Reaction to the 'Right'

After watching the Republican presidential debates, held, obviously in the shadow of Ronald, I can't say I was terribly impressed. Mitt Romney, whom everyone says was the most presidental, was too presidential, too polished, too eager to be a politican moving up into the spotlight. I like scrappy ones, they are the ones who can be counted on for loyalty to the public, at least for a little while. Then they too become polished and presidential, to the detriment of all. Nobody fit that image. They were all old white men playing the cards of old white men and eager to keep playing the cards of old white men from here to eternity. I have nothing specific against old white men. Socrates and Hippocrates have done a lot for us mere mortals. But still, at least among the Dems there's variety. We have boyish men, black men, women married to old white men, in addition to the standard fare of old white men.
So in that context, I cannot image how image gets a Republican politician anywhere. They all look basically the same. Among Democrats, well, I certainly see how they play up the woman vote.
Back to political matters. The libertarian Republican, I can't think up his name but he was an old white man, was a typical libertarian. Excellent theorectical hypothoses, trapped by practical fallacies. It is beliefs such as, "Yes I would get rid of the IRS. Taxes are only good for paying off cradle to grave care and policing the world." that keep me strictly a personal libertarian ranting on the web and not a political libertarian. Let's do a historical analysis of Mr. John Q Libertarian's tax theory.
No taxes. Excellent idea-just like during the Articles of Confederation Days. Look where that got us. Rebellion, drunk bachelors trying to take over the country, and no money to bind the union into anything but a bunch of cheery independant states celebrating glorious freedom by printing their own currency. No No NO NO NO!
Sure, who likes taxes.? Nobody! Who likes to drive? Everybody. Who likes to drive on overcrowded, potholed, rundown roads lined with crumbling bridges? Nobody. But who wants to buy smooth sleek roads through taxes? Nobody. When Libertarian politicians can propose a decent alternative that doesn't involve private ownership of roads (That could get out of hand, fast) I'll consider giving them by vote.