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The Case for Conservatism (vs. Libertarianism)
Politics Daily ^ | February 15, 2011 | Matt Lewis

Posted on 02/21/2011 5:40:39 AM PST by grumpa

Anyone who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last weekend knows that, although Republicans won big in November, the conservative movement is still facing an identity crisis.

There are many facets to this, but one way of looking at it is to say that libertarian ideas are encroaching on conservatism.

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: classical; conservatism; libertarianism
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“The bottom line is that way too many social “conservatives” are Huckabee type Christian Socialists who want a big government as long as it does their bidding on social issues.”

Yep.

Those people are the same as Obama big-gov’t liberals.


21 posted on 02/21/2011 5:56:28 PM PST by webstersII
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To: MetaThought

“You do realize that means the end of the drug war ? “

You do realize that you just instigated the hijacking of this thread, right?


22 posted on 02/21/2011 5:57:51 PM PST by webstersII
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To: MetaThought

The States can do what they want with drugs.


23 posted on 02/21/2011 8:03:49 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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