[bcsco]

Personally, I am not a Libertarian, have never been, never will be. I don't like their default pro-abortion position, their open-borders position, their completely unfettered free-trade policy, their position advocating legalizing even the worst narcotics. I don'd agree with that. Ron Paul would lose me as a supporter if he agreed with them on that. Now, of course there are a few Libertarians supporting Ron Paul who might take issue with my characterization of the LP but that's just my position. I am a Republican and a conservative. And if you think that somehow that excludes a strong position favoring liberty and libertarian values, I commend the Ronald Reagan's well-known defense of libertarian Republicans to you. He certainly grasped the fundamental conservative values of libertarian small-government Republicans. Like me. Like Ron Paul.

Let me post this from the book: "Reagan In His Own Name"; a quote from page #479: "Possibly Vietnam was the wrong war, in the wrong place a the wrong time. But when 50,000 Young Americans make the ultimate sacrifice to defend the people of a small defenseless country against the Godless tyrrany [sic] of communism that is not an act of "moral" poverty. It is in truth an act a collective act of moral courage.

It is time we recognized that the veterans of that war fought as bravely & effectively as any American fighting men ever fought in any war and did so with one hand tied behind their backs by O their own govt. It is time we told them that never again will we allow the immorality of asking young men to fight & die in a war our govt. is afraid to let them win."

Let me ask you this: Do you honestly believe (forget all the rhetoric of whether Congress voted for war or not) Ronald Reagan would be happy with the anti-war rhetoric coming from both the anti-war left and the Ron Paul camps today? Oh, and don't try to qualify the rhetoric from the Ron Paul camps as not anti-war. It is.

IMHO, this is EXACTLY where you Ron Paul defenders subvert yourselves. You use Ronald Reagan but misunderstand him. He may have made use of a libertarian such as Ron Paul, or whoever, but he was a true conservative. If you are a true conservative, then I believe you need to requalify your beliefs and come to an understanding how they align with libertarianism. Because, believe me, once all is said and done, should Ron Paul ascend to the Presidency, libertarianism will rule the day should Congress be amenable. And I don't believe you will want to take that chance.

[jmeagan]

*******Let me ask you this: Do you honestly believe (forget all the rhetoric of whether Congress voted for war or not) Ronald Reagan would be happy with the anti-war rhetoric coming from both the anti-war left and the Ron Paul camps today? Oh, and don’t try to qualify the rhetoric from the Ron Paul camps as not anti-war. It is.*****

Ronald Reagan was a person who was able to admit his mistakes. He gained the presidency as an unabashed “free trader”, but when confronted with the realities of “free trade “ became one of the most protectionist presidents in recent history. He protected the US automobile industry, the steel industry, the motorcycle industry and the chip maker industry.

Reagan was dealing with another super power that had the ability to destroy the world as we know it today. Today, we are dealing with a very different situation. Yes, the terrorists could kill a few thousand people here or there. Or they could get an Atomic bomb and kill millions of people. However, no country could deal with our wrath, if we identified them as the country responsible for a nuclear attack on the US.