> You are much better off picking between
>Republicans or Democrats and trying to
>influence them to go where you want. There are
>a lot of Libertarian-leaners in the GOP, for
>instance, and a lot of people in the Democratic
>party favor many of the Libertarian civil
>rights issues. The two parties routinely
>realign themselves to new ideologies, so it's
>not as if their current course is fixed. Pick
>a party and a platform, and try to support
>candidates within that part who are closer to
>your ideal.
>
> Just a suggestion.
>

Except none of those "Libertarian-leaners" were running for President this year.

You said yourself that if a third party gets any momentum at all, the two major parties will co-opt their message and integrate it into their own platforms. Well, rather than supporting a GOP or Democratic candidate I can't stomach, I'd rather show support for the Libertarian party, in hope that if enough like-minded people follow my lead, the two majors will have to take notice of what the Libertarians stand for and work to include those ideals into their agendas.

-- Dave