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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

That, my friend, is a Libertarian.


30 posted on 03/02/2008 6:52:16 PM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: DBCJR; Ghost of Philip Marlowe
> That, my friend, is a Libertarian.

No, "that" (I presume you mean GPM's/Jefferson's definition of a "classical liberal"), is a small-l libertarian, not a BIG-L Libertarian.

A small-l libertarian is very much like a conservative, but without the social-conservative (statist, big-government) desire to have their personal morality written into the Constitution.

A BIG-L Libertarian is a member of a political party with only tenuous connection to Jefferson's classical liberal libertarian. For the most part, BIG-L Libertarians are what give us small-l libertarians heartburn and a bad name.

41 posted on 03/02/2008 7:19:26 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: DBCJR

No, my friend. It is not. I described a Conservative, not a Libertarian.


52 posted on 03/03/2008 4:54:21 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If Hillary is elected, her legacy will be telling the American people: Better put some ice on that.)
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