Who did I vote for?

Here are the reasons why (or why I did not) vote for the presidential candidates.

Obama – His far-left policies are too big government and anti-libertarian. I’ve seen online that some libertarians have voted for him, but I cannot understand why. His supporters infractions on free speech are scary. The rockstar status he’s earned is nothing short of down-right frightening. At least the myth of Camelot in the JFK administration came up after he was already in office. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if the Democrats tried to overturn the 22nd amendment and make their messiah. The other thing I’m worried about is Obama the Warmonger. We’ve seen him say he would cross the borders of a soverign nation (Pakistan) to chase Bin Laden and that we need to get stronger with Iran and Russia. Plus, Obama’s 2nd amendment record is horrendes at best. It’s obvious that Obama is the ‘perfect politician.’ Being a perfect politician, however, is why you vote against someone, not why you vote for them.

McCain – McCain’s stance on the Iraq War was a decent detterent to me. Someone who is interested in staying in Iraq for ‘100 years’ might be as likely to start another war as well. McCain has always supported pretty liberal policies, as being he would have been one of my last choices to get the Republican nod for the presidency. McCain has also ran a pretty negative campaign, which I detest. Then again Obama didn’t run on issues, just ‘Change’ – whatever that is.

Bob Barr – In the end I ended up voting for Barr. I still consider Barr to be a ‘libertarian in sheep’s clothing’. He supported PLENTY of anti-libertarian policies when he was in congress as a Republican – namely the Patriot Act. While I don’t think you should vote for a person based on party…I don’t actually believe that when it comes to third parties. Because they (for now) aren’t going to win anyways, a vote for a candidate like Barr is a vote for the ideals of liberty and small government. I still say he is a HORRID speaker though.

Cynthia McKinney – An anti-semitic, just couldn’t see that flying. Plus she’s just…crazy.

Chuck Baldwin – He was definitely the person who was closest to take my vote away for Barr – and almost did. I sat at the table for 5 minutes trying to figure out if I should vote for Baldwin or Barr. In the end, Baldwin’s ‘letting it up to states to legalize drugs’ and using the ‘bully pulpit’ as the president to go against several things I believe heartily in. Unlike Barr, Baldwin is a MUCH better speaker. I also have to give him a nod for being against illegal immigration.

So in the end it wasn’t that easy for me. And no, I do not consider it ‘throwing my vote away’. I don’t think that we should HAVE to vote for the lesser of two evils – evil doesn’t have to be a choice at all.