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  • Libertarians Emerge as a Force (Losertarians deep-six the GOP)

    11/08/2006 2:27:12 PM PST · by quidnunc · 423 replies · 5,629+ views
    The Economist ^ | November 8, 2006 | Unattributed
    New York – Glum Republicans might turn their attention to the Libertarian Party to vent their anger. Libertarians are a generally Republican-leaning constituency, but over the last few years, their discontent has grown plain. It isn't just the war, which some libertarians supported, but the corruption and insider dealing, and particularly the massive expansion of spending. Mr Bush's much-vaunted prescription drug benefit for seniors, they fume, has opened up another gaping hole in America's fiscal situation, while the only issue that really seemed to energise congress was passing special laws to keep a brain-damaged woman on life support. In two of the...