[xvq2er]

Astounding!! I have voted for the Libertarian candidate(s) since 1976 and have only recently abandoned them. John Hospers has spelled out exactly why. THIS needs to be published everywhere as well.

[Mike Fieschko]

THIS needs to be published everywhere as well.

He didn't get it from here, but David Hogberg has it on NRO Battlegrounders.

[zeugma]

I'm with you on that. I've voted libertarian where I could for years, with the exception of Reagan II. I'm on board for Bush this year. (I even have a sign.) Most in the Libertarian party accept the right of individuals to defend themselves, which is why the LP supports the 2nd Amendment so strongly. I see the WOT as an extension of this. We've been attacked, and we have the right to defend ourselves with whatever force is necessary. If we don't terrorism will only increase in both frequency and scale. To wait for them to come to us is lunacy IMO. Let's kill them in Iraq and Afghanistan, and let Isreal kill them in the West Bank.

[Socratic]

"Astounding!! I have voted for the Libertarian candidate(s) since 1976 and have only recently abandoned them."

This is my voting pattern also. I more closely adhere to Libertarian principles than R or D, but Sept. 11, 2001 changed everything for me. I can no longer afford a vanity vote to promote a more than two party system. The security and future direction of America is too important at this time.

[Temple Owl]

Please heed his plea and vote for Bush.