Posted on 06/18/2002 8:09:35 AM PDT by ZGuy
The Hillerytarians won't like that comment.
However, one qualifier to their position which I think deserves more emphasis is their complete opposition to immigrant welfare.
I think if America really had the moral strength to ensure that no immigrant ever received a dime of US public assistance, Aztlan would be far less of a threat to our country than it is today.
Of course, I will always be in favor of almost any immigration policy that could effectively keep Muslim terrorists out.
The Libertarian Party in California opposed Proposition 187.
Open borders, bad idea.
Re-legalizing drugs isn't condoning drug abuse.
Self defense, good. Meddling with other countries, bad. (Remember what the first "W" said about that.)
Why does evry article like this completely omit any reference or hide any indication that there are church-going, military veteran, pro 2a, anti-IRS, college educated, family oriented, pro-life, libertarians, who, unlike their Republican counterparts, actually believe in a smaller, less intrusive government?
But let's remember, it was the Republican Party that brought the clintons to justice, and is currently leading the way to a smaller and Constitutionally sound government, right?
What is a Hillerytarian?
Well that's just nuts, if true.
But then again, GW Bush signed (and therefore supported) CFR.
What to do?
It's true.
http://www.ca.lp.org/min/ec19941119.txt
Accentuate the positive. :-)
I'm actually more conservative than most Freeper Conservatives, yet too enamoured with the Constitution and personal liberty to be a Republican anymore.
One gets to make some choices in life. For me, I'd rather be called a dopertarian, pedophile, etc, etc, etc from the ignorant, than to be identified as a Republican. To me Republicans represent one of two heads of a giant siamese twin that is headed toward global socialism. One head says to-may-to, one says po-ta-to, but they both are headed down the same path joined at the hip, taking 85-90% of the people with them.
Because he's writing about party platforms and the general stance the Libertarian Party takes, not what each individual member may personally believe about each specific issue, same as with any article that discusses political parties, not specific individuals. Farah also makes it clear that Libertarians believe in smaller governement and he calls that a 'good start'.
Don't be so defensive; it's a fairly reasonable analysis of how one man sees the Libertarians. Not all bad of course but flawed and virtually unelectable on a national level. He makes some excellent observations.
That being said, I'm not sure that the party is unelectable on a national level. It's true, I think, that the party is some years off from success (winning federal elections), but I think Libertarians are making gradual progree: a two-steps forward, one-step back type of thing.
As the two major party grow more and more similar, it DOES seem to be moving our country towards a left-leaning, socialist-type economy with individual liberty quickly shoved out the door in the name of safety. I think Americans have tolerated this for a good deal of time, but I am sure the time will come when the people will wake up and realize just what liberties they have lost, and they'll turn to an uncompromising solution--the complete opposite. Right now, that is the Libertarians.
While I may give The People too much credit (like our founding fathers, I feel there is no underestimating the intelligence of the American people), I just can't go to bed every night thinking that this will only get worse; it's barely tolerable as it is.
Just a few thoughts from the far, far right-wing.
I'm debating about staying registered Republican for primaries but leaning toward re-registering with the .067% guys in the hope of sending a message.
I'm afraid we are to far down the authoritarian road for anything to make a difference tho
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