[ansel12]

Sure. Fight conservatism, fight America, and help the left with their 1960s agenda to destroy American Christian culture and traditions, while somehow fantasizing that you can win those left wing compatriots to leave the conservative economic policies standing.

Here is the leftists agenda hidden behind the Libertarian Party curtain.

Libertarian Party Platform:

Throw open the borders completely; only a rare individual (terrorist, disease carrier etc.) can be kept from freedom of movement through “political boundaries”.

Homosexuals; total freedom in the military, gay marriage, adoption, child custody and everything else.

Abortion; zero restrictions or impediments.

Pornography; no restraint, no restrictions.

Drugs; Meth, Heroin, Crack, and anything new that science can come up with, zero restrictions.

Advertising those drugs, prostitution, and pornography; zero restrictions.

Military Strength; minimal capabilities

[SoConPubbie]

The founders of this great experiment we call a Representative Democracy made it clear that the system they had setup was ONLY meant for a Christian Nation or People. They also made it very clear, that if the people walked away from their Christianity, this Republic and it’s system would fail!

[donna]

Sounds like Sandra Bullock’s and Jesse James’ marriage.

[BADROTOFINGER]

Borrowing from libertarian (or Libertarian, if you prefer) philosophy would solve a great deal of our problems. I don't think that anyone in the Republican or conservative ranks really wants full blown Libertarianism. But when the feds take full blown control of many aspects of our lives and people are willing to pick and choose what unconstitutional powers they like and which they don't, then we have already surrendered our right to a constitutional government, haven't we?

I welcome many of the more seemingly extreme platforms of the Libertarian (not all of them, some of them are rather kooky) philosophy but understand the massive responsibility that comes with them. And I am totally willing to fight the good fight with regards to the dangers of those freedoms. Fighting with my own government over basic tenets concerning my own freedoms is a losing battle and a colossal waste of great minds and resources.

I say liberty first, then, as free people and responsible citizens, we deal with the rest in our own lives and communities, and stop ceding power to those we can't trust in the hopes that they will do it for us. That just doesn't seem to be working out too well. Just my opinion...JFK

[elkfersupper]

I would expect to see a discussion of the upside of liberty rather than either the real or imagined downside on Free Republic.