Thoughts on the Libertarian Party

Cruised by an interesting blog this morning called Hillbilly White Trash. He has a post called Why the Libertarians don't matter which states some of the feelings I've had about the Libertarian Party.

I'm a registered Republican, and I consider myself a conservative, though some people I know think I'm not true enough because of my positions on abortion and the drug war and others think I'm a raging right wing extremist. I sometimes consider myself a (small 'l') libertarian but frankly there is little difference than being a conservative these days.

The Libertarian Party has always bothered me because they claim to be different from the Democrat and Republican parties, but mostly they try to split the difference between the two parties. It's obvious, however, that most Libertarian principles are closer to Republican. And frankly the only real difference seems to be just pro-legalization of drugs. A defensible position, perhaps, but not much of a basis to set up a separate party.

And it would be better if they would win a couple more congressional seats before running candidates for president since they only take votes from Republicans.