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April 05, 2005

The Vast (insert faction here) Conspiracy

Perhaps this is more like what Glenn is looking for?

Update: In a related post Glenn sez, "But I think this is more whistling in the dark. It's certainly true that the Libertarian Party is trivial. But libertarian-leaning Republicans and independents are far more numerous, and have less reason to stick around given that their agendas aren't getting much attention."

He's right. The only question really is where are they to go? Democrats have fallen off the map from a security standpoint and they certainly aren't any better than the Republicans when it comes to smaller government. Further while the libertarians aren't too happy about the social conservatism of some Republicans, they cannot align themselves with a party that wants to stick its hands into every area of our lives, even going as far as to regulate the obesity of public school teachers.

Now if the Democrats wake up from their weak-backbone malaise and actually start taking terrorism seriously, as well as credibly argue for a slimmer, more efficient government, then the Republicans could be at real risk of losing the libertarian leaning wing of the party.

But with the likes of Howard Dean at the head, that's not likely anytime soon, is it?

Posted by bubba138 at April 5, 2005 01:55 PM