“I’ve been meaning to ask this question here for a long time now: Issue for issue, what are the true differences between Conservative and Libertarian viewpoints?
As a follow-up question: For each issue, which viewpoint best matches those of the Founders?
I’m not altogether for or against either position, necessarily, but I am curious to hear how fellow FReepers sort out the distinctions.”
You’ll probably get as many different answers as there are freepers. Some GOP around here look at any leaning toward libertarianism as akin to inviting the anti christ into your house.
Now, you can use different barometers...let’s take ACU for instance. They give Rand Paul & Rubio 100% conservative, but don’t give it to Ted Cruz.
So, it all depends on who you’re asking. I believe it more in line with the founding fathers than GOPe.
The biggest difference between 1790’s and now is that then EVERYONE had a Christian world view and believed in the morality and standards of the Bible.
So this is what makes today’s Libertarians wholly different from our Founding Fathers. Then, no one even questioned the moral standards of scripture.
And our whole constitution was written based on the presence and existence of those moral standards.
See here (which deserves it’s own thread on FR):
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/
I wish there were over 60 Senators like Ted Cruz. Maybe we could get this country turned around to its roots again
ACU gave Mitch McConnell a 100 rating in 2012. So there you have it.