Posted on 02/09/2013 2:39:36 PM PST by JohnPDuncan
RON PAUL, Republican of Texas, has retired from the House, after winning more than two million presidential primary votes in 2012. He took the partys libertarian wing from ignorable fringe to significant faction. His son, Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, is angling to lead that faction, very possibly as a presidential candidate himself.
The libertarian wings dissatisfaction with Mitt Romney led the Libertarian Party to earn 1.2 million votes in the presidential election for its candidate, the former New Mexico governor (and former Republican) Gary Johnson. That was its largest vote total ever. In at least seven national House and Senate races a Libertarian beat the spread between a winning Democrat and a losing Republican. From the Republican point of view, losing the libertarians can mean losing elections.
Theres a whole swath of people not getting adequate attention from Republicans or Democrats, Senator Paul told me recently. These are independent voters who want to seriously cut government spending the way the Tea Party faction does but who also want a foreign policy more of defense and less offense, as Senator Paul put it, and a more socially tolerant attitude.
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Less government intervention in everything hedonistic.
” - - - But its the (L) whom are the problem somehow? - - - “
It is always about the money: Invade the USA, take all the free stuff that the gullible Americans pay their taxes for, and then bring up all the extended family from Mexico to get more free stuff.
The INS has been ordered not to detain the ‘Invasion of the Illegal Aliens.’
Just follow the money, because Americans are the most stupid people on Earth when it comes to financial security, especially financial security from their borders.
The 2016 Campaign politician that runs a Sheriff Joe Arpaio Mexican Border Campaign will win in a landslide.
The Peace Pipe? Support making the USA hostile to the Mexican Illegal Alien Free Stuff Invasion, and then we’ll talk.
” - - - But its the (L) whom are the problem somehow? - - - “
It is always about the money: Invade the USA, take all the free stuff that the gullible Americans pay their taxes for, and then bring up all the extended family from Mexico to get more free stuff.
The INS has been ordered not to detain the ‘Invasion of the Illegal Aliens.’
Just follow the money, because Americans are the most stupid people on Earth when it comes to financial security, especially financial security from their borders.
The 2016 Campaign politician that runs a Sheriff Joe Arpaio Mexican Border Campaign will win in a landslide.
The Peace Pipe? Support making the USA hostile to the Mexican Illegal Alien Free Stuff Invasion, and then we’ll talk.
Rand is already being morphed by drinking the DC water. Talks too much of “pragmatism” and such.
What would fall under “hedonistic”? Abortion, gay marriage, and drugs I assume. What about immigration? What about military intervention?
Welcome to FR.
Beware the belligerent effort to conflate leftism and libertarianism.
Oh, I’m for strict adherence; I’m not one of the Open Border (L) types. I should preface that by saying I can see Open Borders when:
1. Gov’t is out of the workforce (min. wage, rules/regs, etc.) - contract only matters between me and my employ(ee/ers)
2. Gov’t out of ‘benevolence’ - no free ride. Charity starts at home, not from my wallet.
3. No anchor babies...follow the 14th entirely
None of that is within the originally-envisioned role of the federal government.
How are immigration and military intervention not?
Read a few things like the Federalist Papers and the Constitution and you will know.
Care to give me examples from either?
These things you want me to give you examples of are extra-Constitutional.
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