[gcruse]

Actually, I would expect libertarians to agree with conservatives on about half the issues and liberals on the other half. Social conservatism, no. Fiscal conservatism, yes.

[MJY1288]

Just the idea that Libertarians agree with Liberals half of the time tells me all I need to know about them.

[FairOpinion]

But regarding defense and foreign policy, I would expect that Libertarians would agree with conservatives, in the sense of strong defense and no mercy for terrorists. By agreeing with the liberals on this, they really tipped the scale in the wrong direction.

I was getting acquainted with some libertarian philosophy, and I think they do have a number of good ideas, so I was saying "me too", in terms of limited government, fiscal responsibility, but this anti-war stance shows that they are either off on the side of the liberals, or that they lost their common sense and realism.

[Reagan Man]

>>>Actually, I would expect libertarians to agree with conservatives on about half the issues and liberals on the other half. Social conservatism, no. Fiscal conservatism, yes.

Not really. I'd say about 25% at best agree with traditional conservative fiscal policies. Most Libertarians, especially small "l" libertarians are political fringers and have extremist views on all the relevent issues, including fiscal policy. When you get down to it, most libertarians would rather opine about the issues, while conservative Republicans have actual legislative accomplishments.