Libertarian Question

[oladub]

firstandten, Ron Paul has run as a Libertarian and as a Republican. He gets a lot more votes as a Republican. The idea is to take over the Republican Party from the neocons and country club crowd just as the neocons and religious right hijacked it from moderate Republicans. What is unfortunate is that libertarians cannot get any foothold in the Democratic Party even though Democrats are more libertarian about some very specific social liberty issues such as abortion, marriage rules, and drugs than most Republicans. Ron Paul has said that for liberty to fly, it needs to have both a wing of social liberty to accompany a wing of economic liberty.

[firstandten]

firstandten, Ron Paul has run as a Libertarian and as a Republican. He gets a lot more votes as a Republican. The idea is to take over the Republican Party from the neocons and country club crowd just as the neocons and religious right hijacked it from moderate Republicans. What is unfortunate is that libertarians cannot get any foothold in the Democratic Party even though Democrats are more libertarian about some very specific social liberty issues such as abortion, marriage rules, and drugs than most Republicans. Ron Paul has said that for liberty to fly, it needs to have both a wing of social liberty to accompany a wing of economic liberty.

I understand what you are saying, but I just think that there wing of social liberty would be a deal-breaker for the Repubs, and the wing of economic liberty would be a deal-breaker for the Dems

Sometimes I think the best course of action is to let people know this is who we are and this is what we believe, and then go on to say that for those of you who are tired of politics as usual we represent an alternative. Then sit back and wait on the scrutiny thats sure to come from the mainstream media.

[rb336]

I understand what you are saying, but I just think that there wing of social liberty would be a deal-breaker for the Repubs, and the wing of economic liberty would be a deal-breaker for the Dems

actually, the wing of true economic liberty would be a deal breaker for the republicans as well. true economic liberty means that everyone legitimately has the same access to economic success, which is what any real liberal would want. however, as framed by Paul and the Libertarian Party, "economic freedom" would result in economic serfdom for the vast majority of people