She is not a libertarian. She is a (small-ell) libertarian conservative. The differnces are significant - libertarian conservatives believe in small government, low taxes and fiscal responsibilty, as do Libertarians. But libertarian conservatives believe there should be some limits of personal liberties - they don’t support legalizing drugs, gay marriage, and some of the other more liberal social policies that many Libertarians do.
Libertarian conservatives also don’t support foreign policy adventurism, but they do believe in a strong defense and even taking proactive steps when real threats to the U.S. present themselves.
- JP
Hooah!
You sure you don’t have that backwards? I’m all for the small government fiscal responsibility and low taxes, but also believe that with that comes freedom and personal responsibility, unlike the social conservatives who think the government ought to be our nanny.
I’ve been self-identifying as a small-l libertarian conservative for years now.
Count me in on that score....