Comments on: My Ideal US Presidential Candidate http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/ Unscientific and ultimately destructive. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Alon Levy http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5094 Alon Levy Tue, 15 May 2007 05:08:07 +0000 http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5094 The most important fact about American libertarianism is that it arose in response to the New Deal, not Prohibition. Even for Friedman and Hayek, right-wing economics always came first - Friedman was a lifelong Republican - and the real nuts were too much into abolishing the government to get worked up over things like civil rights. The most important fact about American libertarianism is that it arose in response to the New Deal, not Prohibition. Even for Friedman and Hayek, right-wing economics always came first - Friedman was a lifelong Republican - and the real nuts were too much into abolishing the government to get worked up over things like civil rights.

]]> By: Cairnarvon http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5086 Cairnarvon Mon, 14 May 2007 17:23:19 +0000 http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5086 Oh, I know it's possible for individual libertarians to be relatively sane, and that a lot of moderate Republicans have defected to the Libertarian Party, but this one isn't. I admit I don't know a lot about the general stances of the US Libertarian Party at large beyond the obvious (small government, fiscal conservatism, &c.). Most of my information on it comes via the Cato Institute, which really just tends to be as wrong as the GOP on issues that matter, with only a few exceptions. Oh, I know it’s possible for individual libertarians to be relatively sane, and that a lot of moderate Republicans have defected to the Libertarian Party, but this one isn’t.
I admit I don’t know a lot about the general stances of the US Libertarian Party at large beyond the obvious (small government, fiscal conservatism, &c.). Most of my information on it comes via the Cato Institute, which really just tends to be as wrong as the GOP on issues that matter, with only a few exceptions.

]]> By: B. Dewhirst http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5083 B. Dewhirst Mon, 14 May 2007 13:24:29 +0000 http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5083 One correction: It isn't necc. the case that a Libertarian candidate is a Republican with a funny hat. The current Republican candidate has drifted sufficiently far from what they said in order to maintain the R/L alliance that there is a significant gap between the two. The #2 Libertarian candidate in the presidential race (and yes, that is something of a joke, because he'll only get like 10,000 votes total) is essentially a single-issue pot legalization candidate. The #1 Libertarian candidate is a Physics Professor from Massachusetts (disclaimer: he used to be my PH prof.), and one of the key planks on his platform is a withdrawal from Iraq and balanced federal spending, as well as decriminalization. One correction: It isn’t necc. the case that a Libertarian candidate is a Republican with a funny hat. The current Republican candidate has drifted sufficiently far from what they said in order to maintain the R/L alliance that there is a significant gap between the two.

The #2 Libertarian candidate in the presidential race (and yes, that is something of a joke, because he’ll only get like 10,000 votes total) is essentially a single-issue pot legalization candidate. The #1 Libertarian candidate is a Physics Professor from Massachusetts (disclaimer: he used to be my PH prof.), and one of the key planks on his platform is a withdrawal from Iraq and balanced federal spending, as well as decriminalization.

]]> By: echomikeromeo http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5072 echomikeromeo Sun, 13 May 2007 17:37:15 +0000 http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/2007/05/13/my-ideal-us-presidential-candidate/#comment-5072 I got very similar results. Duncan Hunter is my Congressional representative - people (including the local paper) have been urging us to vote for him because he's a "local boy". I have to say, I've never seen such ridiculous logic. I got very similar results.

Duncan Hunter is my Congressional representative - people (including the local paper) have been urging us to vote for him because he’s a “local boy”. I have to say, I’ve never seen such ridiculous logic.

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