On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, James Baird wrote:
> I was just watching Bob Barr bloviating (picked up that word from Frank
> Rich - I'm starting to like it) on MSNBC. Having boycotted most of said
> bloviations for the past year, this was the first time I had seen him
> "in person". Has anyone else noticed he has some pronounced African
> features? Does anyone know his background? Maybe there's some
> components of his racist bile we don't know about...
I've noticed that as well. An African prof. in my dept. swears up and down that Barr is African-American, too. Every time Barr is on tv or in the paper, K. asks me if I'm *sure* Barr isn't Af-Am. frances