HAS OUR TIME COME? (Blame CATO/Libertarians for this election result)

CATO Institute by way of Heretical Ideas.com ^ | 10/24/2006 | Tom Traina

[antiRepublicrat]

Libertarians have a genetic inability to see the big picture.

Libertarians see the bigger picture than the one painted by the simple Republican/Democrat duopoly.

[Dead Corpse]

There are 10 items on the BoR. Keeping 80% means getting rid of two of them.

Which ones will you say we can do without?

80% of what we want? Or more soclialism form Dems and RINO appeasers.

Read my tagline.

[doug from upland]

The Libertarian Party is for totally open borders and not defending our country. They are a problem, not a solution.

[N3WBI3]

Im with you DC, fortunately I had very good choices so my Senate and House voted went Republican but I will be no means vote RINO..

[Dead Corpse]

and not defending our country.

That, is an outright lie. In fact, allowing completely unrestrained RKBA would do more to prevent crime and terroism here in the US than Bush's TSA and Homeland Security Departments ever could.

[Dead Corpse]

I'm deep in the Blue Heart of Red State Texas.

[dbehsman]

I recommend that we Republicans cease and desist courting the loosertarian votes from now on. They are flaky, spoiled, short sighted distractions. I do not believe that they are worth our time.

[AmishDude]

Maybe so, but people who vote L in elections are generally not R voters. They're voters who look for a change but won't vote D. Or the "anti-Republicrats" crowd. I wouldn't be surprised -- in Montana, with Burns having that ethical cloud (nobody can tell me what he did, actually, but there you are) -- if most of those voters would have left it blank or stayed home.

I know we like to think that the L's are our voters, but when it comes to big-L libertarians, they are that way because they hate Republicans with a passion that is (hee hee) irrational.

I bow to noone in my loathing of libertarians, but I think the Green, Constitution or Silly parties would have gotten almost the same numbers.

[antiRepublicrat]

Which ones will you say we can do without?

Start with the 10th. It's been relegated to toilet paper status anyway thanks to our big-government duopoly party.

[concerned about politics]

Yes, but it would be helpful if they learned to compromise and didn't act so snippy when things don't go 100% their way.

That's a good point. They gave the fort to Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Shumer...........

Thanks for nothing, libertarians. You had a temper tantrum and cut everyones throat.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

The Republicans have the Liberterians, the Democrats have the Greens.

Third parties this country usually subvert their own general interests.

Something to think about for those who would like to see a "really conservative" Conservative third party.

[Madeleine Ward]

Very interesting points raised about Libertarians.

I have voted Libertarian on many occasions.

They kind of lost me in the 2004 election aftermath when it looked like they were helping a Kerry recount in Ohio.

But, if there is a lesson to be learned, maybe Repubs should re-evaluate cooperating and working bipartisanly with Liberals. Maybe they should be looking at how they can be more bipartisan with Libertarians.

[AmishDude]

Libertarians will ALWAYS find something to complain about regarding Republicans.

Always.

[rivercat]

What a bunch of bull-hockey! The GOP lost because they...
A) Spent money like Democrats
B) Wimped out under anti-war pressure and failed to fight the war aggresively enough
C) Paid lip-service to the illegal alien crisis until it was too late (and too little, too late)
D) Became corrupt with power

[AmishDude]

Big-L libertarians are unappeasable. They are not worth "going after".

[Spyder]

What we need is for everybody to stop blaming each other for the loss, find common ground (the military, terrorism, constitutional judges - but not theocratic ones) on which we can agree, then work our butts off to turn things around.

[meandog]

Scheezch...are we to be blamed for the 12 year majority too?

[Dead Corpse]

Libertarians will ALWAYS find something to complain about regarding Republicans.

The further away you guys run from the Constitution and conservative principles, the more you'll give us to complain about as well.

[fatboynic]

But to be fair....at least the Libertarian party would allow you to protect YOUR own boarders.

[PzLdr]

The 10th Amendment was made meaningless by Abraham Lincoln, and the 14th Amendment.