Newly? Yeah right, with your total animus towards the current justice system, you have always been a Libertarian, IMHO.
The typical Libertarian, who applauds the OJ verdict as "justice" against the system,(etc. etc.).
But I'll give you credit. At least you are honest about your Libertarian/ACLU beliefs.
You unlike the other pro-potters on FR, don't hide behind an invisible curtain, where they, the other pro-potters, proclaim they are the uber conservatives and only they hold the mantle of being true Reagan conservatives.
I salute you for breaking away from that facade and declaring your true politcal side on social issues.
The side of John Conyers and Hillary.
Hardly. I am scared witless by the thought that Hillary might become President, considering all the anti-terrorism laws and precedents being set in this administration. A Libertarian is fiscally conservative and socially tolerant. There is no liberal in there. There is fervent constitutional adherence in there and strong moral values. It is an insult and an ad hominem to compare me with those nitwits.
Libertarians agree with conservatives on roughly 75% of issues. It is only the social tolerance that bothers you and I am proud of my position on those issues. I support individual freedom for everyone, even the unpopular.
Also, I did not claim to be a new Libertarian. I have been a dues paying member of the national party for decades. I was saying that my pride in being a member was reaffirmed if conservatives do not adhere to the principle that it is better that 100 guilty go free than 1 innocent shall be punished.
Reagan was OK, though I was unhappy that he got talked into a tax increase. He was a breath of fresh air in a liberal stink hole that D.C. had become.
But my true Republican hero was Barry Goldwater. It was him and his 1964 run for President that drew me and many other boomers to the Republicans. It was Nixon that chased us out of the Republican party and resulted in the formation of the Libertarian Party in 1971.
I gave Nixon my first vote in 1968 and was sorely disappointed in his policies.