ManusJustus said:
Seems to be that you're the run of the mill Libertarian. I really dont mean to be an ass, but how is it that you think Republicans want to stay out of everyone's lives? Republicans want to teach Christianity (Creationism, absitence only) in school, want to tell consenting adults who they can and cannot marry, and so forth. The only thing I can think of that the Democrats would be intruding upon is gun laws, though there are other things they are together with conservatives on, such as entertainment ratings. |
Two reasons.
1) The problem is you are looking at the party, and not the candidates. McCain is about as close as you'll get to a credible libretarian like candidate for president unless you count Ron Paul.
His plans to cut wastefull government spending by vetoing billls with Earmarks, make laws to make tax hikes harder and have a balanced budget ammendment (except times of emergency) will do more for Libretarians than anything Obama has proposed...
In fact, when it comes to Obama... the Windfall tax against gas companys is about as un Libretarian as you can get... it's a law that's going to tax people.... whenever the government feels the said people have made too much money. How does that even work?
2) The social issues are never going to change. The democrat leaders don't want gay marriage to pass. Republican leaders don't want aborition abolished. Those issues are too good to work up the far left and right to arms.
Look at what the 2004 "lets make gay marriage super extra illegal!" movement did for Bush. If it actually became legal... look out.
Even if he tried to appoint pro abortion judges the democratic senate would just block them.
