Senior Editor Sullum is a syndicated columnist and author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher Penguin).
2004 vote: The thought of choosing between Bush and Kerry, or casting another pathetic protest vote for the Libertarian candidate, is so depressing that I probably won't be motivated to visit my local polling place this year. I'd like to see Bush lose, but without Kerry winning. Much as I disliked him when he was in office, Clinton is looking better and better to me in retrospect.
2000 vote: Harry Browne.
Most embarrassing vote: It's a tossup between Mondale in 1984 and Dukakis in 1988. Dukakis is more embarrassing because it was more recent (and because he's Dukakis), but Mondale is more embarrassing because I voted for him twice -- in New York's open primary (when I almost went for Gary Hart) as well as the general election.
Favorite president: Thomas Jefferson for his writings rather than his performance in office, Grover Cleveland or Calvin Coolidge for taking seriously their oaths to uphold the Constitution and its limits on federal power.
Jeff A. Taylor
Taylor writes Reason Express, a weekly news commentary for Reason Online.
2004 vote: George W. Bush, pathetic bastard that he is -- and has made me. The only thing that I am certain that John Kerry would do is raise taxes. Plus I figure the potential confusion surrounding a new national security team may well get people killed. See? Pathetic.
2000 choice: Bush, in Maryland. A gimme.
Most embarrassing vote: Bob Dole in 1996. Knew that was going nowhere.
Favorite president: Ronald Reagan, because he beat back the flawed economic theory that was destroying America and the world.
Eugene Volokh
Volokh teaches and writes, mostly about constitutional law and cyberspace law, at UCLA School of Law. He blogs at volokh.com.
2004 vote: George W. Bush. I almost always vote for the party, not the man, because the administration, its legislative agenda, and its judicial appointments generally reflect the overall shape of the party. I tend to think that Republicans' views on the war against terrorists, economic policy, taxes, and many though not all civil liberties questions -- such as self-defense rights, school choice, color blindness, and the freedom of speech (at least as to political and religious speech) -- are more sound than the Democrats' views. I certainly find plenty to disagree with the Republicans even on those topics, but if I waited for a party with which I agreed on everything or even almost everything, I'd be waiting a long time.
2000 choice: George W. Bush.
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