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   ODon said, 7 months ago

   It’s not demographics, let’s talk about the role of the individual.
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   mickey1339 said, 7 months ago

   Of course many will disagree, but to me the natural evolution of the “moderate” republicans is to the Libertarian party. When you read the platform of Gary Johnson it has broad appeal in terms of the social issues, a conservative economic program and a diminished role of the military and foreign aid. This discussion about the republican party is about a lack of appeal for minorities, the gay community, women’s issues etc. What appealed to me about Libertarians is many of these issues are not even discussed, they are just accepted. Abortion? It’s the woman’s choice, it’s her body. Gay marriage? I really don’t care what anyone does in their bedroom as long as it doesn’t hurt someone else. They might as well support the marriage/divorce process just like the rest of us! Legalizing drugs? Tax it, regulate the sale and decriminalize it. Prohibition has never worked and still doesn’t.
   Okay, my sales pitch is done. Check it out.
   http://www.lp.org/
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   dtroutma said, 7 months ago

   Remember, even the “founding fathers” actually saw the country as being ruled by the “cream at the top”. It was later that the concept of the “melting pot” came about, as a result of the Constitution (as amended), NOT the “Declaration of Independence”.

   
   It’s also interesting, but ignored, that a majority of the land base was occupied by “Hispanics” centuries before the “Anglos” arrived. Even the Russians beat the British to the Northwest and Alaska.

   
   And yes, let’s not forget those early “Hispanics” and Russians were greedy white guys.(Who used the natives as slaves, and imported more from Africa.)
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   disgustedtaxpayer said, 7 months ago

   the GOP platform is always FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
   the Democrat Party platform is always for Big Daddy Government for targetted “classes” and “voting blocs” to vote to GET FREEBIES and be the PERMANENT DEPENDENT CLASS. Democrats promote Abortion which kills INDIVIDUALS before they can be born. Democrats also promote legalizing every sin listed in the Bible in Romans chapter 1, causing God to allow the majority who accept the lowering of moral standards to have their way and destroy a civilization. It is not the GOP that practises Scoff-Law governance….it is not the GOP that will relegate the USA to history’s ashheap.
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   ARodney said, 7 months ago

   Nah. The GOP is for the individual making their own decisions… unless you’re female, you aren’t a Southern Baptist, or you work for a living. Then you’re a deadbeat who needs to be told by government how to act, since your freedoms (as nicely enumerated in the hate-ridden post by DTP just above) are immoral, sinful, and unAmerican. Please. I know who is promoting freedom, and it ain’t the tea party.
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   Radish said, 7 months ago

   Individuals made a decision to not vote for the republicans.
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   ahab said, 7 months ago

   @disgustedtaxpayer

   A moral GOP, snort!
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   Dredpiraterobt$ said, 7 months ago

   @mickey1339

   “…but to me the natural evolution of the “moderate” republicans is to the Libertarian party.”
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   You list the teaser topics that do appeal to people. Don’t forget that the libertarian party used to be fringe Left, and now they are fringe Right.
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   The problem with the Libertarian party is that they are absolutists. That’s fine when it comes to the issues you agree with them on, but it’s very bad when you and they disagree.
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   What are you going to do about corporate greed? We had a time in this country when we had the sort of Lassez Faire government that Libertarians pine for. The result included the flood in Johnstown. The Pinkertons in Homestead, a boom bust economy that resulted in abject poverty for much of the urban nation.
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   Well, that culminated in the great depression which nearly overthrew the democratic Constitution of the United States.
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   Well we got over that eventually and after a while we decided to try it again. We had at the helm of the Federal Reserve an avowed Libertarian, Alan Greenspan. Net result? At least three near misses at a global catastrophe (within which Mr. Greenspan stepped in, contrary to his “Libertine” ideals) and, finally Success! another Depression!
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   Libertarianism seems fine, idealistically. But in practice it just doesn’t work. The rich get richer at the expense of the poor getting poorer.
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   When Churchill said “if you’re not a liberal when you’re young you have not heart…” Libertarianism was what he was talking about (sort of).
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   Stay young, stay excited about a world of possibility! But please don’t take it personally that we old ones don’t agree with the Libertarian world view.
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   walruscarver2000 said, 7 months ago

   Wishful thinking. They are circulating petitions to secede from the US even as we write here.
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    Rickapolis said, 7 months ago

    And no one will miss them when their gone. Thank God we voted for progress and equality.
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    mickey1339 said, 7 months ago

    @Dredpiraterobt$

    I’m 66 and our country is too established to be absolutist and just flip a switch to change everything. Political theory vs real practice are two different things. I see it more as a progressive change for republicans on social issues without dumping all the conservative fiscal values.
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    Jeddidyah said, 7 months ago

    It is, in fact, exactly what happened on Easter Island.
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    Jase99 said, 7 months ago

    @disgustedtaxpayer

    You claim the GOP platform is always for the individual, then you go on to tell us how that individual is supposed to conform to your beliefs.
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    Dycel said, 7 months ago

    @disgustedtaxpayer

    No the gop is for the individual who has the most money and can pay for the presidency!
    You on the other hand are a clueless minion!
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    Ms. Ima said, 7 months ago

    Yep, it’s the libeal’s ‘fantasy island’ all right.
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