The Free Liberal has correctly identified the two best, although unlikely, candidates for president from the donkey and elephant parties.

With Ron Paul in the race for President, the Republican nomination for “free liberal candidate” is all sown up. With Dr. Paul adhering to strict principles in line with the United States Constitution and every other candidate the GOP has to offer being an extreme hawk, there is really no believer in limited government besides Congressman Paul running for President. Given the abysmal offerings of the Republican Party and their mismanagement under President Bush, one might be forgiven for thinking the Party is doomed.

So, how about those Democrats? Hillary Clinton and John Edwards supported the Iraq War and both of them have spoken threateningly of Iran. Obama opposed the war, but his ideology is more old-line progressive than free liberal. Bill Richardson also opposes the War, but his record as New Mexico’s Governor is also that of someone who believes that bigger government is the answer to most every problem. As regular readers may know, I had previously expressed favorable opinions on Sen. Russ Feingold, but he is not running.

All is not lost on the left side of the political spectrum though and, while everyone who values their liberty should consider supporting him, Ron Paul is not the only hope of free liberals. In fact, there is a breath of fresh air blowing in from the north – the great white north that is. Former Senator Mike Gravel has announced he plans to run for President and, although he has not been in the public eye for some time, his resume screams free liberal.

Gravel has a number of pluses in his column, including support of the FairTax and consistent opposition to both interventionist foreign and liberty mitigating domestic policies.  He has a huge minus in one column though.  He supports socialized health care, but since that seems to be a common theme among the field of Democrats it is a poor discriminator.

Both Gravel and Paul are leaps and bounds ahead of their respective opposition in my opinion.  Now if the citizenry of this country can just take off their celebrity candidate blinders we might just elect a good president.

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