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Originally Posted by ratbastid
BTW, "Libertarian" is a jaw-droppingly broad category, when you really listen to what candidates stand for. I'd really recommend that anyone who is "something of a libertarian" thoroughly research any candidate running under that flag, so you can be sure your principled ideological vote is going to somebody who shares your principled ideology.
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r.,
I actually tuned in to the Libertarian Party convention, though I did not watch the whole thing. I think Cspan televised it. It looked like it was in the banquet room at a Best Western.
Anyhow, the biggest trouble I have with the national Libertarian philosophy is that it is pretty much hardcore isolationism. I think when it becomes absolutely necessary to venture beyond the borders and knock heads, then that's what we gotta do. (Iraq was not an example of this, by the way.)
Anyway, when it comes to "sharing the wealth", I'm at the other end of the spectrum, which makes me libertarian as far as political-economic philosophy. And the prospect of universal health care concerns me too. And I'm a penniless!
Your Buddy,
Galileo Smith