I have to admit: I love being a Libertarian. I get the same sense of smug satisfaction that Liberals must have enjoyed under George Bush -- not being in a position to really get their way, they could pontificate wildly about how they would do things differently, without fear of their views actually being put to the test.

Being a Libertarian is kind of like that, except we get to complain (something readers of my Stimulus Maximus posts already know I love doing) no matter who is in power. The way things are right now, Libertarians are still on the fringe, with the Dems and the Reps fighting it out like two football teams from rival cities.

As a Libertarian, I get to laugh at the Democrats as they beg and bribe Northrop Grumman with tax credits and grants to move their headquarters to Maryland. I get to be angry at the Republicans for not doing more to avoid the loss of BP Solar's Frederick plant when they had the chance. I even get to cheer the boondoggle of a Senate session that followed the passage-by-reconciliation of the ever-popular ObamaCare.

Why? Because, as a Libertarian, I don't have to root for either team.

You've really got to try this. It's sort of like going vegan, except you still get to eat at Five Guys. If I side with the D's on one issue -- great! If I side with the R's on another -- far out! It's a refreshing change from the Political Sports Team^TM mentality that has dominated America for so long.

There is one catch, though. The libertarian vote is of becoming increasingly significant. If more and more people hop on the bandwagon, we could actually find ourselves in a position to enact some real change, and then the pressure would really be on. Luckily, libertarianism's "kissing cousin" is known as Classical Liberalism -- something that served our country quite well during its early days. So even with our feet to the fire, I still think we'd be sitting pretty.