Obama Made Me A Libertarian

I voted for Obama in 2008.  I'll vote for Ron Paul in 2012.

There was a time, in 2007, when I thought: Even if Obama doesn't win the election, I'd still be willing to give my time and money to whatever he decides to do next.

I was convinced that he was our man.  I knew he was going to change the world.  I knew I wanted to change it with him.



Then he became president.  The wars continued.  Guantanamo remained open.  The Patriot Act was renewed and not vetoed.  New wars started.

I thought: Didn't we vote Bush out?

Then I realized:  Even before Obama disillusioned me with his broken promises, his new wars, his abandonment of the Constitution, he had made me a Libertarian.

You see, in 2007, when I decided that I would be willing to support him financially, and by volunteering my time—even if he didn't get elected—that's called freedom, or a free market.

A year or two after I voted for him, I no longer wanted to support him.  I did not want to give him my money, or my time.  But he remains president regardless of my wants.  That's politics, or an un-free market.

We deserve the freedom to support whomever we wish with our money and our time.  When we no longer wish to support someone, we should be free to withdraw our support, in time, and money.

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