Young Conservatives Fuel Optimism in the Liberty Movement

Townhall.com ^ | February 26, 2014 | Bob Barr

[MeshugeMikey]

their cones have fewer stripes than Barry and companies....

[MeshugeMikey]

2014?

[Theoria]

2014 2014 March for Life! The annual March for Life Rally. 41st anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision in the Roe v. Wade case.

[fr_freak]

Supporting the Constitution is meaningless if they’re not willing to support the pillars of natural law and Judeo-Christian society on which the Constitution is based.

Don't be ridiculous. Would you prefer they were for gay marriage and abortion AND they like oppressive government? Half a piece of cake is better than none.

[Aqua Buddhist]

Good news; we’ll see what they achieve when they grow up....

[Aqua Buddhist]

I don’t think we have time to indulge in the luxury of squabbling between the Judean People’s Front and the People’s Front of Judea.

[MeshugeMikey]

There we go. Thank you

Whew

its a very rainy cold day here..and for just a moment... I thought I might have recently gone Rip Van Winkle

[JPX2011]

It’s not a matter of being ridiculous. It’s a matter of what end of the telescope you’re looking. If one’s sole concern is the Obama administration and the current onward march of liberalism and where it’ll take us in the next five years then one would be foolish to reject making common cause with these people.

However, does any of that remedy the deep rooted moral and cultural problems that are enveloping western civilization? I’m not convinced of that. How would this be any different than the GOPe agitating during a particular election cycle for a candidate promising that if only they had the levers of power we can reverse these trends? It’s more of the same finger-in-the-dike, stop-gap strategy that has failed us.

[JPX2011]

I like the analogy and I do agree. I’ll jump into a foxhole with a millenial atheist libertarian to put a stop to such existential threats. But when their “war” is over when the NSA is dismantled, is when I’d part ways. My concerns are larger than those who suffer from Snowden Syndrome.

[ansel12]

True, social liberals cannot preserve the constitution, only destroy it, the last 50 years of the ascendancy of the left/libertarianism has shown us how they are part of the same forces against America.

[Cboldt]

-- he was a US Attorney but fired by Bill Clinton who fired all of them when he was elected (wonder why)... --

The practice of firing most of the US Attorneys upon (first) inauguration isn't unusual. Reagan did so, Bush did so, etc.

Bob Barr sort of resembles (as in how he acts, not how he looks) Larry Klayman, to me. Opportunist looking out mostly for himself. I have to confess, I never followed Barr closely, and my impression could be off base.

[ExpatGator]

I am starting to see the new rebellion amongst the youth. It is Conservatarian.

[Norm Lenhart]

On the other hand...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8hJVj2g_0

[fr_freak]

How would this be any different than the GOPe agitating during a particular election cycle for a candidate promising that if only they had the levers of power we can reverse these trends? It’s more of the same finger-in-the-dike, stop-gap strategy that has failed us.

Well, if you mean you'd rather do away with the half-measures and just let things go full apocalypse so that USA 2.0 can rise from the ashes, then I'm with you on that. But if you're saying that, in our attempts to reverse our present course, young people fighting government oppression while supporting abortion and gay marriage would be the same as the RINOs, then I'd have to disagree. RINOs talk about doing conservative stuff, but then they support or allow all sorts of left-wing nutbaggery. These kids are actually DOING something, taking a stand, even if it is only on a couplee of issues. They can be very useful to our cause, perhaps invaluable, as they may well be turned away from leftism when they realize that abortion and gay stuff are pushed by the same people who want 1984 to become a reality. Worked for George Orwell.

[JPX2011]

Very true. And I must admit USA 2.0 is looking like paradise at this point and I’m very sympathetic to the ammo box solution. Personally, I can’t suffer this death of a thousand cuts much longer. It’s demoralizing. I find myself torn between that vision and what you’ve stated about these kids.

There is a part of me that says fight everywhere with whatever you’ve got no matter what and don’t let the bastards gain an inch. Then the other part that says hold back and when it’s time then blitzkrieg the SOB’s. I’m just waiting for that John Brown moment.

However, if this Children’s crusade is going to spearhead a rebellion I just hope they’ll take us Tea Party folks along for the ride and listen to wise counsel.

[Aqua Buddhist]

I am starting to see the new rebellion amongst the youth. It is Conservatarian.

True. That could have promising long-term results once the current cult-of-personality fades away.