[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Out of frustration with the Illinois GOP (or what is left of it) I looked at the website of the Libertarian Party of Illinois. Outside of the absence of socialist planks, their platform was hardly distinguishable from the Green Party’s. One of the things that stood out was their participation in a coalition that included A.N.S.W.E.R, Code Pink, and other leftist organizations, including the CPUSA as I recall, in opposition to the Iraq War. They can oppose the war if they like. Do they have to get in bed with communists to do so?

I stayed Republican.

[The Pack Knight]

I myself nearly switched my registration to Libertarian when I was in college. I was even came this close to pulling the lever for Harry Browne in 2000.

Luckily, I thought twice before I did either. The GOP, severely flawed though it may be, is a much better home for sane libertarians than the LP.

This is because far too many Libertarians ignore the fact that liberty is worse than useless to those who lack the responsibility to use it wisely, and the will to defend it aggressively.

This, I think, is what James Madison meant when he famously said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."