I'm quite the proud libertarian. I wouldn't go as overboard as some of the popular (if you want to call them that with such a small fanbase
) libertarians in the public eye, but every party has its radicals. For that matter, the libertarian party is in itself pretty radical in today's society.
I'm fond of the idea of parties in the naive sense that I want to believe that, whatever candidate from each party is chosen, we will get from him what he promises (or at least an attempt), and that his views will remain the same until he leaves office or loses the race. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen and probably never has. I'm not going to start pointing fingers in this, as all it seems to do is piss everyone off, so I'll just leave it at that.
One thing I like seeing from the libertarian party is this movement to get a few thousand libertarians to move to Vermont or New Hampshire to eclipse the vote there and get some libertarians in congress. Great idea, and I might take part in it myself. I'm not sure as to the name of it, if anyone wants to do some digging and find out, that's up to you.
Few things get me as angry as politics, and I'm finding it difficult right now to argue my views without just getting overcome, frankly, by others' stupidity and self-administered blindness to various issues.
Y'all talk about parties and how terrible/unneccesary they are. I don't really think they're that terrible. I do want to know what the Democrats think of Zell speaking at the Republican National Convention. I love that man.
As a final note, I think it's odd how people tend to write and speak with larger words than they're accustomed to when it comes to politics. Like "outsmarting" the competition will get anything done whatsoever. All it does is slow things down. Say what you mean, and goddamnit, mean what you say.
That's all I got. Continue with your discussion.