The Libertarian Party this weekend nominated Michael Badnarik for president, and he promptly gave me a very good reason not to bother voting. Badnarik told the 800 assembled Libertarian Party delegates,
If I can win the nomination, there’s no reason I can’t win this election.
Sure, because the first thing voters want to see is the Libertarian Party candidate openly sharing his ridiculous delusions. If he’d just said, “Hey, we’re not going to win, but we’re going to go after the tax and spend Republicans at every opportunity” I’d have considered voting for him, but the fact that he thinks he has a shot at winning is prima facie evidence that he is unfit for office.
(While I’m at it, if I can receive hundreds of thousands of page views, certainly I can garner hundreds of thousands of votes in my bid for U.S. Senate!)