Go Go Gadget Libertarian!

I really like Libertarians a lot, though I myself am not one. Just for clarification, I'm talking about the American kind, not the proponents of the general philosophy, hence the capital "L." As the title of this post suggests, I like them because, dammit, they're handy. Why? Because they they can chastise Republicans with impunity.

This isn't to say that Democrats don't chastise Republicans, because they do, a lot, in lieu of actually accomplishing anything. But Libertarians have the huge advantage of possessing the respect of conservatives, despite being only half-conservative themselves. Conservative Republicans just can't dredge up the hatred for Libertarians that they have for Democrats, putting the former in the interesting position of being able to walk all over them, revealing their flaws without reprisal. Not that this will save the world or anything, I just get a kick out of it whenever a Republican is scolded by a Libertarian and then feels too guilty to do anything but shuffle from foot to foot. See, I think Republicans all don't want to admit that Libertarians are REAL Republicans in the same way that the Green Party is the REAL Democrats. Nobody likes to be a fake. I love it when a Libertarian jumps in the fray and declares the Patriot Act unconstitutional, or criticizes the Iraq war as grossly interventionist, and instead of getting mad the Bushies just hem and haw--because they know that the Libertarians are everything they ought to be. It tickles me pink. Unlike the Democrats, who are large and obligated to get stuff done, the Libertarians are free to shake things up a little, just because they can. And sometimes, they point out something obvious that the whole reasonable population of the country knew but politicians didn't, because most of them suffer from a political disease that causes them to see the nation's issues in terms of money and boring. These moments are when I'm prompted to stand up and shout, "Go Go Gadget Libertarian!"

Now, you might be asking, "If you like Libertarians so much, why aren't you one yourself?" The answer is simple. Some of the things they propose are batshit insane. Therefore I don't think I'd become one myself, though I do respect their third-party-ish consistency. You can just trust them not to be fucking hypocrites, and that's enough for me to want more of them around. Just for fun.

Now I Feel Better

I swear it's provably true: talking things over with friends can make anything great again. Sorry for all the drama, back to your regularly scheduled nonsensical programming.