Why Jeremy is not A Libertarian – II
As I was reading over this VodkaPundit Essay, I was reminded of two things I wrote earlier. One, How Little Jeremy became a Republican, and a Two Headed Monster essay, Why Jeremy is Not a Libertarian.
I find it comforting to know that Steven Green and I have come to the same conclusions, but from different directions.
Then we all woke up one morning to learn that airliners had crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and into the wooded hills of Pennsylvania. “Well, here’s a war even a good Libertarian like me can support.†We’d been attacked, directly, and we knew who the culprits were and where their protectors and sponsors were. We would go after them with such righteous fury that no one would dare strike New York City ever again.
Boy, was I wrong.
I’m not sure which party I’ll support for President, much less which candidate. From here, it looks as if the Republicans have become wrong and corrupt, the Democrats are stupid and corrupt, and the Libertarians have gone plain crazy.
It was easy tearing up my LP membership card. It’s quite a bit harder to find something to replace it. But I know this much: There’s no going back. Maybe there’s just too little room for principle in such a violent world.
Read the whole thing: I was a Card Carrying Libertarian.
