I've always felt that libertarianism and conservatism are travelling the same path. For that reason, I can't really understand the derision and scorn libertarians get from many conservatives.
Sure, we've got our "loony libertarians" who want open borders, an isolationist foreign policy, and the legalization of all drugs and prostitution.
But the vast majority of us who call ourselves libertarians would be more accurately labeled "libertarian-conservatives", since we only want decentralized, fiscally responsible, accountable government, and the ability to exercise our right to pursue happiness as we see fit, free of heavy-handed government regulation for the sake of "social policy".
President Ronald Reagan was in no way the affable buffoon his political enemies in the Democratic Party and their big media allies tried time and time again to portay him as. Indeed, he was a man of great intellect, insight, honesty, and principle, who had the ability to articulate the ideals that made America the great nation we are in a manner that few in our history have been able to match.
