I really need to stop myself from posting while drunk. It is not a good combo.

In short, you are a stupid fuckface.

Plus I was the only strict constructionist in the office although I doubt that that would have been different in a Republican office.

Hmm a strict contructionist you say? Care to tell me your view of the establishment clause, and also your view of the constitutionality of “In God We Trust” and “Under God” in their respective places…

The modern GOP is a stones throw away from being a bunch of fucking fascist bastards. As shitty as the Democrats are, I will be very relieved if they pick up at least one aspect of the legislature this year so then can al least slow the speed at which Bush and the Republicans shit on our Constitution.

I run a libertarian newspaper out here, http://www.nwmeridian.com , and it does extremely well in the suburbs. Some people know right away its libertarian by reading it, others don’t.

If libertarians want to win offices, they need to spend their time educating people about what it means, first, otherwise the non-libertarian press is going to find every nutjob to interview – you know how the rest goes.

Just talk about it, to your neighbors. If Jehova’s Witnesses can go door to door, why can’t we?

stranger — I agree (and remember when Democrats occupied that sector).

It would be great if you and Logan could post a ranked table of economic and civil liberties scores, as you did for the House members.

I’ve followed Feingold’s votes a bit, and they do seem to be opposition votes. My key problem with him is McCain-Feingold (BCRA). If he was to reverse his position on that one…

Such as: How principled is he? If he does run for president, would you consider voting for him? And most importantly, would you consider voting for him over a Libertarian, if he was on the Democratic candidate and thus had a good chance of winning? Personally, I know I will at least pay closer attention to him from now on.

Chief Wana Dubie… LOL! That’s pretty funny, until I’m reminded of how people like this only reinforce the stereotype that Libertarians are just a bunch of fringe nutballs.

I say this as someone who leans left and supports Logan’s work. I just don’t think we should be too excited about any perceived movement even closer to libertarianism — among the elected. I do however think there are some rumblings of hope among the democratic grassroots. I think that map is going to continue to rotate clockwise. Of course this means the GOP will keep getting worse at the same time.

Democrats compromise their social agenda and Republicans compromise their economic agenda, the trend is towards more authoritarianism regardless of where an individual falls on the Nolan chart!

When not supporting consistenly libertarian polititins, we have to support those republicans who put economic freedom above all else, and democrats who put social freedom above all else. Only then will we reverse the trend.

When you talk about the Progressive movement it’s important to remember that not only did they start at the state and local level, but they did so within the two major parties. The only time it was an independent party was when a major figure ran for President. I think you’re wrong about the levels of support. The Progressive Party had 27% of the vote in 1912 and 17% in 1924. The final Progressive Party campaign in 1948 had less than 3%.

Barring anarchist revolution (which I don’t expect in my lifetime), the state will continue to exist, and built into that existence are imperatives toward not only maintenance, but increased scope, of its power. Or, to put it a different way, if a tool is left lying around, it will be picked up and used by those who think they can use it to get things they want.

The libertarian impulse, in the context of the existing system, is to try to swat that tool out of as many hands as possible. When out of power, it’s not surprising that the “major” parties will go with that impulse to a degree. Some major party politicians will, too, even when their party is in power. But never enough to swat it out of everyone’s reach.

Also there is money to be made from libertarian ideas and we must find wealthy benefactors to assist us.

Ahh, but there is MUCH more money to be made via regulation and fear mongering. Take Rumsfeld for example. He is making millions off the bird flu farce. Then there is Cheney, making tens of millions off the Iraq War and Katrina via Halliburton. And now we have many other members of the Bush admin about to make fortune off ports security – thus the reason for the Dubai fiasco.