Those are your words, not mine and they won't win you any arguments either. Typical libertarian hogwash.
What you seem to forget, is that the US Constitution isn't holy scripture, carved in granite and handed down to the people by prophets or gods. There is an existing procedure for amending any portion of the Constitution. At the same time, the Congress can legislate and make law in accordance with the specific powers granted to it, as one branch of the federal government. If that wasn't true, the Founding Fathers would never have created a Congress to start with. The fact is, America has changed since the late 1700`s and has grown from a population of 4 million cititzens to over 285 million. This is the 21st century. Things change and man is the most adaptable creature on the planet. This ability to adapt to all manner of change, is what makes our civilized society and our very existence so remarkable and so profound.
As a conservative, I don't agree with many of the laws enacted by past Congresses, especially those passed by Democratic controlled Congresses. Therefore, I will continue to work to elect more conservative Republicans to positions of public trust.
>>>A conservative and libertarian should have very little differences when it comes to federal government.
Libertarians, or libertarians have little in common with the politics of the modern conservative movement. The sooner you understand that, the better off you'll be. The Libertarian Platform is impractical idealism, that blindly advocates adherence to an unrealistic philosophy, which has a miniscule political following and a future that leads down a dead end road.
On matters that involve fiscal responsibility of the federal government, conservatives have always advocated real tax reform. The best way to stop excessive spending and excessive growth of the federal government, is to stop feeding the "beltway bureaucracy" that has funded liberal socialist programs for the last forty years. Politics is a slow process and one must have patience to see real change come about.
libertarians may have little in common with the politics of YOUR view of conservatives but I can guarantee that if we were to do a poll of most conservatives saying are you
1)In favor of really reducing government (not just increase it less than the other guy)
2)Are you in favor of real tax reform
3)Should we decrease the size and power of the federal government and let the states decide on issues not mentioned in the Constitution
4)Do you like a nanny state?
Answering yes, yes, yes, no doesn't make you liberatarian of course but it means that there is a lot of common ground.
Vouchers, privatization of SS are both liberatarian ideas. I'm sure there are others.
Politics is a slow process and one must have patience to see real change come about.
I understand this but you seem to be missing the point. I expect it to move in the right direction. Increasing government year after year does not make elected 'conservatives' do any favors for their lip service on smaller government and real tax reform. I have no problem pulling the trigger for a Republican as long as they will vote to decrease our federal government ANY amount. Bush, etc are not doing that, they are just slightly less socialistic than Gore. That is hardly a ringing endorsement. For example just 20 years ago, the RP platform wanted to get rid of the NEA. Bush increased its spending by almost 10% this past year.