There is a large contingent of Republicans who don't understand the principles of freedom or espouse them.
There is generally a little libertine in most Repubs, but this has changed over time as they are replaced with Greens, Closet Socialists, and faker liberals in the South and East.
All this do-gooder crap ticks me off. Politicians like Mike Huckabee got a lot of votes by voicing opposition to the helmet law, and then engineered laws against smoking and fat.
I can't tell you how disapointed I was in Huckabee because of this sort of politics.
I didn’t like Huckabee for two reasons.. One cause he is a nanny stater.. Two he is into “class warfare” by going after Mitt mainly for his wealth...