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Enough Fighting: Time for Libertarians and Conservatives to Unite [retread zot]
Raging Against The Rhetoric ^
| 03-18-2015
| Jackie Wellfonder
Posted on 03/23/2015 7:54:24 AM PDT by Kaled
Conservatives often find themselves at odds with the libertarian crowd. However, is that anger really warranted?
As President Reagan once said, If you analyze it, I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.
True conservatives and libertarians, lets not pretend there arent fakers on both side, all agree on the fundamentals: limited government, personal responsibility, and economic freedom. Neither group wants the government interfering in our daily lives and telling us what we can and cannot do. Now there may be slight disagreements on how that plays out in the policy arena, but we should not allow that to stop us from working together.
Our primary focus needs to be on reigning in spending, and returning power to the states where it belongs. The government has overreached time after time with blatant disregard for the boundaries set forth in the constitution. Its time for conservatives and libertarians to put aside our differences, and work together.
As Morton Blackwell, President of the Leadership Institute, says, You owe it to your philosophy to study how to win. You have a moral obligation to learn how to win.
When are we going to realize that what we are doing isnt working? We are going to keep losing elections until we get this right, and America will pay the price.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: abortion; conservatism; conservatives; euthanasia; freedom; freemarkets; freeminds; homosexualagenda; ibtz; kentucky; libertarianism; libertarians; liberty; medicalmarijuana; paultardnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; rightodie; suicide; zot
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To: Kaled
IOW, you're a diehard supporter of Ron Rand Paul.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:14:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: wagglebee
62
posted on
03/23/2015 9:14:42 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: Texas Eagle
63
posted on
03/23/2015 9:14:53 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Kaled; wagglebee
By definition vice (as opposed to crime) should not be outlawed.
That is such an adolescent comment. Are you still living in your momma's house?
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:15:04 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It -- Those Who Truly Support Our Troops Pray for Their Victory!)
To: wagglebee
Exactly. We can see the truth of this, because when it comes to an immorality such as abortion (murder of the unborn), they either believe that states should decide if it’s OK, or that it’s a woman’s right to choose to murder her unborn child. They’re not so “laissez faire” when it comes to legislating that immorality, they usually fall on the side of having it be legal. I wonder where they would have stood on the issue of slavery?
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:15:27 AM PDT
by
mrsmel
(One Who Can See)
To: Responsibility2nd
The headline has been retro-fitted. I thought the headlines were supposed to match the source headline.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:15:43 AM PDT
by
Kaled
(Ronald Reagan: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism)
To: BlackAdderess
/bingo!
BTW, that won’t ever happen, because they are actually Democrats, and devoted to the rise of the single party state, which requires the destruction of all others.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:15:56 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Kaled
lolol
Wut ZOT you say?
(Feeling the electricity yet?)
68
posted on
03/23/2015 9:16:29 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: Kaled; Responsibility2nd; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; Coleus; narses; TheOldLady; Lazamataz; ...
So which is the moral cesspool -- the US where the law says "drive on the right" or the UK where the law says "drive on the left"? Neither dumbass.
In a moral society, traffic is regulated to promote safety. Whether people drive on the right side of the street or the left is irrelevant, the important thing is regulating which side they drive on.
Go back to your libtard friends and let them know that the driving argument failed.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:17:36 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: ansel12
Paul is weak on issues like abortion, gay marriage, and social conservatism in general. Exact same position that Goldwater held, it was a loser then and would be again.
Runt Paul for President! Woo! Woo!
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:17:51 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
To: Kaled; Responsibility2nd; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; Coleus; narses; TheOldLady; Lazamataz; ...
By definition vice (as opposed to crime) should not be outlawed. You are an idiot.
Outlawing a vice MAKES it a crime.
Your time on FR is rapidly coming to an end, so you should use it wisely and not comment on matters that you will never understand.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:21:36 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee; Kaled
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:22:32 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Kaled
Whats the issue? Vote for a Cruz or have another Obama for President.
73
posted on
03/23/2015 9:24:30 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Ronney/McCain 2016!)
To: itsahoot
Goldwater wasn’t any of those when he ran for president, they were not his positions as a candidate or office holder.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:26:33 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: Old Sarge; shibumi; Servant of the Cross; Kaled; TheOldLady; 50mm; TheUsualSuspects; ...
Backtrack to see my exchange with this Kaled troll. I set him up, he took the bait, and then I sprung the trap.
Note the subtlety I used, by not posting the bait comment directly to him.
I can out-troll trolls, every single time.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:26:49 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: wagglebee
He's a troll. He knows it. But at least he has (had) a sense of humor...
To: meadsjn
The Viking kitties must be sleeping in late today.What do you expect from a cat?
56 posted on
Monday, March 23, 2015 11:07:40 AM by
Kaled (Ronald Reagan: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism)
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:27:42 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Meanwhile we have turned Grover Norquist into a demigod because he's agin taxes more'n the rest of us. Supposedly. Nope, because of his Muslim Brotherhood connections.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
To: wagglebee; Kaled; Responsibility2nd; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; Coleus; narses; TheOldLady; ...
By definition vice (as opposed to crime) should not be outlawed. (Kaled)
You are an idiot.
Outlawing a vice MAKES it a crime.
Kaled, your chief problem is that you aren’t very intelligent. We at FR have a cutoff I.Q. of 86, so I fear you have not met our minimum standards.
Buh bye.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:29:00 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Lazamataz; Old Sarge; shibumi; Servant of the Cross; Kaled; TheOldLady; 50mm; TheUsualSuspects; ...
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:30:59 AM PDT
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: wagglebee
80
posted on
03/23/2015 9:32:45 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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