Posted on 09/19/2013 9:45:28 AM PDT by shego
The libertarian philosophy is taking the Republican Party by storm, according to a poll conducted by FreedomWorks, a DC-based grassroots service center with over 6 million members.
With Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) and many other liberty-minded politicians gaining influence, libertarianism has generated new interest inside the Republican Party, much to the chagrin of the GOP's political establishment....
"FreedomWorks' poll shows that 42 percent of Republicans have a favorable view of the word ‘libertarian,' and only 10 percent don't know the word, compared to 27 percent who don't know nationally," they added.
And the term "libertarian" may still turn off some Republican voters, the basic message of the philosophy earns significant favor. The poll found that 68% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents agree with the statement that "individuals should be free to do as they like as long as they don't hurt others, and that the government should keep out of people's day-to-day lives."
What's more, an eye-popping 78% of Republicans consider themselves to be "fiscally conservative, but socially moderate," which is a significant finding given the debate in the GOP on social issues.
Looking outside of just the Republican box, the poll found that 66% of respondents consider themselves to fiscally conservative and socially moderate.
These numbers show that the libertarian message is appealing, not only to Republican voters, but also to all Americans; further advancing the case for conservative-libertarian fusionism as a way to promote free market ideals, limited government, and personal liberty....
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I took the same stand for my belief that liberdopians take for theirs. Someone who wants to shrink government 97% is not good enough for a consensus? The answer from liberdopians is no.
Are liberdopians willing to surrender their ridiculous social issue stances in order to get it done? Nope.
They are and have shown themselves perfectly willing to surrender on economics to get the immoral and perverted social issues done by allying with leftist Democrats to legalize drugs, welcome illegals, legalize gay marriage, and recently put foreigners on juries.
One thing I have noticed about social conservatives is that they are fine with big government and big spending as long as gov is enforcing their views and spending on stuff they like. That drives Constitutional conservatives like me nuts!
No they didn't, they have a party position of zero restrictions on abortion, if you support the party politically or in public speech, then you are advancing that position.
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That is another myth, libertarianism leads to bigger government and higher spending, by destroying conservatism and creating, breeding, and importing more democrat/liberal voters.
That drives small, limited government people like me, nuts.
George Bush was a libertarian? Wow.
There you go again, supporting the anti-conservative libertarians.
Bush was no conservative, but what is undeniable, is that libertarianism is a straight shot to literally breeding voters for the democrats.
Look at how social liberals vote, versus social conservatives.
"The libertarian or "classical liberal" perspective is that individual well-being, prosperity, and social harmony are fostered by "as much liberty as possible" and "as little government as necessary."
Lead to this
"That is another myth, libertarianism leads to bigger government and higher spending, by destroying conservatism and creating, breeding, and importing more democrat/liberal voters.
Something does not compute.
Losing social conservatives isn’t going to win them any elections. Leftists are not going to decide to vote for the new liberal GOPe over the Democrats if the GOPe isn’t also promising free stuff.
If you support a smaller government, they are natural allies.
But calling them names, especially inaccurate ones ( liberaltarian, socialist, liberaldopians) isn’t going to work. GeronL for example is beyond hope.
However, the GOP has to give this 10% of the electorate something to vote FOR, and continuing to grow the government, worrying about steroids in baseball and Internet gambling just loses them and many others who have never voted. Three quarters of conservative minded non voters say to me “There isn’t a dimes worth of difference.” By and large, they’re right!
If the GOP did its job, the TEA party and the Libertarian party would not exist. Both movements were reactions to big government Republicanism, the Libertarians to Nixon and the TEA party to W Bush and his stimulus plans.
Individual freedom, individual responsibility and a vastly shrunk federal government are the only hope this nation has. A return to constitutional principles would necessitate the elimination of ALL the alphabet agencies outside of the FBI and CBP. Leave the other laws to the states, while ensuring full compliance with the Bill of Rights in all states for all issues.
I’m on eastern time and going to bed. Build coalitions with small government people!
Social conservatives loved Bush and that other big government big spender Rick Santorium.
What doesn’t compute is libertarians embracing conservative economics while pushing left wing social positions, and open borders, in a nation of 100% universal voting.
This agenda breeds liberal voters, not conservative voters.
Throw open the borders completely; only a rare individual (terrorist, disease carrier etc.) can be kept from freedom of movement through “political boundaries”.
Homosexuals; total freedom in the military, gay marriage, adoption, child custody and everything else.
Abortion; zero restrictions or impediments.
Pornography; no restraint, no restrictions.
Drugs; Meth, Heroin, Crack, and anything new that science can come up with, zero restrictions.
Advertising those drugs, prostitution, and pornography; zero restrictions.
Military Strength; minimal capabilities.
Noticed that too? It’s what’s wrong with the GOP.
Are you 5 years old?
How many times did conservatives rise up against Bush? It was several times. His amnesty plan was stopped by a groundswell of social conservatives.
We didn't stop the medicare drug benefit though.
If it were not for the war on terror George W Bush would have gotten very little support from FReepers on most issues.
CBP?
LOL, like I said, this is about a war against social conservatism.
Your heart is in the right place.
I guess with the 3% of government left you’re going to enforce Baptist Deacon lifestyles on everyone.
Heart in right place, brain in bucket of fish guts.
Yet another hard nosed defense of libertarians and a liberal social agenda.
The largest group within the tea party is social conservatives, the “religious right”.
exactly
They say we should be “natural allies” while they slam the sledgehammer into the back of our heads. We could agree to shrink the federal government 97% and they would still call us statist and other names.
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