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.
I guess that we run in different circles.
I agree that I have run into that type a few times, but in my area -- Pittsburgh, PA -- we have a very (yikes) conservative party. It's predominantly pro life, adamantly pro-gun, vocally in favor of lower taxes and smaller government. They are not the long haired, maggot infested, doobie doing hippies you are seeing.
I take strong issue with their anti-war stance, but domesticly I'm more in line with them than I am with the GOP. Unless Bush DOES something (not just talks about it) dramatic to demonstrate more respect for the Constitution, Michael Badnarik will get my vote in November. I think that Bush will lose by as big a margin in PA this year as he did in 2000, so my vote is really a protest against his domestic policies and really will not effect the outcome of the race.
I quit the LP months ago because of their thick-headedness on the Drug War.