oh bobby
That’s right, Bob Barr has thrown his hat in the political ring (again) under the banner of the libertarian party, giving me momentary pause in my push to vote Obama.
Yeah, that’s right, I said I (have) thought about casting a vote for Barr this November. Now, before you start screaming that the sky is falling, lets talk through.
I’ve always been a fan of small government, I think it works the best when there is less crap in the system to muck it up, and such. Libertarians are also big fans of personal freedom, in other words, they’re ok if your ok. Sure, (to be fair) there is some homo-bashing to be found within the party at times, but for the most part you’ve got a generally high level of social acceptance. Finally, ‘ol Bobby wants to get us the hell outta Iraq, which is a big time issue for me. So he’s got some good stuff going for him (As far as I’m concerned).
But then, of course, we have to take a gander at the negatives. Libertarians are big fans of laissez-faire control, which brought us some big ills at the turn of the industrial revolution. Then of course with small government comes no socialized health care, which I am a big fan of/would help me quite a bit (As of right now I have to avoid going to the doc if it’s not an emergency). (Note to all the non-healthcare fans out there, if you would actually like to discuss it rather than repeat “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” then go ahead)
So, after doing a quick comparison/contrast between Obama and Barr, I’m back to Obama. Sure Barr would get us out of the war, sure he’s a proponent of smaller government, but lets face it, I’m voting for socialized health care, racial reconciliation, and maybe, just maybe, finally showing the world that we’re not all religious bastards intent on blowing up all who don’t believe actually good people too (along with showing Americans the same about the world).
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