Us Libertarians!

Apparantly, 20% of the people in the US are libertarians, distinct from conservatives and liberals. Since as we all know there is no option for us, this group splits up and votes Republican or Democrat depending on other issues. There was a time when the Republicans used to come closest to being libertarian; not anymore. The current Republicans are worse than the Democrats; there is nothing they don't want to regulate, right from our bedrooms to how and when we die. They spend our money as if there is no tomorrow. We, libertarians have become orphans as this WSJ article tells us. Money quote: "According to those polls, 17 million voted for John Kerry but did not think the government should do more to solve the country's problems. And 28 million Bush voters support either gay marriage or civil unions. That's 45 million who don't fit the polarized model. They seem to have broadly libertarian attitudes. In fact, it's no secret that libertarian voters make up a chunk of America. But you'd never know it from watching TV -- or listening to our elected politicians." I hope some day there will be at least a few politicans in the libertarian mold.