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To: counterpunch
Reagan was NEVER a member of the pack of losers calling themselves the Libertarian Party.
"Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions." --Ronald Reagan

41 posted on 07/10/2009 12:53:06 PM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Mojave

You are lying through omission there, Mojave.
You quote the section right after Reagan declared himself on a libertarian path, and after the author noted that Reagan often referred to himself as a ‘libertarian-conservative’.

And the quote you’re trying to use there is where Reagan simply distinguishes his own libertarian philosophy from the complete platform of a political party that calls themselves the Libertarian Party.

Next time give the full quote, in context.


75 posted on 07/10/2009 1:12:25 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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