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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I agree that Liberatarians vote Repub more often then Dem.
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I'm glad we agree there. Now I'll help show you why.
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But for the life of me I cant understand why a true Liberatarian would support a party that wants to legislate when life begins or who can marry
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Minor issues. I'm not going to base my government on if abortion is infantacide or not, nor would I care if two men can get married. The first issue is not a libertarian issue, I think you can be a libertarian and still think life begins at conception, the second is a 'oh well'.
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or that put American forces in harms way in places that do not pose a direct and immenent threat to the nation's security
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True, and this is one place I do seperate myself from the libertarian platform a bit. I find the current global climate one that requires a bit of 'world police' we are in that spot now, and to ignore it is not in our best interest. Also you seem to imply that this is a Republican only trait, which is not indicated by history in the least.
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or that provides subsidies to the major oil companies, price supports to agri-business and patents to big business for generic business practices at the expense of a true free market.
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And my alternative would be? The democrat economic plan? A true free market would be great, but voting republican gets me far closer than any democrat vote.
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or that wants to limit personal expression through a flag burning amendment
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You know, when I wake up in the morning and dress for work, I'm damn proud I'm in a country that lets me burn the flag, it brings a tear to my eye. Well no really it means shit to me, as this is even more a non-issue than abortion or gay marriage. Its not like a flag burning amendment would prevent such works of art as "piss christ". I'll also note you can still burn the flag, so no harm no foul there.
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or that want to allow government to have access to private phone conversations and medical (and other personal) records
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The medical privacy laws are a joke, and I agree they suck, and odds are I know a lot more about them than you do for obvious reasons. I also know they are nothing compared to the lack of privacy you get with socialized medicine, so I shouldn't vote republican why again?
I also used to work for a small phone company before I went to dental school. There is no such thing as a private telephone conversation, so you might want to rethink that one all together. Also it is not against libertarian thought to conduct racial profiling, this would include wiretapping of people who have a greater than average chance of being a terrorist. Libertarianism isn't just a bend over and take it philosophy.
I would love to take the religous right right out of the Republican party, but that would be like taking the loony left out of the democratic party at this point. Neither would survive. As such I am making my choice for who I vote for based on what fits my desires the BEST, not perfectly.