Jeff Sexton

About me:

I am a Libertarian, but I just became a member of the party on Nov 5 after having been on the path for several years.

For me, it started with works of fiction such as The Veritas Conflict and The Lights of 10th Street by Shaunti Feldhahn as well as Warrior Class by Dale Brown. From Ms. Feldhahn, I came to the realization that God's greatest gift to mankind was our freedom of choice. From Mr. Brown, I began to realize - though he didn't intend it this way - that a foreign policy of non-interventionism is the best policy any nation can have.

Although I supported Bush in 2000 (though I was too young to actually vote at the time) and 2004, it was around 2004 that I began to be disillusioned with what the Republican Party - the party my family still supports - stood for and the directions it was heading. I began to realize more and more exactly how precious God's gift of freedom was to us humans, and that both the Democratic and Republican parties were assaulting that freedom from every angle at every turn. Because each party was equally guilty - and I did not yet know about the LP - I began a one man campaign when talking to my friends, trying to convince them that there HAD to be some better way.

Then, in 2007, I learned of a Republican from Texas who appeared to be the very antithesis of George W. Bush. He was a doctor who believed in nothing more than the Constitution of the United States of America. I voted for that man in the GA Presidential Preference Primary, though I was among only about 3% or so that did.

To me, that was the final straw in my connection with the Republican Party. I had heard of Dr. Paul's connection to the Libertarian Party, but didn't actively persue the link yet.

Around this time, I was reading a blog on AJC.com written by my former Congressman from when I lived with my parents in the North GA house they still live in. The blog was called The Barr Code and it was written by none other than Bob Barr. I saw that he stood where I stood, and he was fighting to make a difference. When he won the Libertarian Party's POTUS nomination, the LP won another convert, though it would be a few more months before I would make it official.

Note that since then, I have learned how much of a Libertarian Bob Barr is NOT. I was wrong to support him as a man, but I stand behind my decision to vote for the Libertarian nominee for President.

GA House Districts in the LeDoLP area: 148 (mine -Lee/Terrell counties), 134 (Sumter county), 147(Crisp/Worth counties), 149 (Calhoun county), 150 (Baker/Dougherty counties), 151 (Dougherty County - mostly City of Albany), 152 (Lee/Worth/Dougherty counties), 171 (Mitchell County)

GA Senate Districts in the LeDoLP area: 14 (Sumter), 13 (Lee/Worth/Crisp), 12 (Terrell/Calhoun/Dougherty/Baker/Mitchell), 11 (Mitchell)