I see that The American Spectator has referenced my previous post calling on Share Cory to resign from the LP as evidence of "left libertarian wing" hostility to Bob Barr and the "pragmatist" wing of the LP in general.

Nope. I simply called for Shane Cory to resign because he over-stepped his authority in issuing a press release stating the LP supported a "federal war" on child pornography. It had nothing to do with supporting Mary Ruwart's campaign or the LP's position on the legality/illegality of child pornography. I viewed Shane Cory's actions as a pure preemptive CYA media operation. Since this whole business originated on Third Party Watch and given that Steve Gordon is affiliated with the Barr campaign, the swiftness in which Cory issued this press release led me to simply put 2 and 2 together. If Shane Cory actually acted unilaterally on this matter, then I apologize to Steve Gordon and the Barr campaign. I should point out I've posted a number of sympathetic articles on Barr in the past on Freedom Democrats, here, here, and here. However, I will admit that a recent Barr article that implied he favored the continuation of the US Military drug War in Latin America has considerably soured my previous positive views of his potential campaign.

I'm not a LP delegate and will have nothing to do with the platform battles between the "radicals" and the "reformists." Although I suppose I now fall into the anarchist radical camp, I also think it's pretty much common sense that any political party be definition has to compromise and forge coalitions. However, from the perspective of a mere dues paying LP member, there's a limit to what I'm willing to tolerate. "Federal Wars" on anything are among those things I am not willing to tolerate. That simple.