All of it true, I guess. My issue is not what liberty you hold the most important, because I believe thinking Americans shouldn't have to do this. But I would like to know what type of legislation we are talking about. Assault weapons? Do we need those? Although crime rose with Clinton's ban so I guess this is difficult. Democrats are better with the economy...
I'm not trying to legislate tolerance either, but the right wing does everything it can to keep cultural change out of the picture as well. Homophobia is a result of gender roles and anti-secularism, and I want a party that sorts that out. I'm not at all happy to stick with the democrats, and I am actually actively trying to make them more libertarian, for their sake and for ours. I do think that the libertarians have lost a lot of oomph as of late, and I can not allow pragmatists and evangelicals to gain a foothold because of guns. I actually own one myself but I just don't value it that much. I could very well be wrong and I am aware I should not be comfortable with voting democrat in November, but I will nonetheless.
Right now I'm more worried about China, the war on terror and the economy, and the current zeitgeist of the republicans shows that they are not up for it. Bush got reelected because people thought he needed more time. Time's up.