What bothers me is not that Republicans and Democrats are "too alike". What I mourn is that too many of the Republicans we now have don't have the stones to stand up for conservatism. Hastert and Lott are shining examples of "Rodney King Republicans" (can't we all just get along?) - unwilling to draw a line in the sand when it needs to be drawn.
I miss Phil Gramm and Jesse Helms already.
Maybe as a full majority they will grow a backbone but I'm not holding my breath. If Harry Browne really cared about conservatism, he'd jettison the pot-smoking stoners that dominate his party and join with real conservatives like the Constitution Party. But I'm not holding my breath on that haapening either.
Philosophers of tremendous merit are normally regarded in their own time as crack-pots, heretics, and criminals. While I don't know that Harry fits among such luminaries, the philosophy he espouses is such a "dangerous notion". Dangerous at least to those in power and their status quo.
I just hope that more people catch on to the message before the powers that be start shooting messangers.