There Is No Such Thing As A “Libertarian Democrat”
Found while blog hunting on Right Wing News
Sphere: Related ContentOver at Cato, Kos is making one of the most ridiculous arguments ever: “The Case for the Libertarian Democrat.“
“(T)here’s a whole swath of Americans who are uncomfortable with Republican/conservative efforts to erode our civil liberties while intruding into our bedrooms and churches; they don’t like unaccountable corporations invading their privacy, holding undue control over their economic fortunes, and despoiling our natural surroundings; yet they also don’t appreciate the nanny state, the over-regulation of small businesses, the knee-jerk distrust of the free market, or the meddlesome intrusions into mundane personal matters.
Like me, these were people who didn’t instinctively reject the ability of government to protect our personal liberties, who saw government as a good, not an evil, but didn’t necessarily see the government as the source of first resort when seeking solutions to problems facing our country. They also saw the markets as a good, not an evil, but didn’t necessarily see an unregulated market run amok as a positive thing. Some of these were reluctant Republicans, seeking an excuse to abandon a party that has failed them. Others were reluctant Democrats, looking for a reason to fully embrace their party. And still others were stuck in the middle, despairing at their options—despondent at a two-party system in which both parties were committed to Big Government principles.”
The problem with the idea of a, “Libertarian Democrat,” is that philosophically, Democrats and Libertarians could not be farther apart. Libertarians believe in having a weak Federal government and minimal government interference in people’s lives. That’s just the antithesis of what the Democrat Party has stood for over the last 70 years.
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