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csberrySince my favorite politician, Sen. Arlen Spector (R-PA), isn't likely to run for president again this year AND my philosophically-similar politician, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), is merely an ideological choice and not a practical one; I have begun to gather info for the sake of screening who I can readily dismiss and who I need to pay attention to over the next 18 or so months.
I consider myself a "practical libertarian." While I believe the best govt is the least intrusive govt, I know that the American culture couldn't handle someone coming into office and killing much of the federal govt. That would be a HUGE setback for a Libertarian party to have that happen. My hope is to foster libertarian leaning politicians and those which are bipartisan. Partisans blind themselves to reality and generally suck ass.
I believe the federal govt is to maintain the country's sovereignty, protect the rights written in the Constitution (shame on the "interstate commerce" abusers!), and leave the extra stuff to the states. If MA wants to tax heavily and provide its residents with assistance for medical care, then let the people of that state pursue it.
My voting record is probably 50% GOP, 40% Dem, and 10% Libertarian. As far as president, despite the temptation to vote for Harry Browne, I've always voted for one of the two dominant parties in this position:
1992 - Clinton (fearful of Christian Coalition/Moral Majority after 12 years of GOP presidency)
1996 - Dole (in talk radio now and hoped a boring term by Dole would liberate us from the GOP's examination of all of Clinton's skeletons)
2000 - Bush (I bought the "uniter, not a divider" crap thanks to praise he received from TX Dems)
2004 - Kerry (honestly a throwaway vote because I had a severe distaste of both candidates)
So far, I have bookmarked the following 2008 candidate websites:
Barak Obama
Bill Richardson
Mitt Romney
Rudy Giuliani
Chuck Hagel
John McCain
Sorry, but there's no way I could vote for Hillary (don't trust a thing that the woman says) and Edwards is a bit too cheesy with his millionaire populist approach.
I consider myself a "practical libertarian." While I believe the best govt is the least intrusive govt, I know that the American culture couldn't handle someone coming into office and killing much of the federal govt. That would be a HUGE setback for a Libertarian party to have that happen. My hope is to foster libertarian leaning politicians and those which are bipartisan. Partisans blind themselves to reality and generally suck ass.
I believe the federal govt is to maintain the country's sovereignty, protect the rights written in the Constitution (shame on the "interstate commerce" abusers!), and leave the extra stuff to the states. If MA wants to tax heavily and provide its residents with assistance for medical care, then let the people of that state pursue it.
My voting record is probably 50% GOP, 40% Dem, and 10% Libertarian. As far as president, despite the temptation to vote for Harry Browne, I've always voted for one of the two dominant parties in this position:
1992 - Clinton (fearful of Christian Coalition/Moral Majority after 12 years of GOP presidency)
1996 - Dole (in talk radio now and hoped a boring term by Dole would liberate us from the GOP's examination of all of Clinton's skeletons)
2000 - Bush (I bought the "uniter, not a divider" crap thanks to praise he received from TX Dems)
2004 - Kerry (honestly a throwaway vote because I had a severe distaste of both candidates)
So far, I have bookmarked the following 2008 candidate websites:
Barak Obama
Bill Richardson
Mitt Romney
Rudy Giuliani
Chuck Hagel
John McCain
Sorry, but there's no way I could vote for Hillary (don't trust a thing that the woman says) and Edwards is a bit too cheesy with his millionaire populist approach.
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Date: 2007-03-14 04:59 am (UTC)