[donmeaker]

I am not sure that the Libertarian views are increasing so much as not being for Expanded Government (against Program “A”) was defined once as Conservative because said government intrustion had not happened, and now being for Decreased Government (against Program “A”) is defined as Libertarian.

If your views were always that Program A is bad, you were conservative because you were against expanding government to it and now you are libertarian because you want to cut it.

[cripplecreek]

More traditional conservative views in my opinion. Basically restraint in spending, taxing, global affairs, and lawmaking.

[af_vet_rr]

If your views were always that Program A is bad, you were conservative because you were against expanding government to it and now you are libertarian because you want to cut it.

This is kind of how I'm seeing things now. You're right - a Republican used to be against expanding government, or wanting to scale it back. Now that Republicans in general support bigger government (and proved this under George W. Bush and the Republican-led Congress, and with all of the compromising they are doing with Obama and the Senate these days), they've decided that the small government types must be libertarians.

Doesn't matter to me though, I'm no longer a Republican, I'm simply a Conservative. Some day the Republican Party might include me if it stops moving left, and instead goes back to the right, but in the meantime, it can piss off.

[tacticalogic]

If your views were always that Program A is bad, you were conservative because you were against expanding government to it and now you are libertarian because you want to cut it.

Labeling cutting a federal program "libertarian" works for the left. It intstantly gets them "conservative" allies in their quest to destroy the republic and place all power in the hands of a centralized, national government.