This Wired article on Amazon.com's campaign contribution center led me to surfing around a couple of the web sites for the candidates seeking the Libertarian nomination for President.
It seems to me like this crop emphasize, rather than help dispel, the party's insistence for being a little nutty. One claims that his chances to beat the incumbent are "not unrealistic." He's either lying or so far divorced from reality that he should be disqualified. (I suspect the former; it's an occupantional hazard of running for office.)
Another advocates that prisoners should be confined to bed rest instead of being allowed to exercise, and should be required to submit regular book reports.
Sheer genius, in a Dave Barry kind of way.
This got me to thinking again about the one true libertarian holding office at the federal level - a man who consistently acts in accord with libertarian and constitutional principles even if it means he's the only "no" vote in the room.
He may be the last electable politician to carry the banner of the Libertarian Party into the presidential fray. By "electable" I mean both that he lives in a world of principle, not fantasy, and also that he has won successive elections to an office more important than the local water district. I wondered again if I was the first person to think of a draft movement for him.
Not a chance. The movement has begun.
Posted by wasylik at January 26, 2004 03:50 PM | TrackBack