That's why I'm a registered Republican, not a Libertarian or an independent. I may think a lot like some small-'l' libertarians, but I want to see as much progress in the right direction as soon as possible, and if that means my pet issues don't get stroked immediately, well, that's fine as long as our leadership shows progress in other areas.
That's also why I like George W. Bush. Hs is about winning. He strikes me as someone who like to win as much and as often as possible. And he doesn't have ego issues about what he wins. Very unlike Clinton, who probably is the most intelligent president we have had since WWII, and also the least effective since Carter, Dubya is not about Dubya. That makes him effective. I like that.
Single-issue conservatives and dogmatic Libertarians are what makes the conservative meovement weak, like a tennis player that can always be fooled by a drop shot.
If one insists that majority rules, that the state has the power to prohibit drugs, for instance, you must also, - to be consistent in that same 'logic', - insist that this same power can be used to prohibit most any substance, object, or act.
That this is directly contrary to the original intent of constitutionally limited powers for all levels of our republican governments, fed/state/local, - seems to be beyond all comprehension or reason. 51 tpaine
That's why I'm a registered Republican, not a Libertarian or an independent. I may think a lot like some small-'l' libertarians, but I want to see as much progress in the right direction as soon as possible, and if that means my pet issues don't get stroked immediately, well, that's fine as long as our leadership shows progress in other areas.
It's the lack of progress in ~any~ area that I can see, that keeps me from voting republican today. A vote for RR was my last gasp. I gave up.
That's also why I like George W. Bush. Hs is about winning. He strikes me as someone who like to win as much and as often as possible. And he doesn't have ego issues about what he wins. Very unlike Clinton, who probably is the most intelligent president we have had since WWII, and also the least effective since Carter, Dubya is not about Dubya. That makes him effective. I like that.
Single-issue conservatives and dogmatic Libertarians are what makes the conservative meovement weak, like a tennis player that can always be fooled by a drop shot.
Standing on principle is dogmatic by definition. - And libertarians are not being fooled, in any way I can see.
I can agree with the position of todays RLC, which in effect, was the position/principles of the Goldwater Republicans 40 years ago. The GOP has deserted me, I did not desert conservatism.