[Paige]

I had a run in with a Libertarian the other day. He was more Liberal than the Liberals. Then he said, we Conservatives weren't Conservative. I smiled and thought, wow,and we thought Liberals were dangerous!

[agooga]

I'm a libertarian and I'm no steenking liberal-- beware of Bill Maher types masquerading as "libertarians" to impress their friends and co-workers with their maverick political philosophy.

[gitmo]

A conservative buddy and I had a discussion with a guy who runs for office in the Libertarian party.

I asked him what Libertarians believe. He let us know he's not one of these legalize-recreational-drug guys. Everything he espoused as a foundational belief, we said that's exactly what we believe. Finally, we asked what the difference is between conservatives and libertarians. He couldn't come up with a single thing that was different. I finally told him it sounded like Libertarians (party members, that is) are either dopers or they are conservatives who are afraid of winning.

He had no response.

[monday]

"Then he said, we Conservatives weren't Conservative."

Perhaps you could explain how out spending the Democrats is conservative? Is starting a new bloated bureaucracy called the prescription drug plan conservative?

Bush's 'compassionate conservatism' looks like socialism from an economic standpoint. It's not that libertarians think Democrats would be any better. From an economic standpoint, the Republicans and Democrats are almost indistinguishable from each other. Their plans seem to be socialism Plan A, and socialism Plan B.

[LowCountryJoe]

This begs the question: what does liberalism really mean and how/why did the definition get f___ed up.