[Also posted at Reload]
A Libertarian Party candidate, Bruce Guthrie, entered the Senate race this week, and I found myself strongly disagreeing with his decision to run, even though I've always considered myself more of a libertarian than a liberal and have often supported Libertarian Party candidates in the past. Even more frustrating for me is that the Democrat in the race, Maria Cantwell, has a very poor record on civil liberties, including votes for the Patriot Act, praise for the decision to include anti-meth provisions within it, a complete inability to articulate opposition to the War in Iraq, and an unwillingness to stand up to President Bush's attempts at consolidating power and putting dangerously authoritarian jurists on the Supreme Court.
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