Dude, they snuck into the pool a long time ago. That’s the main problem the GOP has IMHO.
parsy, who wants to fling poop at Libertarians
Well I wish President Reagan and Barry Goldwater were still around because they would disagree with you. Reagan once said that the best part of the conservative movement was its libertarian inclination that always first asks “Can the private sector do it better”? (going from memory here)
Parsy, who needs the federal government to tell him,and everyone else, how to spend one’s money and live one’s life.
I hope you don’t supervise anyone at work, because based off your political beliefs, you probably are an extreme micromanager.
As for L/libertarian... I'm a Jeffersonian libertarian. I believe in the full promise of freedom the Founders tried to establish for this Country. I do not feel that "ends justify the means" in most government endeavors as they are uniquely untrustworthy and duplicitous to a fault. I do not believe in a Nanny State, no matter how noble the intentions.
Ready? Set... Fling!!!
So Parsy, how'd that McCain thing work out for ya?
The main problems with the GOP are that it is terminally stupid as an organisation, slow learning, and has a tendency to p!ss off it's base supporters to the point where they stay home.
Aside from that, it's adherents are inconsistent. They deride Libertarians as "one percenters", and yet b!tch to high heaven about how the Libertarians stabbed them in the back when their weak-assed, fake conservative candidates lose.