It’s a very strange anti-Semite who says that his political and economic philosophy was shaped by four Jewish intellectuals — Rothbard, Mises, Hayek, and Friedman — and who proclaims respect for the sovereignty of Israel and its right to run its own affairs.
Ron Paul is a consistent Rothbardian libertarian. Conservatives can disagree with Rothbard’s philosophy and economic thinking, but it’s silly and intellectually dishonest to call it it anti-Semitic.
Republicans are particularly foolish to treat libertarians with the sort of ridicule, disrespect, and sophistic misrepresentation on display in this article and the Jeffrey Lord article of which it is derivative. About 14% of the electorate tilts libertarian, and these voters have historically voted 3:1 Republican. The Republican Party can ill-afford to alienate these voters.
Three quotes from Ronald Reagan come to mind:
“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”
“The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor.”
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”
Social Libertarians are the Pervert Party
Rothbard was a pro-abort.
Ron Paul is a Libertarian who only is in the Republican Party because after the fundraising scandal, the party won't have him back.
Ron Paul is probably an agree with only 33% of the time, not 80%. That makes him a stone cold RINO we should oppose.
Read the rest of the interview you pulled that quote from. Reagan goes on to say: Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood.
And while we are discussing Reagan, maybe we should pull what Paul said about Reagan, such as how Reagan was a 'miserable failure' or he 'made Carter look Conservative'. You've inspired me. I had pulled all these before, but Paul had some very nasty things to say about Reagan in the 80s. That may be a good, next article.
Oh, and about your economists, David Duke (who pimps for Paul on his radio program) admired them too. It doesn't mean Duke isn't an anti-Semite. I usually don't go down the road this far, but Paul actually had long time staffers quit because of some of the things Paul and his pal Lew Rockwell say behind closed doors.