I agree 100%. Big-government ideology is all but entrenched in the modern Republican party. The resistance even to Fred Thompson's retooling of the current Federalist balance is staggering. To many Republicans (and those aligned with Republicans, including those who put the interests of global institutions and foreign nations above the interests of America), shrinking of the government is a direct threat to years of investments.
I agree 100%.
First, no one is running Ron Paul out of the Republican Party. This thread is about an article written by one individual. The fact that others, even on this forum, agree is not confirmation of a fact.
Second, the point of this thread has nothing to do with limited government. Nothing! To imply such is nothing more than misdirection. If, and that's a big if, Ron Paul were truly excluded from the Republican Party it wouldn't be for his belief in small government; it would be for questionable social beliefs that have no place in Republican thought. And that's what this thread refers to.
Misdirections like this serve only to anger Republicans. If that's what you want, then we know your intentions.
REAGAN: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/29318.html