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To: Owl558
libertarians (see small “l”) are a tiny % of the electorate that does poorly whenever their ideas are polled at the ballot box.

They cost us ten seats in the House in 2012. They are on the ballot in many more states.

Most dangerous: They are not interested in the commonweal. They are basically babies who wanna do what they wanna do. You can't be interested only in the individual. There is the state interest too, where it is legitimate, just not as pervasive as it is now. We are out of balance, with the state too intrusive, but that doesn't mean the state and the culture should be ignored entirely. All good statesmen have the commonweal at heart.

54 posted on 02/25/2013 12:10:07 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

“They cost us ten seats in the House in 2012.”

Perhaps you are correct on this point. But, as a conservative, there are certain core pronciples that I will not compromise. Not for libertarians, not for Republicans


55 posted on 02/25/2013 12:49:52 PM PST by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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