Posted on 12/12/2006 7:37:39 AM PST by Small-L
libertarian (small-l) = people who generally favor free market economic solutions; individual responsibility, both positive and negative; minimum government intervention in personal, private, and business affairs; government restricted to the roles of protecting life, liberty, and property of individuals.
Libertarian (big-L) = a set of nutcases who have taken the above and interpreted it to include anarchy, unlimited access to drugs, totally open borders, and a non-agression foreign policy, and who have little or no hope of being elected.
Republican (big-R) = a group of politicians committed to maintaining the status quo and their own gravy train by huge deficits; unlimited earmark spending; massive growth in government; payoffs to campaign contributors by manipulating the tax code, trade policies, and government contracts; and an interventionist foreign policy to divert attention from the fact that the nation is going bankrupt because of their fiscal largess.
republicans (Small-r) = the legions of myrmidons who follow the Big-Rs simply because of the R after their name, and who lack the willingness or intelligence to question the policies of the Big-Rs, even though they are being played for suckers.
Good, all Loserdopians get out and stop pretending to be conservatives.
Every self described Libertarian I've ever met only cared about one thing which is their right to be a dopehead.
republicans (Small-r) = the legions of myrmidons who follow the Big-Rs simply because of the R after their name, and who lack the willingness or intelligence to question the policies of the Big-Rs, even though they are being played for suckers.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
yeah lets insult every small r republican out there, yeah way to make a case.
Sort of what I was thinking.
Bullsh**
L
Lord knows the Republican Party stopped doing that in 2000.
L
Libertarian = A hippie with money.
I once considered myself to be a libertarian but now see myself as more of a conservative independent.
You forgot the Christian Conservative Republicans (Rc) who are the direct opposite of the libertarians. They want the government to intervene in personal, private and business affairs and they want the government to restrict life, liberty, and property of individuals. They believe that government should spend money on what they perceive as social problems.
It goes with the territory-libertarians take it in the ear from FReepers every day out here. Just read the rest of the posts on this thread if you don't believe me.
Good Point! Rc = a subset of the Small-r who are using the Big-Rs to further their theocrat agenda.
Oh really? Libertarians are anti-gun control, pro-tax reduction/elimination, anti-welfare state, pro-limited gov't in general. The are HUGE issues, and ones the Left necessarily cannot embrace. Libertarians (small l) who vote Democrat are more than a bit confused.
And a gun. :)
Bruce Bartlett, the author of this article is confused.
Pro choice/Open borders libertarians deserve to take it in the ear. Pro life libertarians who understand that a nation is not a nation without borders should be respected. JMHO of course.
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