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To: Undertow

Libertarians seem to be mostly ex-democrats.. If you had any sense you would'nt be a democrat, SO, after noticeing that socialism is a childish ideology but still reeling from democrat propaganda redux some become libertarians, others become curmudeons even dumber than Andy Rooney.. The smartest ones become neocons. Thats why the republican party is going south. Liberalism is indeed a mental disorder, a mental social disease, a political pariah. The cure ?... there is'nt one.. Ignorance is cureable but stupidity is not.



16 posted on 06/20/2004 7:24:47 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe
Libertarians seem to be mostly ex-democrats

Not all of us... I was a conservative republican, but moved strongly to the (small l, now AKA boortz wing) libertarian point of view.

My problem was directly due to the war on drugs. No, I don't really give a darn about marijuana. My problem was with the way that republican administrations dealt with issues related to the WOD, like the "asset forfeiture" laws. And of course, I was excited that President Reagan might actually be able to shrink government, but the congress managed to defeat him on that. And unfortunately, the republican presidents following him didn't even give lip service to reducing the size of government. Even during the Gingritch days, congress just kept increasing the size of government.

This libertarian looks at the following, in this order, when making a vote:

The Constitutionality of any legislation

National Security

Second Amendment Rights

First Amendment Rights (Specifically, freedom of speech, not this crap about "the wall between church and state!")

Taxes and property rights

Personal Freedom and liberty (and yes, this includes laws regarding drugs on the federal level. I believe it's a states' rights issue)

Go ahead, and attack me for my views! Like President Reagan and the democratic party, I didn't leave the republican party: They left me.

Mark

57 posted on 06/20/2004 10:58:39 AM PDT by MarkL (The meek shall inherit the earth... But usually in plots 6' x 3' x 6' deep...)
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To: hosepipe
"Libertarians seem to be mostly ex-democrats"

I left the Republican party to become a Libertarian, after Lott caved on the CWB treaty.

88 posted on 06/20/2004 12:34:07 PM PDT by MonroeDNA (Hillary was in charge of the FBI files, which went into a data base: WHoDB. Genious hackers, expose)
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