In case you don’t pay attention to these things, Bob Barr is running for President on the Libertarian ticket. Bob Barr’s campaign site looks a hell of a lot like Ron Paul’s campaign site. I wonder if he got a discount for using the same template. After all, the design company didn’t have to start from scratch.
Generally speaking, I tend to agree with most of Barr’s positions. He is against continuing growth of the federal government and that is the single most important issue because that one issue causes all my various problems with government. If we could limit the role of the federal government to a few key things like providing for a common defense and maybe regulating interstate commerce this nation would be a better place to live, and certainly a more interesting place to live.
Neither Ron Paul or Bob Barr has a chance of winning the election. Either of the two could upset the balance though, and skew the results in favor of the Democratic contender. When the time comes to decide, it is likely I will write in Ron Paul’s name and consequences be damned. But now, at least, I have a good backup. I may still cast my symbolic vote for Bob Barr depending what happens in the next few months.
Many in the ranks of American punditry are speculating that the spoilers in this election will ensure a Democratic President gets elected. If that happens, then I say more power to the successful candidate. Both parties are destroying the value of our currency. Both parties are trying to homogenize this nation, effectively removing the ingredient that once made us the greatest place on earth to live. Both parties continue to encroach on personal freedoms by pretending that doing so will somehow benefit us all collectively. Both parties throw money at a failing education system and continue pretending that the money will fix the problems instead of looking at the root causes (social value systems) that are responsible for the mediocrity of our public education system. Neither party is serious about fixing the energy crisis. Neither party is serious about making America a better nation.
If electing a Democrat speeds up the inevitable recycling that nations go through in history, then I’m all for it. Rome is going to burn sooner or later – the writing is already on the wall. Let’s get it over with so we can start rebuilding from the ashes. Maybe we’ll have a longer cycle of enlightenment and freedom the next time around. If Bob Barr can destroy the status quo then he’s doing a good thing.