A Third Way

In today's Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial pages the editorial staff comment on the sad, sad state of the Republican Party.

"The Republicans' biggest problem is not their ideology but their lack of one. Stigmatized as rightists, behaving like leftists, and ultimately standing for nothing, they're in the worst of all possible worlds," quotes the editors of another article by Christopher Caldwell, "The Southern Captivity of the GOP."

The RTD staff and Caldwell are correct. The GOP stands for nothing and everything all at the same time. The Libertarian Party literally describes itself as "The Party of Principle." What principles are those? Smaller Government. Lower Taxes. More Freedom.

Republican talk a good game, but when elected behave exactly like liberals. It is time for Amercia (and especially our media) to pay attention to America's largest third party.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/editorials/article/ED-CALD24_20090823-165804/287875/