Up until now, the so-called “libertarian” Party has lacked an iconic animal mascot, in the manner of the Republican elephant or Democrat mule (oh, wait, it’s a donkey, right? I always have trouble with that…).
But recent events in the race for the party’s presidential nomination have coalesed the party’s character as to make the leading candidate as obvious as the Republican’s John bomb-bomb bomb-bomb Iran.
In the past, whatever disagreement one might have with the party’s nominee, one could at least, for the most part recognize them as a bonafide libertarian of some sort.
But this election cycle—well it’s different. Whether they win the nomination or not, this should be remembered as the year of Bob Barr and Mike Gravel.
Both as of this writing are seeking the party’s presidential nomination. Barr, the befuddled ex-Republican, ex-conservative. Gravel, the loony majoritarian world government advocate. (more…)