Allow me to introduce myself to the community. I joined on Saturday, and this will be my first blog post.

Firstly, I would like to say that I am actually a Republican rather than a Democrat. However, I am an unabashed libertarian (I actually prefer the term classical liberal) first and foremost, and I pretty well despise the current leadership of the GOP: the 2006 House Scorecard that was posted showing what appears to be about 75% of House Republicans in the Authoritarian side in what appears to be an interesting mix of both fascists and socialists, is dead on with my experience with some of the GOP bozos I routinely run into in my neck of the woods (North Carolina). The fact that the average for the party is Right Authoritarian (which pretty much indicates that most Congressional Republicans are facists, an observation which I certainly agree with) is truly sad. The GOP candidates for President this time around sans Ron Paul (for whose campaign I'm actually volunteering right now; thank God he's in this thing) are some of the poorest bunch of cloned excuses for potential future Presidents I have ever seen, and it appears as though they will continue to lead the party down the facist, corporatist, theocratic, war-mongering direction in which King George II has taken it. If anyone other than Paul is nominated, I will definitely not be voting Republican this time out. (Unfortunately, I can't vote Libertarian, either, since the Republicrats down here kicked them off the ballot; however, the LPNC is fighting tooth and nail to get back on.) Among the Democrats, I like Richardson, Gravel, and Kucinich and would vote for any of those three. (Gravel and Kucinich are rather socialist on economic issues, but I admire their commitment to civil liberties, their anti-war stance, and most of all, their integrity) However, I absolutely WILL NOT vote for Hillary, Edwards (who I can tell you from first-hand experience is the anti-Christ), Dodd, or Biden, as they all fail my bare minimum qualification for my vote (they all voted for the Iraq War authorization, which is just inexcusable). My jury is still out on Obama, however, if he is the nominee, the Bush Administration still has us in Iraq, and the Republicans nominate someone other than Paul, then I will probably be pissed off enough to vote for him.

With that said, I fully support what all of you on the site are doing in trying to promote libertarianism within the Democratic Party and in trying to give a boost to libertarian Democratic candidates, so much so that I am more than happy to be affiliated with the group and very much look forward to participating on the site. As far as I'm concerned, all of us libertarians are in this together, and whether we are in the Republican or Democratic parties, our legislative and political cause is common. I have voted for Democrats in the past, and if we can find more good libertarian Democrats out there, I will vote for them (and, if possible, work for them) in a heartbeat.

Keep up the great work, everyone.