To: HitmanLV
Libertarians aren't really a natural part of the GOP constituency, and shouldn't be treated as such or relied upon in any way.Fine, forget the label 'libertarian' and replace it with 'moderate' or 'centrist'.
You want us out of the party as well?
28 posted on
12/10/2006 10:35:53 PM PST by
Wormwood
(Everybody is lying---but it doesn't matter because nobody is listening)
To: Wormwood
Not at all. One thing both conservatives and liberals have in common is that they see an appropriate use of government and law as an agent for social policy. They disagree on the goals and the methods.
I think that's true also of most moderates and centrists. Libertarians, at least the ones I know, don't acknowledge a government role as an agent for a social policy. By this standard, libertarians are neither moderates nor centrists, so I don't know if the labeling you suggest is terribly helpful.
I actually like moderates and centrists in the GOP. Libertarians are neither - they tend to have a fringy approach to law, political policy, and social policy. The day that a majority of americans see things their way will be a happy day for them. That's far off, and I don't consider them reliable ideological kin to conservatives, moderates, centrists, or liberals for that matter.
41 posted on
12/10/2006 10:50:37 PM PST by
HitmanLV
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