I find It amusing that Bob Barr, my former Congressman, is running for president as a Libertarian. I lived in Bob Barr’s district from 1996-2001. Even though I was eleven years old when I met him, he didn’t make much of an impression on me. How would you like it if your first impression of a politician looked as creepy as Bob Barr did in the 1990’s?
Anyway, a lot of conservatives seem to think that it would better to vote for Bob Barr than John McCain. I agree with Nic Shaykos when I say that it is not a good idea to pull the lever for Congressman Barr. As Nic already noted, Congressman Barr is a member and represenative of the ACLU. You know, the organization that is behind taking “Under God” out of the Pledge Of Allegiance? With apologies, I will pose the same question that Nic asked, how can a conservative belong to the ACLU?
The bottom line is that Bob Barr is a bad choice for President. I compare voting for him as similar to voting for former house majority leader, Tom Delay. Sure, Bob Barr understands conservatism just as well as any career politician can, which in short, is for all the wrong reasons.
More than that however, my opinion is that the basic beliefs of the Libertarian Party a founded on a deeply flawed ideology. Libertarians act on the assumption that man is responsible enough to govern themselves 
completely, and without government intervention. However, doesn’t absolute power corrupt absolutely? Before anyone misunderstands me, I believe that men are fallen, and evil at heart, and should be held responsible for their actions. Government should be refined to the most basic level, which is the core belief of federalism, which is a true doctrine that conservatives in government should live by. Libertarians missed that step. Fderalism was good enough for Thomas Jefferson in 1800, good enough for Barry Goldwater in 1964, and good enough for Ronald Reagan in 1980, so it should be good enough for conservatives in 2008.
