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===Pennsylvania lawsuit===

===Pennsylvania lawsuit===

In August of 2008, McCain supporters in the [[Pennsylvania]] GOP filed a lawsuit to remove Libertarian candidate [[Bob Barr]] from the ballot in Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.foxreno.com/politics/17258065/detail.html GOP Wants Barr Barred From Pa. Ballot: Candidate Claims McCain Camp Playing Dirty]</ref> Barr is more conservative than McCain on a wide variety of issues, including taxes, spending, environmental activism, energy, abortion, and gun control, and the lawsuit is the first concrete indication that McCain fears Barr. The suit says Libertarians waited too long to substitute Barr's name for the stand-in candidate whose name had appeared on petitions. Barr denies the accusation and has called the lawsuit the actions of a "dictator." Barr points out that in 2000, when New York GOP supporters of [[George W. Bush]] tried to remove McCain from the New York primary ballot, McCain spoke forcefully against trying to remove another candidate from the ballot, saying "''I would never consider, ever consider, allowing a supporter of mine to challenge Governor Bush's right to be on the ballot in all 50 states.''"<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EEDA123AF937A25752C0A9669C8B63 McCain Urges Bush to Halt New York Ballot Challenge], Jodi Wilgoren, [[New York Times]], January 14, 2000</ref>

In August of 2008, McCain supporters in the [[Pennsylvania]] GOP filed a lawsuit to remove Libertarian candidate [[Bob Barr]] from the ballot in Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.foxreno.com/politics/17258065/detail.html GOP Wants Barr Barred From Pa. Ballot: Candidate Claims McCain Camp Playing Dirty]</ref> Barr is more conservative than McCain on a wide variety of issues, including taxes, spending, environmental activism, energy, abortion, and gun control, and the lawsuit is the first concrete indication that McCain fears Barr. The suit says Libertarians waited too long to substitute Barr's name for the stand-in candidate whose name had appeared on petitions. Barr denies the accusation and has called the lawsuit the actions of a "dictator." Barr points out that in 2000, when New York GOP supporters of [[George W. Bush]] tried to remove McCain from the New York primary ballot, McCain spoke forcefully against trying to remove another candidate from the ballot, saying "''I would never consider, ever consider, allowing a supporter of mine to challenge Governor Bush's right to be on the ballot in all 50 states.''"<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EEDA123AF937A25752C0A9669C8B63 McCain Urges Bush to Halt New York Ballot Challenge], Jodi Wilgoren, [[New York Times]], January 14, 2000</ref>

==Criticisms==

==Criticisms==