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Then how did Congress & the states agree to the "anti-democratic and counter-productive" 22nd amendment (in 1947) which limits a President to two terms?
Because Congress and the states are run by stupid people? I don't know what you expect me to say here.
Nobody wanted a repeat of FDR. This is a perfect example of the public overreacting.
Interesting points. What positions would you consider to be extreme?
There are a lot of libertarians who border on anarchists, who really would be happy with no government whatsoever and that's not something that I can ever agree with.
Without going to look at every point in their platform, there are places where, as strange as it might sound, they take personal freedom too far. There needs to be a balance between personal freedom and personal responsibility and a responsibility toward the society in which you live. Therefore, elements like complete and utter freedom to own any firearm you want with no restrictions goes too far. I think legalizing all drugs, no matter what they are, also goes too far. There are a lot of libertarians who border on anarchists, who really would be happy with no government whatsoever and that's not something that I can ever agree with.
Liberals (the more extreme economic liberals who essentially want flat out socialism).
I doubt it. The nature of the Libertarian Party is of course fundamentally capitalist, which would always create an incompatibility not only with anarchist principles, but an inability to effectively cooperate with anarchist political activists.
Why do you keep mentioning this nonsense? Socialism is "a social system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are owned collectively and political power is exercised by the whole community." There is no conceivable relation between that and liberalism, or any other political ideology that economically misinformed rightists absurdly describe as "socialist." :roll:
I am not ashamed to be a Republican. I am amused by the implication that I should be.
I believe the GOP would hugely benefit by the incorporation of certain libertarian principles if the two groups could somehow be prevailed upon to merge.
As a Republican, can you honestly say you are happy with the direction & tone that your party leaders have taken the GOP in?
Knowing that any party needs moderates & minority groups (Black/Hispanic/etc) to win any future election, do you honestly feel the GOP is winning any over?
Well, the GOP has a long way to go in expanding voting constituency by placing everyone in little identity-groups & then making a bunch of promises to members of those "group" the way the DNC has.
As a Republican, can you honestly say you are happy with the direction & tone that your party leaders have taken the GOP in?
Knowing that any party needs moderates & minority groups (Black/Hispanic/etc) to win any future election, do you honestly feel the GOP is winning any over?
The problem is, the Republicans have sold out their principles attempting to woo minority votes. Bush, not only trying to provide cheap labor to his corporate buddies, was also trying to attract Hispanic votes by flushing border control down the toilet.
As a Republican, can you honestly say you are happy with the direction & tone that your party leaders have taken the GOP in?
Knowing that any party needs moderates & minority groups (Black/Hispanic/etc) to win any future election, do you honestly feel the GOP is winning any over?
I consider the GOP the lesser of two evils.And yes, I do feel we will be winning back moderates as President Obama's term progresses.
I consider the GOP the lesser of two evils.And yes, I do feel we will be winning back moderates as President Obama's term progresses.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.
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