>Now I'm confused. I just don't understand your logic. In the first paragraph, you are suggesting that voting for Obama is closer to your libertarian views? I don't think you really understand libertarian then. He (as in his party and his party's policies) is so far removed from libertarian that he's off the scale.
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>In the 2nd paragraph, if I understood you correctly, you are suggesting that not allowing the Republicans into the white house is the means to punish them for the debt incurred during the last two terms...

I didn't mean to suggest that if I did. My vote for Obama is primarily to punish the Republican party. It's not that I don't like Republicans, or love Democrats. While I have tended to vote for Democrats in the past, I have also voted for Republicans, and like some of the stances McCain has taken, particularly when they were unpopular. I admire that in a politician.

Also, I do like things about Obama. Primarily, I think he's a smart guy. I like smart people, even if I don't agree with them.

But I do believe that Iraq has been a serious, serious mistake, and the party in charge has to pay for that.