Libertarians

There's a nice post over on Samizdata on how awful the republican candidate is, and how the dumb republicans deserve to be punished for nominating him, complete with witty repartee from Libertarians around the US on how they will not give up their principles, even if it means the end of the world, or something near it.

Libertarians are like locusts who come out of the ground every 4 years, trash the political landscape, and disappear again. If they would work on their party a bit in the by-elections and start bringing forward some saner candidates. they'd do better in the general elections.

If you really want to elect a democrat to "teach the republicans a lesson", vote for McCain, "the least repulsive democrat running". If you really think that Obama, led by Harry Reed and Nancy Pelosi, would be better, be honest and vote democratic.