Sorry to spoil your illusion but I am not, nor have I ever been a fan of Ron Paul. That whining pipsqueak makes me cringe when even I hear him talk.
I am a Conservative that is simply tired of some fools blaming libertarians for the problems of this nation when they have never had any political success at all in our nation. There are approximately 55 million registered Republicans but the Libertarian Party has 325,807 members with only 235,500 registered voters as of 2008. In the most recent Presidential election, the Libertarian Candidate received just under one percent of the vote. The Libertarian Party has no Representatives in the House and no Senators, plus they hold no Governorships or any other state-wide elected positions. In the individual State Legislatures, the LP does not control any upper house or lower house seats at all. There are approximately 55 million registered Republicans. It would take an insane madman or a pathetic fool to think libertarians have any part in the problems of our country.
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.RONALD REAGAN, Reason Magazine, Jul. 1, 1975
Most of the rabblerousers here would never believe it, but libertarians are not a bunch of pot smoking queers. It has been ten years since I interacted with them, but almost all of them were quiet thoughtful solid citizens. This excerpt from a paper explaining the personality traits of most libertarians may give understanding and insight.
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The full paper is at the link.
I must confess, as the son of a pioneering computer systems programmer/analyst from sixty years ago, and a telecommunications technician/project manager myself for forty years I do fit this profile to a tee.
I love the way you supporters of the radical left agenda of the libertarians, cling to that single quote of a Ronald Reagan speaking to a libertarian audience while he was campaigning for their vote.
Funny that you don’t seem to have anything else, and you don’t mention how even when being interviewed by them, in thst interview, he kept dismantling them in that interview and defending social conservatism and strong national defense.
No you aren't,you are for the politics that you fight so hard for.
Don't fight for libertarianism and against conservatism and then pretend that you don't support their agenda.
Registered party affiliation, has absolutely no bearing. Actions are where the metal meets the meat. The squish repubs, the big L&l liberatrians are well known for mouthing supposed conservative/rational values, yet have excedingly, never met the mark- much less actually towed/toed the line. The last thirty years have been a tsunami of collusion, by all registered liars. We all have illusions. Glad you abhor Ron Paul, but he is only one of many, in the same self-serving guise.