Josh, that's enough reason to make me want to be a libertarian.
I think that the problem all of you (and at the risk guarantee of being flamed) supposedly smart people are having is that you are like the blind men trying to describe an elephant when each of them are only touching different parts of the animal.
Do you look at Arlen Specter and Lincoln Chaffee and think that they are the GOP? Or do you realize that they are only a part of it?
Do you look at Zell Miller and, and, and, ..... OK, there are no other good Democrats, but do you look at Zell and proclaim that the Dems are finally getting it?
Of course not and you shouldn't. But neither should you focus on the nut cases who have a Kodak moment. Yes there are nut cases in the LP (BTW, I am a registered Republican who doesn't use any drugs and rartely even takes prescribed medications). The GOP had David Duke. So what?
You are doing what the media AND the two major parties wants you to do and that is to focus on drugs to discredit the many good ideas that Libertarians bring to the table. And for all of those who want to do drugs there are probably 10 times as many who never touch drugs but want the government to stay the hell out of their lives. The war on drugs is a bigger problem and a bigger threat to our liberties than any pothead or crack addict will ever be.
Well to test out your theory, would you mind the house next door to you or even your neighborhood be declared a "do any drug you want to" zone.
Surely you wouldn't mind.
Psst Ray, david duke was never welcomed and kicked out.
Badray..
We focus on the Drug issue when we think about Libertarians, because thats ALL LIBERTARIANS TALK ABOUT
That's #1 on their list.
They talk about legalizing marijuana before they talk about eliminating taxes, private rights, and individual responsibility.
They are not representing themselves very well when that's there #1 issue, when they have many very good ideas that aren't focused on.
It's their fault they are still a minnow compared to even the Green Party. They are picking the battles they can't win, when they should be trying to win over the population with battles that they CAN WIN. Such as the ones I just mentioned.