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GOP and Big Government - Friends Not Foes?

agitator Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 12:51 PM
So nothing separates Dems from Repubs! What about libertarians?
Don664 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 2:49 PM
They're fine as long as they don't start talking about foreign policy. Then they reveal their isolationism.
Barbara1247 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 6:23 PM
Yes, our attempts to police the world are working out so well for us.
nawlins72 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 6:34 PM
"They're fine as long as they don't start talking about foreign policy. Then they reveal their isolationism."

When someone claims libertarians are "isolationists", I realize they have no clue of what they are saying.
SMyles Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 7:03 PM
"When someone claims libertarians are "isolationists", I realize they have no clue of what they are saying. " Got that right.

MoreFreedom Wrote: Dec 07, 2012 1:03 PM
You mean like their opposition to our intervention in Libya? That led to blowback from Ghadaffi's patrons who helped Al Quaeda attack our embassy and kill our Ambassador?

Or perhaps their opposition to military meddling in the middle east. Where the 9/11 terrorists came from and who said our military presence led to their attacks?

Or perhaps their opposition to invading Afghanistan and overthrowing the Taliban, even though it wasn't the Taliban who attacked us? And where we've lost thousands of soldiers lives and much of our treasure? Where we might have offered a billion for Osama's head and lost no lives?

If not making enemies is isolationism, I'm all for it.
“The Republican Party is no longer the party of limited government, with limited spending and limited taxes. It is now officially exactly right behind the Democrats—on everything. It is time for conservatives to start looking for a new home. There’s precious little left for us here.”

Thus spoke Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center and long-time movement conservative.

Although Bozell deserves two thumbs up for his remarks, it is still worth noting that his epiphany is a little late in the coming: if it was ever really the party of limited government, it has been eons...
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