Republicans keep making the same false assumption about the liberal-tarians. They keep thinking these people are on our side and groan every time we lose a close race by less than the votes a liberal-tarian gets. This is a waste of time. These people aren't our voters. The rat is the one who should moan when WE win a close race like that. liberal-tarians are just democrats who don't like hearing that they are out loud. Barr is a jerk. He was and may still be on the board of the aclu. You do the math.
Bob Barr occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and serves as a Board Member of the National Rifle Association. He serves as the Chairman of Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances, and provides advice to several organizations, including consulting on privacy issues with the ACLU, serving as the Chair for Youth Leadership Training at the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and as a member of The Constitution Project’s Initiative on Liberty and Security, based at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Bob served as a Member of the Long-Term Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Norms in the War on Terrorism, at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2003 to 2005. Recognizing Bob Barr’s leadership in privacy matters, New York Times columnist William Safire has called him “Mr. Privacy.”
First of all, there's no "liberal" in Libertarians. Saying this only makes your argument look weak.
Second of all, Libertarianism is the heart and soul of the GOP. Limited gov't, low taxes, individual responsibility....so the GOP should disregard these voters?
"These people aren't our voters."
You ought to study what a Goldwater Republican was in that day. That was the philosophical start of the Conservative Revolution.
Goldwater was more of a small l politician, not the bible-thumping theocrat faction of today's Republican party.
So I guess they aren't your voters, provided you have enough votes without them, or are content to lose most of they time without them.
There are a lot of them. They call themselves Republicans (moderate, middle of the road), Independents and even some democrats.
"liberal-tarians are just democrats who don't like hearing that they are out loud. Barr is a jerk. He was and may still be on the board of the aclu. You do the math."
Don't stereotype libertarians....I will NEVER classify myself as a democrat yet I hold some left beliefs...I will vote Republican Republican Republican! Democratic candidates are MORONS!