Yeah, sooo. What is your point. Are you saying that you want to force everyone in the libertarian movement to sign some silly pledge and worship at the alter or gravestone of Murray Rothbard?
If the "fiscally conservative/socially tolerant" moniker were so meaningless, than why is it that the Libertarian Party itself invented the phrase in the 1980s? I remember LP bumper stickers saying precisely that. My favorite one of all time: "Vote Libertarian; We're Pro-Choice on Everything." Didn't say: "Vote Libertarian: We want to Abolish Government." I was attracted to the LP precisely because the Party was basically Conservatives who were Pro-Choice, not becuase I wanted to abolish government. --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > But Steven, that is precisely the point. > > What are the principles? > > You say allegiance to some pledge hoisted upon the LP in the 1970s by > Rothbard, Raimondo and the Radical Caucus. > > I say, a basic belief in "fiscaly conservatism and social tolerance." > > Nobody owns the term "libertarian." > > ### > > You are of course correct that nobody owns the label of "libertarian". And > everybody so it seems wants to be associated with libertarian ideals, such > as Bill Clinton's claim of being libertarian. There is even a socialistic > democrat (I know that is redundant) in California that is running as a > "libertarian democrat". Weird. > > Likewise, nobody "owns" the democrat or republican moniker. Afterall, there > is absolutely nothing democratic about the democrat party. And the > republicans have to share names and ideals with such groups as Irish > Republican Army and the Iraq Republican Guard. > > And the "fiscal conservative and social tolerance" belief is meaningless > when you consider that Kerry could be argued to be more fiscally > conservative and socially tolerant than Bush. > > PEACE > Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer > Franklin County Libertarian Party > (614) 891-8841 > P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 > > "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution > inevitable" John F. Kennedy > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
