Libertarian Democrats
Posted by Greg on October 2, 2006
Kos gets it - and understands how the wingnut overreach with the Republican’t dominated government turns people off.
It was my fealty to the notion of personal liberty that made me a Republican when I came of age in the 1980s. It is my continued fealty to personal liberty that makes me a Democrat today.
The case against the libertarian Republican is so easy to make that I almost feel compelled to stipulate it and move on. It is the case for the libertarian Democrat that has created much discussion and not a small amount of controversy when I first introduced the notion in what was, in reality, a throwaway blog post on Daily Kos on a slow news day in early June 2006.
The Truffle said
It’s surprising how hostile conservative/libertarian reaction to Kos’s essay has been. Honestly, how libertarians could vote GOP astounds me.
S said
Indeed. The GOP loving older libertarians are probably still coasting on the intertia of their Reagan love, for what it’s worth anymore (not much according to Bush administration spendathon).