Turning to the Dark Side?
Apparently, Daily Kos thinks that the time is right to convert we libertarians (with lower a case L) into the Democratic fold. Perry de Havilland spells some things out regarding the unlikelihood that this will happen. It ain’t gonna happen but we libertarians won’t like the result either. The libertarians will not vote for:
Gun control candidates (this is, as Daily Kos says, the deal-breaker)
Big government candidates
Pro-affirmative action candidates
Higher tax candidates
More socialist program candidates
Wealth redistribution candidates
And the list goes on.
What will happen is those libertarians who tend to vote Republican (picking the lesser of evils) may vote for actual libertarians. Of course, this would be a win for the Democratic Party because the votes diverted from the Republicans could allow a win.
If the Democrats acted more like Tennessee Governor Bredesen (or even Dean, sort of, since he at least gets gun control right), it might happen. But when your top contenders are Kerry, Leiberman, and Gephardt, forget it. As an example, if Clinton hadn’t signed the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 into law, Gore would be president right now.
So, all you libertarians out there, think real hard in 2004. And you Democrats out there, start thinking about issues that are important to libertarians and change your minds on the stuff that you’re wrong about.
