My dear Libertarian friends, I have always watched you from where we are on the Right, and I have wondered: what are you really about? I am interested in politics not so much to push a Far-Right agenda unto the rest of the people, but because I believe that, between the Right from where I stand, and the Left against whom I argue, a compromise that serves the constituency best would be nice. It would be nicer were I actually in public service, but that’s another thing all together.

But come to think of it, isn’t public service what politics is supposed to be about? We ridicule the biggest spenders and autocrats in our government today, Republican and Democrat, those selfish power-players for whom public office is an all-they-can-eat buffet of taxpayer money. It bothers us that despite their actions, year after year their constituents vote them back into office. In the end, the voters get what they deserve.

Whenever I hear from you, or read of you, you all seem so… Uncompromising. So adamant are you in holding on to your valuable principles that you can’t get anything accomplished in politics. What is more important to you: that you follow, to the letter, the Holy Writ Of The Fountainhead By Saint Ayn Of Rand, or to get something important to you and the people you choose to serve done? Not necessarily done expeditiously or recklessly, but just done, in order to approach an outcome which, if not fully achieved, comes close?

I will assume that you know that politics, structured the way it is in this country, demands compromise. Getting something done requires building a coalition. The question for you, dear Libertarians from the House Of Paul Or Barr, is whether you accept this reality.

The Libertarian dilemma, as I see it is simple: you see the need for action, you know what you need done, and from what principles you draw your rationale. Your intents are well: this action is in the service of what you believe to be the good. But doing so requires the sacrifice some of your principles, maybe even act against your own world view, to get it done. What do you do? Do you leave those whom you serve in the same state, for fear of losing a piece of your Libertarian Soul? Or do you make that sacrifice of principle in order to seize power and actually achieve something?