1. Nixon gave us the drug war. Reagen just spent outrageous amounts of money on it.
2. Jefferson didn't violate the Constitution by sending troops to fight the Barbary Pirates. The Constitution grants government the power to send the military after pirates who attack our ships. 3. Compared to the other Presidents, Bush is the single least libertarian of the bunch. Even less libertarian than FDR, Wilson, and Lincoln combined. 4. Libertarianism isn't a scale. It's a black and white issue. It's a boolean function. It's a 1 or a 0. It's on or off. You are or you're not. You support the NAP or you don't. It's that simple. --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wait a second here. Didn't you just say that I said "Bush is an > extremist libertarian"? > > And the key word below is "possibly." Some say Jefferson was the > most libertarian. Then again he sent troops to the Barbary Coast and > owned slaves. Others say Reagan. But Reagan gave us the Drug War. > > Compared to other past Presidents Bush certainly does well on the > libertarian scale. > > --- In [email protected], "James Landrith" <james@> > wrote: > > > > Actually Eric, you said so right here (your subject line), which > had nothing > > to do with Birnbaum: > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/30812 > > > > > > > > > > > > In addition, you said Bush is "the most libertarian President > possibly in > > the history of the United States, and the Libertarian Party > Libertarians > > just yawn." > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/30293) > > > > > > > > We've been over this a billion times or so. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > James Landrith > > james@ > > cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 > > AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 > > MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith > > Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com > > The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com > > The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Eric Dondero Rittberg > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:28 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Dow hits all-time high!!! Shouldn't > Libertarians > > thank Bush > > > > > > > > Whoa, hold it there. I have NEVER said that George W. Bush was > > an "extremist libertarian." What I have said all along is that > > Jeffrey Birmbaum said on Fox News in 2004 that "George W. Bush was > > running an extreme libertarian campaign..." > > > > I merely quoted Birmbaum. Of course, I don't agree with him. But I > > do think it's interesting that the mainstream media like to portray > > Bush as somewhat limited government, and yet real Libertarians like > > to bash Bush as being anything but. > > > > For me, the truth is somewheres in the middle. Bush is a squishy > > Moderate Republican with very, very slight Conservative leanings. > > > > And I only advocting "Do, Do, Do" for libertarian candidates or > > friends of libertarians or mainstream politicians who might be > > persuaded to be more libertarian. > > > > Anyway, thanks for the other compliments. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
