[elkfersupper]

I never said Ronald Reagan was a libertarian.

I said he said this:

"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. "

Go ahead and deny it, it was said.......by Ronald Reagan.

Just because you don't like it doesn't make it untrue.

[presidio9]

Are you trying to take it from the top? That line doesn't mean anything like what you want it to mean. This has been explained to you repeatedly in this thread by myself and others. You haven't been able to address those explainations.

Your representation of Reagan's intent is based on your own values as a libertarian. They are inconsistent with a man who would invent and implement anything like the federal war on drugs.

Go ahead and deny it, it was said.......by Ronald Reagan.

This is you being a weasel. You promised to leave, because you couldn't think of anything intelligent to say, but you couldn't even do that right. So you made up a straw man argument. You've brought up that quote dozens of times. On this thread and others. People smarter than me have explained it to you. Yet here you are suggesting someone denied Reagan ever said it. You can't be that stupid. Read the thread and tell me Reagan denied it.

For what it's worth, Reagan and I both agree that Enlightenmnet and libertarianism formed the basis of Conservative philosophy for the Founding Fathers. But even they quickly abandoned classic libertarian ideals as unworkable when they got down to the business of governing.