What an utterly clueless post.
Is that why you couldn't rebut it?
Just posted this at the Yahoo Group, for Calif. Libertarian Party Candidates:
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Some of you may be interested in this debate going on this AM over at Free Republic, between the Conservative Republicans & Libertarians -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474831/posts
‘Free Republic’ is a conservative website. It is really a great website/ forum for finding recent news articles about govt policies and politics. But the majority of participants at FR are traditional Conservatives, not Libertarians. A small percentage of them are Libertarians.
On rare occasions, a Libertarian at FR will post an article like this one above. . . and then - all Heck breaks loose.
Though a minority, the libertarians at FR, when they decide to peek their heads out of their tortoise shells, are quite persistent - and really tear into the Trads.
The resulting intellectual fight - as usual (and as you can see from the link above), quickly degenerates. . . into arguments about religion beliefs (”Aren’t Libertarians atheists?!”), drug legalization (”You’re all on drugs!”), abortion, foreign policy (”You’re a bunch of pacifists!”), and the role of govt (”You’re anarchists”!). They won’t admit that William F. Buckley was strongly pro-drug legalization, that Milton Friedman was a “philosophical anarchist” - and that many of Libertarian politics would be (and were in practice) embraced by Ronald Reagan. For example, I know many libertarian economists who WORKED at the FTC & in Congress for Dick Armey, under Reagan’s Administration. Tom McClintock is libertarian leaning; and Scott Brown has given indications he is, as well.
Anyway, as you can see, it is a tough sell to win these folks over. Though we DO share strong common beliefs about economic freedom (free enterprise) and reduced govt. spending, there is a wide gulf between trad-Republicans & Libertarians on some other issues, as you can see.
This underlying fight I think represents who will ultimately control (& benefit from) the ‘Tea Party’ Movement: Libertarians or Republicans.
If any - ANY - Republicans switch and vote “Yes” on the HC Bill this weekend it will be a major boost to our Party [the LP] in Nov, as people abandon the RINO’s for real fiscal conservatives.