I consider myself a small “l” libertarian. The principals of “libertarianism”; that of a small, limited and constitutionally restrained federal government and a champion of the rights of the individual and of the individual states, freedom of association, etc., are I think, closest to those of the Founding Fathers, especially those of the anti-federalists such as Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams.
I briefly joined the Libertarian Party around the time of the 1996 election when neither Bill Clinton nor Bob Dole nor Ross Perot were choices I could stomach and I ended up voting for Harry Browne in protest.
But what I saw when I became involved in the Maryland Libertarian Party back then, and it seems to still be the case now, that was it was a lot like herding cats - many, many cats and with some of those cats being very spastic and possibly high on cat nip or other herbal substances. Not all of them, I met some really great people, some who were like me disaffected former Republicans, but unfortunately the Libertarian Party seems attract more of its share of fruits and nuts.
FWIW, this guy James Weeks was apparently a late entry to the race for chair and his name was not listed on the party’s initial materials.
This is evidently him:
http://teapartycheer.com/bios/midwest/michigan/james-weeks-mi-bio/
