Oh sure, another 2000-2006 years of GOP control will fix everything.
ad hominem.Oh sure, another 2000-2006 years of GOP control will fix everything.
So just so I understand you, you’re saying that if the election is between Obama and supporting his assault on the Catholic church and voting for a candidate who will stop the assault on the catholic church (i.e. reverse the HHS mandate, repeal Obamacare, etc) you will not choose either? You will not take a stand because your guy, Ron Paul lost?
Ron Paul QUIT the Republican party at one point, although the person who drew his ire, Ronald Reagan actually had a very similar viewpoint on government spending. I think Ron Paul has a strong following and certainly deserves to be recognized at the Convention. He is not going to be the nominee however. But still he keeps his philosophy front and center by continuing to run and good for him. I am sure he will gain a spot on the Cabinet or some other post. Heck let him audit the Fed. I’m all for that.
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals—if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.” - Ronald Reagan
I didn’t say the Bishop’s statement on JFK’s speech was idiotic, but it was wrong.
This business of holding our noses and voting for the lesser of two evils will lead us nowhere good.
Really and you think better to let the worse of two evils prevail?
You have one half of the equation but the other essential half is the social conservatism and that is where libertarians lose many of their potential supporters. I could never support a candidate whose platform was legalized drugs, porn, prostitution and abortion. Conservatism’s social focus, if implemented in everyday lives would REDUCE the need for government interference and government programs/support.
If you keep on pushing the lesser of two evils, you eventually get the evil you use to oppose.
Bumper sticker statement and taking the phrase literally not figuratively. Voting for the lesser of “two evils” does not mean that both are inherently evil. It is simply a well known/well used phrase to describe what one does in a dilemma where neither choice is optimal.
I beg to differ. The “War on Drugs” has been an epic failure. It is the very definition of epic failure. And in places were prostitution is decriminalized seem much less child trafficing, sex slavery, STDs, etc… You can’t keep playing moral police for people and there not be a backlash. You think our society would have learned its lesson during Prohobition.
Actually you are not correct. Again theories that sound logical but are not well supported. Please provide your version of success in the war on drugs? Complete resolution of drug addiction? Crime? Not going to happen. Look at all of the misery resulting from LEGAL drugs and alcohol? Drugs are not a moral problem, they are a health problem. If we legalize drugs we’ll have more usage…how’s that going to benefit society?I beg to differ. The “War on Drugs” has been an epic failure. It is the very definition of epic failure. And in places were prostitution is decriminalized seem much less child trafficing, sex slavery, STDs, etc… You can’t keep playing moral police for people and there not be a backlash. You think our society would have learned its lesson during Prohobition.
Well, we disagree. What did Santorum say that was different than Archbishop Chaput? I didn’t hear the interview or read the transcript. What did Santorum say that was “idiotic?”
Please stop confusing libertinism with libertarianism. They are not the same.
Okay.
Talk about bumper stickers…
Well for most Americans, the idea that a candidate would get ill over JFK’s statement about the seperation of church and state being absolute, would disqualify him.Okay.
I guess that doesn’t rise to the level of disqualifying someone from the presidency. That said, I don’t idolize JFK the way some people do.
Please look at your party platform. Pro drug legalization. Pro prostitution legalization. Pro pornography. Pro abortion. They don’t say anything about gluttony though. Or promiscuity. Or the focus on sensual pleasures So I don’t think Libertarians and libertines are the same thing. Both words are derived from “Liber” meaning liberty. The issue is liberty to do what and at what cost to society? If I eat myself into an early grave or enjoy sexual pleasures with a consenting adult I am not harming society. Libertarians however support activities that come with a very high societal cost…something they never seem to address.
Oh, I see. I didn’t realize you speak for “most Americans.”