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Time to Come Home. But where is home?

I received a letter from the Libertarian Party last week that’s been at the forefront of my mind since I got it. During the first parts of the Paul campaign, people were talking about how they had joined the Republican Party so they could possibly serve as delegates or something of the like. While others, such as myself, believe(d) that the infiltration of the party would be too difficult and that we need to stick to the LP platform in order to get things done.

But lately, I’ve been on the fence about it.

The letter from the LP talked about how people had joined the GOP for voting purposes and other things, but now it’s time to come back home to the LP. The points being that the GOP is not going to give us the time of day and that we are stronger as a political party force as Libertarians. Which was always my philisophy to begin with. They made the point about how we would have never become a country had we tried to infiltrate the British instead of going against them. They’re saying that we all did what we had to do, but it’s time to come home.

I hate the 2 party system, but there’s a strong argument on the other side too. Despite being ignored by the media, Ron Paul would have never gotten the movement together that he did if he was still on the LP ticket. While infiltrating the republican party would be hard to get anything done, doing it as a Libertarian is nearly impossible. We are working to change that, but at the same time, it is very very hard. I also think this is much different than the idea of infiltrating the Brits. For one, we weren’t allowed to. We didn’t have representatives in their government and were pretty much at their mercy. Where as the GOP can be changed if we get enough people behind our ideals. Even in the past 30 years the GOP has gone through many changes as far as what the party represents and who is to lead it.

So the question that crosses my mind: Do I stay the course with the LP and continue to build on that. Or do I decide it’s best to support constitutional and liberty minded republicans instead? There are people like Jim Forsythe and a couple dozen others around the country that plan on running as “Ron Paul Republicans”. Where in lies our greatest chance for change? For restoring liberty and constitutional freedoms? I don’t know yet. I’m still thinking.

But I can’t belive I’m considering joining the Republican Party to do this. Ugh. Talk about something I never thought I would do.

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