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Defending Libertarianism

By Kleinheider Posted on May 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm

With all the zeal of the convert that he is, Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr defends the faith against attack from Mike Huckabee:

“Perhaps Governor Huckabee is forgetting that it is compassionate conservatism that led to our record budget deficits and explosion in the size of government. His vision of more of the same will lead his party deeper into the quagmire,” warned Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president, “I am reminded of then-Governor Ronald Reagan saying ‘I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism’ and that ‘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.’ The problem we face isn’t too much libertarianism, but not enough of it.”

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3 Responses to “Defending Libertarianism”

  1. jre writes
    May 31st, 2008 8:39 am

    Gettem’ Bob. Finally a voice for all the conservatives not needing or wanting McSame!

  2. Number9 writes
    June 1st, 2008 11:01 am

    Classical liberalism (also known as traditional liberalism) is NOT modern liberalism.

    Classical liberalism more resembles modern libertarianism and aspects of fiscal conservatism.

    Modern liberalism has morphed into social democracy. It is a canard. A fraud.

  3. Donna Locke writes
    June 1st, 2008 9:28 pm

    We are the guardians of a garden that is being trampled. Other than those utopian communes that practiced celibacy, it’s hard to think of a people more intent on their own extinction than today’s Americans, unless you count the subset we call Republicans.

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