Posted on 02/08/2008 3:56:23 AM PST by LowCountryJoe
Embrace liberty? Hell, we're running away from liberty and freedom and towards full blown Socialism at a break-neck pace at every available opportunity.....and have been for some time now.....
I'm not sure when it happened, most likely it began in the late 1960's, but the average Joe in this country does not love liberty at all. The average Joe, and ALL DemocRats couldn't define liberty if they tried. That is and has been clearly evident in every election cycle since at least 1988. They vote for who is going to "give" them the most or the ones that claim to offer the most "security".
Personal responsibility, self reliance and the love of liberty and freedom are all but dead in the USA.
If the party had the support of true conservatives, patriots, Constitutionalists and those who remember the principles Reagan exuded, they'd get more than a few people elected.
Didn’t the Liberteens have a candidate running for president? Oh, what’s his name? It’s on the tip of my tongue...
If McCain does not pick a VP candidate who I can accept, I probably WILL vote Libertarian for the first time in my life. The reason the Libertarians have had such difficulty getting candidates elected is that the GOP stood in many respects for the same things they did. With McCain, however, I think that is no longer true.
Sending a wreath and a note of condolence about the death of small government principles in the Republican party is not "gloating."
Thank LBJ, another Texan, for the Great Society programs and the War on Poverty efforts. Can someone finally declare victory in that one?
How many senators hail from the Libertarian Party?
I detect schadenfreude by the LP, but it’s well deserved. The GOP is, in fact, a moderate wing of the DNC. We all know what happens to moderates.
I used to support the Constitution party. However, they want to pull out of Iraq as well. There is also a strong push in the CP to recruit Ron Paul.
I'm not going to get everything I want, but their position on Iraq is a deal breaker.
They are right on that, but they have a surrender monkey as their leader so they're no better off. Nice try though.
Scarborough on PMSNBC this morning said GOPers have told him they expect a ‘disaster of epic proportions’ this fall. I hate to say it, but the only thing that can save us is some kind of crisis between now and then. Maybe if we have war with Iran, that will turn the wishy washy voters back to national security matters. Or maybe President Bush could suspend the election. Maybe the military needs to step in, I can’t believe they would accept Hilary or Osama Obama as commainder in chief.
The problem is that with the vast majority of people, it's much easier to "sell them" on the idea of giving them other peoples' stuff, saying that the government is like their parents (remember pony-tail boy at that Bill Clinton campaign stop?) than it is to tell them, "I'm going to give you the opportunity to rise to your highest potential." Most people simply don't want to "give it their best shot" in life. They would much rather be secure than taking a chance that they might fail.
Mark
I think that you might be thinking of Noam Chomsky, from MIT. But I don't think that he's ever declared himself a libertarian, either big or small 'L.' Of course, I could be wrong here. One thing is for certain, he certainly is an "America Hater," but he's grown quite rich working as a contractor for the military and intelligence agencies that he hates so much.
Mark
“If only they could get a single Libertarian elected to any office, they might be in the position to gloat.”
I think the city government of Leadville, Colorado was or is mostly Libertarian.
And another problem is with LINOs (Libertarians in name only) like Bill Mahr. These are people who are actually big government leftists, who just happen to latch on to the anti-WOD stance of the LP.
I do wish that the LP would "get over" making the WOD their #1 issue. I'm against the WOD, simply because I hate what it's done to the Bill of Rights. But there are bigger fish to fry right now. And I have LOTS of trouble supporting the LP's policies on open borders and the WOT, which is what I consider to be the #1 issues today. I would say that I support about 80% of the LP's platform, and I consider myself something of a "small 'l' libertarian," but those 2 issues keep me voting 'R.' Or it did until now.
Mark
The Republicans have been in death spiral mode for decades.
It is about time someone noticed.
Just one thread from the near recent future-link below...
Best regards, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/790212/posts?page=91#91
WOW!!!!! /sarc
There is and will be no victory in the so-called "war on poverty" because winning is not the objective, so no victory is sought. The so-called "war on poverty" is a vote generating scheme designed to last eternally.
Boortz nails it when he says poverty is a mental disease. Rich folks, by and large, get and stay rich by repeating the behavior that makes them rich. Poor folks, by and large, get and stay poor by repeating the behavior that makes them poor. There is, and always will be, about 10% of any population that simply refuses to do for themselves. Thus, our welfare system has been extended from those who can't to those who won't. This was and is a key source of votes for the Dims and Johnson and his cronies knew that when they made up this phony "war on poverty" nonsense.
Forget victory in the "war on poverty". I'd settle for an exit strategy......with a set time table for an orderly retreat......
Prezactly.
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