Actually, I ahve tow points...
1) It all comes down to whether one believes America has a right to defend herself here and aborad or not. Those who think we do, know what we are doing in Iraq and beyond. Those who think we don’t, think we shouldn’t be in Iraq or anywhere else. Ron Paul and his supporters, like Sheehan, Teddy and most liberal Democratic Socialists are on the wrong side of this issue.
2) Ron Paul is also wrong on his notions of smaller less powerful government. Not wrong to desire such things, because these ideas are entirely “conservative”. But the desire alone isn’t enough and that’s where libertarians are wrong.
Supporting or allowing liberal social policies to exist makes it impossible limit or reduce the size and scope of the federal government that must deal with the natural social consequences of liberal social policies.
I have nothing personally against Homosexuals. But my tax dollars would not be going into AIDS research and government would not be involved in AIDS research if a moral society was a bit less carefree with their sexual exploits.
Not to pick on any particualr group, but this was an easy example.
This is where libertarians miss the target. They are right to desire smaller more limited government. But wrong to overlook what causes BIGGER more POWERFUL government reaching further and further into our pockets to fund social programs that wouldn’t be necessary in a socially responsible society.
I hear you. We probably think alike on most issues. That said, conservatives, libertarians and Christians will just have to get along if we want the Republican Party to win and represent our respective beliefs and interests.