[billbears]

The Republican Party is the party of conservatism--or, better defined, the only means by which conservative thought may be implemented into national policy.

If by 'implemented into national policy' you mean interfering into the affairs of the states and their respective citizens to forward views that were never meant to be the business of the national government, then yes I suppose they are.

Libertarians are not conservatives

Don't accept the blame, blame others. I lean towards the Libertarian Party as it's the closest to what I believe and I'm conservative. And I wouldn't support 5% of what the Republicans have foisted upon the citizens of the respective states in the past 6 years.

[ShadowDancer]

Don't accept the blame, blame others. I lean towards the Libertarian Party as it's the closest to what I believe and I'm conservative. And I wouldn't support 5% of what the Republicans have foisted upon the citizens of the respective states in the past 6 years.

If that wasn't so damn long that would be my tagline.

[pawdoggie]

Don't accept the blame, blame others. I lean towards the Libertarian Party as it's the closest to what I believe and I'm conservative. And I wouldn't support 5% of what the Republicans have foisted upon the citizens of the respective states in the past 6 years.

Besides abortion on demand, drug legalization, unrestricted pornography, removing references to God from public life, what else do you like about Liberaltarians?

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "If by 'implemented into national policy' you mean interfering into the affairs of the states and their respective citizens..."

No, that isn't what I meant, but you knew that. You just wanted to sidestep the central argument by introducing a straw man of your own. But then, such flawless reasoning is why the Libertarian Party is the political powerhouse it is today.

The Libertarian laissez-faire approach to both economic and social issues appeals only to a very few--a few, unfortunately, who manage to draw support from Republican candidates in tight elections when those votes are needed the most.

Lastly, states' rights is a viable issue for insertion into the national debate since the federal government is seemingly in a state of perpetual overspend and overreach, but the moment proponents of states' rights start sounding like Posse Commitatus charter members is the moment that issue drops from the discussion.