Posted on 04/03/2010 10:51:43 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." — Ronald Reagan
Nonconformist: of or characterized by behavior or views that do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices.
Recently Fox's Glenn Beck offered citizens a quiz to pinpoint where they fall in their political beliefs. The Nolan Chart (www.nolanchart.com/survey.php) provides questions which when answered honestly will place the responder somewhere on the political spectrum depicting conservative-libertarian-liberal-statist-centrist sections. Citizens who consider themselves conservative might be surprised to find they're somewhere between conservative and libertarian.
Commentators have had a difficult time labeling tea party citizens. Many are disillusioned democrats and republicans; some call themselves independents. Most have been active voters for decades. After all the emailing, letters and sending pink slips to Congress; after marching on Washington — citizen-protestors are still not taken very seriously in Washington.
Some commentators have suggested that Republican-Libertarian Rep. Ron Paul is responsible for the grassroots Tea Party movement rising up against the present Washington chaos. The truth is Paul's 2008 presidential campaign ignited long-held frustrations and also educated some of the younger generation regarding constitutional principles.
Considered a "kook" by many of his congressional peers, Paul may be the only sane one there. This is the man who just returned $100,000 of his congressional budget back to the U.S. Treasury. His congressional frugality borders on treason within free-spending Congress. Nicknamed "Dr. No" because of his thriftiness, he votes no to any legislation unless it adheres to the Constitution.
So is Paul crazy? Of course not. He's much like all citizens who are conscientiously watching their money and budgets. Regrettably there aren't enough libertarian-doers in Congress who would stop the decades of runaway-spending and cut the government down to constitutional size.
There are signs that some Libertarian-thinking citizens are running on 2010 Republican congressional tickets. These are the same people along with constitutionalists who have suffered through the frustrations of watching Washington unabashedly kill the U.S. Constitution.
One such citizen is Liberty Republican John Dennis (www.johndennis2010.com) who is running against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco's 8th District. On congressional leaders, Dennis says:
"I think of them as far away from leadership as anything I can imagine. We are in debt ...when you add up the current debt, the unfunded liabilities, the backstops to banks, loans, all the bailouts — our quote-unquote leaders have put us all in debt to the tune of $300,000 apiece. That's not leadership. Many have the nerve to call themselves conservatives but are they really at the end of the day? — 94 percent of the house members are reelected, continually with the idea of keeping their jobs."
Reagan also said, "The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution."
Ronald Reagan was right in his assessment of conservatism's heart. So, why do we not elect more of these sane budget-conscious thinkers to Congress? If it is conservative to hold to principles concerning budgets, reducing the National Debt, taxes and holding government to constitutional restraints, why hasn't it happened?
Most tea party citizens have long been exasperated by the federal government's "broad-constructionist" interpretation of the U.S. Constitution which has led to a distinct decline of our Republic and Civil Liberties. In case you don't know what kind of interpretation that is — think Al Gore's declaration that "the U.S. Constitution is a living document." In other words, it changes with the seasons.
The founders' constitutional intent is never taken into account by such interpretation. Otherwise, we would never have had social security, medicare, medicaid, subsidies for farmers and businesses — growing the federal government far beyond its constitutional responsibilities.
Maybe it's time that libertarian thinkers have the opportunity to turn our nation around and bring down the National Debt before bankruptcy and a real Great Depression become reality. They certainly couldn't do any worse than what we've been subjected to for the last 100 years. Let's hope it's not too late.
Given a choice, the elite Washington free-spending crowd or the nonconforming Libertarian-Republicans, citizens may just choose the ones who adhere to the U.S. Constitution over and against the careerist so-called conservative Republicans and liberal-progressive Democrats.
© Bonnie Alba
Like who? Ron Paul, the man who endorsed Chuck Baldwin, Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader? Yeah, brilliant idea.
You don't understand, libertarians are the moderates, that is why they float between the Democrats and Republicans and their own party.
I'm fighting to get the country back. rabs is fighting to insult me.
He needs to stop. He's fighting the wrong "enemy." The one in his head.
I wish him well, but he has to stop the nonsense or no one will ever take him seriously.
I oppose "compassionate conservatives" who think it's the job of the Government to "do the Lord's work" yet squeal like stuck piglets when that same Government threatens to curtail their freedoms and liberties.
You:
I'm fighting to get the country back. rabs is fighting to insult me.
Me: That's an insult to you?!? You gotta thin skin...
It would be best if you stopped now, because no matter how you go from here, you will be wrong.
Thanks for doing the right thing and letting this drop.
rabs knows what he has said and done and that it has nothing to do with anyone's depth of skin.
Any Libertarian that floats to the dems is confused or a phony.
Nonsense, look at post 8.
Hyperbole at its finest.
No it isn’t, and you have no reason to say that, those summaries were accurate.
I always wondered why Charlie’s wife didn’t load up one of those sandwiches with a nickel stuck inside.
Religious freedom and the right to life for the innocent are in the constitution. L’s have no respect for this. Too many are aggressively amoral and those who are do not stand up to the leftist bullies.
A lot of libertarians feel more at home with amoral Marxists than with conservatives and voted for Obama.
Want to win elections....make base happy, that simple.
Well, at least *I* am not the one with wild teenage fantasies of being kissed by a certain RINO named George W. Bush.
Too bad I can't say the same about you, ohioWbot.
But you do admit that you are the "enemy," just the "wrong" one.
LOL.
Back atcha!
There is no way in all the world you could convince anyone (other than perhaps yourself?) that you didn't know exactly what you were saying and what it meant, nor that you could place the blame for your filth on me.
Perhaps you fit in better at LP where banned freepers and social rejects dwell. Your foul sense of humor fits in well there, and I can tell by your style that you spend time there.
Now, I believe it will be best if you don't post to me again. You are obsessed with vile insults and you're making yourself look like a complete fool by trying to take your own sin and put it on me. I am trying to focus on the dangers that Marxists have put America in, and what we as conservatives can do together to stop them, and you continue to created unsolicited insulting diversions that are a complete waste of time.
If you celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, then Happy Easter to you, rabs. I pray that you grow in faith, maturity and understanding.
We were both taken aback, and shared the joy of the moment of meeting a great man, who was also a great leader. I told my husband immediately, and he was as thrilled as I was that the President acknowledged my prayer for him and his beloved wife with a kiss.
At a later date, we both shook hands with President Bush (at a fundraiser for Ken Blackwell), and my sweet, strong husband of more than 30 years handed the President a photo of our son (from Iraq) and the President signed it.
It was another thrilling moment, and our brave, patriotic son wept when we handed the autographed photo to him.
I pray some day you have a marriage as strong and profoundly loving (in every way imaginable) as mine, a faith that is deep, a maturity that goes beyond your years, and that you some day put away these childish insults of things you are too young or stubborn to understand.
I repeat. I would strongly prefer that you not post to me. I will pray for you, but your insulting comments are a complete waste of my time on this forum.
Please at least TRY to fight the right enemy, and leave us conservative activists alone. We need to get things done, and you're getting in the way.
Please thank your son for giving my family another blessed Easter to celebrate the reason for my faith in Jesus Christ and the peace and freedom in this country!May God bless you, dear OhioWfan as we fight to save our Republic!
Thank you SO much - you will never know what this has meant to me.
And YES! Millions of us would vote for him again, and millions upon millions of us resepct him with a depth that comes rarely on this earth, for reasons some will not, nor cannot understand.
Have a BLESSED RESURRECTION DAY, tajgirvan. We had a wonderful service this morning, and are about to dig into a nice ham dinner! :)
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