As some of you know, I intend to support Bob Barr for President in 2008.  A good friend of mine recently made up this picture for me.  :-)

This was my reply:

That might be true, and I know you are only poking fun, but sometimes it's about the principle. 
 
I'm as Machiavellian as they come, but this isn't about winning the election.  No matter who wins, this election is already lost.  It's about expressing a voice.  The party of Reagan is dead, but those of us who still believe will not just give up.  We may never win, and we will tilt at windmills occasionally, because not to is to capitulate.  Call me an ideologue, if you must, but I simply don't see it that way.
 
You and Newt and Kasich, et. al. can fight the good fight inside the party, if you wish.  I understand and respect that point of view, and will even join it when appropriate (Drill Here, Drill Now).  However, Reagan became a Republican when the Democrat party left him behind.  And now the Republicans have left me behind. 
 
Bob Barr is not a Libertarian nut, as some have been in the past.  He has served in the House.  He was once appointed by President Reagan to serve as a US Attorney.  He's a true small-government conservative, and he has my vote.