when there is an implication of a legitimate State action that could potentially resort to legislating it as a capital offense. Congratulation, Congressman, you just poured gasoline on radicalist discontent.