Bob Barr s calls of the wild

Published June 13, 2008 4:00am ET



Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr is apparently the king of odd calls.

“I have had so many strange phone calls,” he told Yeas & Nays recently. “I still do. I get weird calls based off of my work in the CIA, my projects when I was a prosecutor, and people still think I am in Congress.”

He’s gotten so used to his phone ringing excessively that he’s really gotten into ringtones. His favorite tones? The University of South Carolina and University of Georgia fight songs.

When asked whether he would add a cell phone charm to his BlackBerry, he rejected the idea. “They sound too geeky.”