I’m not the libertarian that Fr. Jim is, but I still agree with this sentiment.

"Listening to the politicians and talking heads,…one would never suspect that there was anything but the two polar extremes [of conservatives and liberals]."

What’s he talking about? A recent Gallup poll:

"The Gallup Poll’s annual survey on government found that 27% of Americans are conservative; 24% are liberal, up sharply because the poll was taken after Katrina, which boosted support for the proposition that ‘government should do more to solve our country’s problems.’ Gallup also found — this year as in others — that 20% are neither liberal nor conservative but libertarian, opposing the use of government either to ‘promote traditional values’ or to ‘do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses.’ Another 20% are ‘populist’ (supporting government action in both areas), with 10% undefined."

I suspect I’m part of that lonely 10%. *sigh*