George Will's latest essay in Newsweek gave me some small hope that there might be a candidate this libertarian (small l) can vote for in November, without having to hold my nose.
I've long felt that John McCain-Feingold was probably not going to be my choice, but I'm not sure I want a liberal Democrat in the Whitehouse either. My likely vote for Obama was really going to be a vote against the Republican Party and its abandonment of we libertarians in favor of theocrats and neocons -- neither of whom are conservative in any way shape or form.
However, George Will gives me hope. If he's right, and his reading of Obama makes sense when you think about things like Obama's healthcare plan (reviled by the left for giving people an opt-out option, and therefore not covering everyone), then I can put up with a candidate who wants to nudge We the People, as long as he leaves us ultimately free to make our own choices.
he's still a liberal. and a thief.