Posted on 02/24/2005 6:27:01 AM PST by Happy2BMe
Libertarians Seeking 'True Conservatives'
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
February 24, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- The Libertarian Party says its representatives were "very well received" by conservatives at a recent conference in Washington.
"We met a lot of people who are either supportive of our ideas or who simply support having an alternative to the big-government ideal put forward by the Republicans and Democrats," said Sam New, who organized the Libertarian Party's activities at the Conservative Political Action Committee Conference in Washington.
The Libertarian Party was a first-time cosponsor of the Feb. 17-19 CPAC Conference, and its involvement was a "big step forward" for the Party, said Executive Director Joe Seehusen in a report on the group's website.
"Our profile has been low for some time, and we were able to showcase our party in a positive light to many people and groups, including a large number of students and small business owners."
Seehusen, who considers President George W. Bush a socialist, said the Libertarians' support for limited government and appreciation for individual rights strikes a cord with many people who call themselves Republicans or conservatives.
"Many of them stopped by our booth to learn more," which is exactly why the Libertarians decided to take part in CPAC this year, he said.
The Libertarians believe they can appeal to "true conservatives" (as opposed to "big-government neo-conservatives") on a number of issues.
"By taking part in this CPAC conference, we hope to show that Libertarians are the true fiscal conservatives -- much more so than the Republicans are," Seehusen said on the Libertarian website.
He said the party is studying how successful groups market themselves, so the Libertarian Party "can more effectively reach out to conservatives" in the future.
The tenth amendment says if the power isn't given specifically to the federal government, they don't have it.
You don't have a clue.
Have you ever used an illegal substance?
More crickets.
Bush supports an amnesty for criminals who have entered illegally. He calls it something else, but it's an amnesty. It's very much like open borders.
"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get elected and prove it."
--P.J. O'Rourke
Yes I know, Bush on immgration issues at least leans libertarian, very similar to the Wall St. Journal. It's also true the vast majority of conservatives, while supporting him overall disagree with his immigration policies.
You're babbling again. The 18th Amendment could not possibly have any such effect, since it did not affirmatively require prohibition of alcohol. Absent such a requirement, Congress could end the war on alcohol via ordinary statute, just as they could if they had attempted to prohibit alcohol via ordinary statute in the first place.
Once the power was given to Congress via amendment, and it turned out to be a very bad idea, a new amendment was of course required to correct that mistake.
It still applies, even though there is a representative layer in the system. We vote to take away the freedom of others, or we pressure our representatives to do it. Same effect either way.
Things like murder, theft, assault -- those are all moral matters.
Those things involve infringing on the rights, freedoms and property of others. They are not moral issues.
You're quite belligerent, aren't you? Is it possible to have a rational discussion with you, or you merely an Internet blowhard?
You can say that again. It's getting hard to stay registered. In fact, it's probably only much undying disgust for the democrats that keeps me so.
LOL! Obviously, that fell under the "foreign Nations" part of the Commerce Clause, and is irrelevant to the "among the several States" part.
You're reaching so far you make Mister Fantastic look like a marble statue.
They are the party that is led by men who used drugs, but still advocate that others be locked up for doing the same things they did.
And all these people can do is excoriate a party which they claim is so insignificant that it doesn't matter a bit, while ignoring the problems in their own party.
Circular Reasoning: See "Reasoning, Circular"
This party is a joke.
But they agree with the biggest expansion of an entitlement program since LBJ? They agree with his signing the repeal of the first amendment? They agree with his declaration on 7-23-04 that " I believe that's the role of the federal government, to help people"?
Is that what "conservatives" believe?
The Twenty-First amendment expressly granted a federal power to assist in the enforcement of state prohibition. Yet more proof that the federal government had hitherto had no such power.
hmmmmmmmmmm,,,inquiring minds want to know......
The unifying principle of the Republican party has finally been articulated.
I'm not debating where Libertarians stand on every issue, personally there's quite a few I agree with them on, particularly gun rights. Free movement across borders however is not one of them and is the most important reason I cannot get behind the Libertarian party.
I'm not a member of that party either.
Isn't over turning Roe V Wade a big part of that though? Even the GOP isn't touching that particular Third Rail.
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