Not the winning ticket. And I doubt a secular libertarian would win those southern states today, either.
Posted on 11/18/2008 6:19:27 PM PST by limitedgovernment67
I’m at a loss for where to begin. I guess we’ll jump right in.
During last night’s episode of Hannity and Colmes, Mike Huckabee was asked who he sees as a problem within the Republican Party. His response:
HUCKABEE: I think they are people who have become, in their minds, the integral part of the Republican Party who are, in fact, not classic Republicans. Here’s what I’m saying. Hard core libertarians.
It goes without saying that Mike Huckabee is showing that he is vastly uneducated and ignorant of the history of the Republican Party and the principles of limited government.
First, let’s look at two heroes of the Republican Party.
Ronald Reagan once said that “If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”
So, right off the bat, Huckabee is directly contradicting Ronald Reagan. Next:
Barry Goldwater was an ideological libertarian who disdained the religious right.Goldwater was pro-choice (he helped his daughter get an illegal abortion in 1955 and his wife co-founded the first Planned Parenthood branch in Phoenix). He was pro-equality for gays. He believed that morality had no place in government, even once remarking that:
“I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in “A,” “B,” “C” and “D.” Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?”
“The big thing is to make this country, along with every other country in the world with a few exceptions, quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay.
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He's a fool and more than a bit socialist
You beat me to the punch. Great call on this asshat.
A libertarian by definition he wasn't!
Exclusive Video of Mike Huckabee Calling for Scholarships and In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
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Huckabee is from ARKANSAS.
Enough Said?
Newsflash Huckabee - those so-called independents and "moderate" voters the RINOs chase after with promises of more gubmint? They're the small-l Libertarians who just want their taxes cut and be left alone, ya doorknob.
I'd wager that freeing slaves is more closely tied to religion than to economics.
You lose the religious wing, you lose the party. The Republicans were winning absolutely nothing until the religious right joined the party.
Phyllis Schlafly comments on Huckabee's lack of conservatism
Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, is even more blunt. "He [Huckabee] destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles," she says. "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee."
Sad to say, Mike will tear anyone down if he thinks it makes him look better. He has no loyalty to anyone but himself.
sw
he did oppose the bailout unlike many other conservatives, including even Tom Coburn.
Thanks! I forgot about that. I was passing it around during the Primary! :-)
sw
I once toyed with libertarianism and rejected it. Reason: you do not have the right to do wrong. I embraced true conservatism in which there are moral absolutes.
The fact that many actual conservatives still like and support RINO politicians, such as Huckabee, Romney, Crist, Daniels (a pro-nanny politician), Giuliani, and many others instead of fully supporting real conservatives, such as Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Duncan Hunter, Sr. and Tom Tancredo is only part of why real U.S. conservatism will remain in the dark in this country for a very long time, if not forever. Conservatives must also find a successful way of getting behind just one actual conservative candidate for POTUS and then just always stay with just that one real conservative candidate throughout both the primary season and during the general election. If “leftist political dominance” can still successfully happen throughout the state of Massachusetts, then it can also successfully happen at the national level for the long-term, if real conservatism really fails to have any kind of serious and successful political comeback throughout the U.S. and at any time in the future!
Ditto. Preamble to the US Constitution alludes that government policy should promote six items, libertarians concentrate on individual liberties, but domestic tranquiliy and the general welfare are also promoted with the liberties, and not one at the expense of the other. Read the original commentaries on domestic tranquility and general welfare it alludes to moral parameters to avoid social instability, furthemore our founding fathers used the term liberty in lieu of freedom. Liberty is defined as freedom bounded by moraltiy. Morality has a spiritual and applied component. The spiritual component is rooted in religious theology and usually it is confirmed over time and practice to be beneficial to society (ala wisdom).
The Huckster was for in state tuition for illegals. Enough said.
Welcome to FR.
The problem isn’t Libertarian thought in the Republican Party, it is the current batch of Republicans that reject the ideals of limited government, lower taxes, and a sacred 2A.
In other words, it isn’t the Libertarians that are the problem, it is the Republicans!
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