I know jimkeller is disappointed, but...

[essentialsaltes]

Let's hear it for the 2008 Libertarian ticket:

Bob Barr: Former Republican Congressman and "the idol of the gun-toting, abortion-fighting, IRS-hating hard right wing of American politics".

Reason to like him: His first "law of the Universe" is that "the world is full of idiots"
Reason to hate him: He authored and sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act

Wayne Allyn Root: "longtime staunch Republican ... a big contributor to Republican candidates"

Reason to like him: "I'm not a member of the 'lucky sperm club' or the skull and crossbones society."
Reason to hate him: He named his children Dakota, Hudson, Remington, and Contessa.

Comments

[swmartin.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised. I've always had great sympathy for the Libertarian platform. There's a lot of good stuff in there. But for such a principled party, I'm always amazed at the parade of kooks and weirdos they get to run for office every year. Not all of them, of course (throwing a token yet honest bone to jimkeller). But enough that it definitely hurts the party's image. Come on, even the Greens manage to field at least half their candidates who are not stereotypical tree-hugging hippies!