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To: jmc813; bmwcyle
"Did you know that Ronald Reagan called libertarianism the "heart and soul of conservatism"?"

Yes, he did. Now, what else did he say in that same interview? Oh yeah.

"Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are travelling the same path."

109 posted on 07/21/2006 10:04:23 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

I agree with him. The Libertarian Party has completely perverted the term. Much like the Republican Party.


115 posted on 07/21/2006 10:34:03 AM PDT by jmc813 (.)(.)
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