“My fist clenched; the hair on the back of my neck stood up. … I gritted my teeth and said [to the aide], ‘I’ll be willing to do that, as soon as I can get your ass qualified to fly low enough and slow enough to do it.’”

Deciding which politician to support has long been frustrating for libertarians. Both the liberal and conservative perspectives conflict with cherished libertarian views, so few Democrats or Republicans present a package that libertarians can embrace with enthusiasm.

Libertarians do find common ground with conservatives on some issues, and with liberals on others. Roughly, libertarians are economic conservatives and foreign and social policy liberals. So, depending on the pressing issue of the day, libertarians can sometimes identify one candidate or another as “the lesser of the evils.”

Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, however, have presented libertarians with a more fundamental dilemma: when judged by actions rather than rhetoric, both are anti-libertarian on almost every issue.

So I was starting some research to do a post complaining about the ongoing budget deficit issues, fiscal conservativism, etc; in response to the Arizona Proposition 100 comments popping up all over the interwebz… and I was planning to say something to the effect of ‘Congress is treating the budget like a teenager with a credit card’.  

… That is, until I found out George W. Bush said such during a speech in 2007.  

Not to be associated with his ridiculous notions of fiscal conservativism or his other failures as a President, I decided to scrap the post.. but was amused enough to feel like sharing.