The Most Successful Political Party in America
I usually describe myself politically as a conservative with libertarian leanings. I agree with Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily www.worldnetdaily.com/ that I'm not conserving anything. That implies a defensive posture, hanging on to what's left.
I want my liberty back!
The Libertarian Party has pretty much marginalized itself. They are purists and compromise does not exist in the ranks. Though I agree with much of what they represent, they don't live in the real world of politics.
I went to Captains Quarters www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/ and he linked to a site which bills itself as The New Libertarian (or Neolibertarians). They go on to define themselves with a new magazine www.qando.net/articles/tnlv1i1.pdf (I'm going to let you do all the linking here).
The magazine defines a paleo and neo libertarian quite nicely.
And they go on to quote Milton Friedman in telling which political party he believes is the most successful of the 20th Century. His choice? The Socialist Party of 1928. By 1980,nearly every economic plank in the 1928 Socialist Party Platform had been passed by the Unted States Congress (re-read the link "If You Stop Their Touchdowns..." tinyurl.com/9bb8h ) .
Good going boys and girls of the Congress.
And BTW, here is the first thing that nearly all (save one, Ron Paul, R-TX) Congressmen and Congresswomen break:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
They immediately throw out this oath of office and conduct themselves and the business of the nation as a democracy, not the constitutional republic that they just took an oath to uphold ( www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr012903.htm )
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