LP vs GOP

It has long been a dilemma for those of us who strongly believe in the Constitution; whether to stick it out with one of the big political parties (neither of which fully supports the Constitution), or go with a smaller party that does, even though it is often a hopeless cause. When there are issues on which we can agree, we Libertarians have no problem working alongside the big parties to accomplish the goals.

Overall, it has long been the Republicans who have been more closely in synch with us. Some Libertarians have even run for office as Republicans in order to have a better chance of being able to get into position to have more actual political power than just yelling from the sidelines, as most of us have to do. Former Libertarian Presidential candidate, now Congressman, Ron Paul of Texas, is a good example of this.

Maybe it's my imagination; but since the recent election, I have been noticing more discussions of how Libertarians and Republicans can or cannot work together. Here is a Libertarian who voted for Bush, expressing his current disappointment in the GOP; while here is a piece on how the GOP should try more to work with Libertarians. I'm willing to work with anyone of any party who has a plan to restore the Constitution, reduce the tax burden and the size of government.

KMK
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 11/23/2002 10:03:00 AM Send this post: