I have thought for a long time that we needed a more libertarian oriented party in America. Huckabee’s Republican socialism just doesn’t cut it for me.
I have been flirting with the idea of voting Dem in the general election. Especially if Clinton gets the nod. I like her evil underhandedness. I figure she will be as hard on America’s enemies as she will be on us.
Then I got to reading around the blogosphere. I’m looking at Backyard Conservative and Power Line and Town Hall and Politico and Yahoo News and Outside Report and World Net Daily and Right Thinking from the Left Coast. They all seem to agree that Huckabee is splitting the Republican coalition. I agree.
So I have decided that if the nominee is Huckabee over my favorite Fred Thompson then I’m going to give Huck my support. I think it will be better to have a split coalition (in the hopes of a Reformation) than to keep going on the way things are going with the party. And my campaign theme for the Huckester? Support the Republican Socialist. That should help don’t you think?
If that sort of scenario doesn’t appeal to you might I suggest: send Fred Thompson some money. Fred of course is quite popular among the blogging set. He is not a one issue candidate. Based on his positions, he could have socon support, Federalist support, neocon support and fisc-con support. In other words every ones (outside a the blogging cons) second choice. So if you don’t wish to see the Republican coalition break up (just yet), may I suggest giving Fred a hand and some money.
And if the above doesn’t put the fear of God (har) in you, consider Obama vs Keyes ‘004. The Dems wrote the book on defeating a big name socon.
Cross Posted at Power and Control
I’ll Support The Socialist
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12 responses to “I’ll Support The Socialist”
I believe Murray Rothbard, over 40 years ago, referred to the Democrats as Socialist Party A and the Republicans as Socialist Party B.
Apparently this is what the American voters want. They simply don’t like liberty.
Brett,
I don’t agree with Rothbard totally ( I do agree a lot).
Bud he did nail that one.
So Simon resists paying taxes to fund his precious war, yet thinks nothing of pissing away his money on a loser like Fred Thompson. Remarkable!
Murray Rothbard didn’t nail anything. That’s just a simple minded slogan for simple minds. I’ve got news for you Randians, the socialists are kicking our liberty loving asses in every single aspect. Great Britain just passed us in per capita income. The Euro is beating down the dollar, Europeans live longer, are happier, and MUCH better educated than Americans. How is it, that since Reagan took office in 1980, the average socialist high school graduate can read and speak English better than their American counterpart. And don’t even get me started about the sciences.
Thanks to the Randians, American is becoming a third world country. Way to go guys.
Yogi,
War is one of the basic functions of the Federal government. Socialism is not.
But being the fine legal mind you obviously are you knew that I’m sure. Keep up the good work.
BTW can I steer some business your way?
Well, Yogi, liberty is a right, while prosperity is not. I’ll take liberty, thank you very much.
Of course, I believe real liberty will result in true prosperity, given time. Socialism can work for a while; several generations living off of plunder will love it, as all thieves will. Given enough time, wealth creation will cease, and the Soviet Union’s experience of 1989 will be the upshot.
M. Simon, please DO send some business my way. I’m no longer a corrections officer, but I sure would appreciate it if you would help to bring the criminals in this administration to justice.
Yogi, the criminals are those citizens who unnecessarily undermine the U.S. administration in a time of war, which necessarily aids the other side.
M. Simon, I disagree, “socialism” is in fact the purpose of the Federal government. Besides the military, it is expected to maintain our schools, our infrastructure, our environment, and if we were smart, our health care industry. Oh yeah, it is also supposed to uphold the Constitution. How do you expect us to compete against the rest of the world with an uneducated and unhealthy work force, with crumbling roads and bridges? Why do you choose to destroy and rebuild Iraq when we desperately need to spend that money right here? How do you think the free market can magically solve the crisis we are facing? And if the free market is so magical, how come IT doesn’t maintain the military? Why do the taxpayers have to give Blackwater and Halliburton SO much money?
Brett, so citizens who demand that criminals in this administration be brought to justice are in fact criminals? Did you think that one through? I suppose Valerie Plame is a criminal, and the people who outed her, the people who forged documents and falsified intel so that we could invade Iraq are misunderstood heroes. The people who accepted bribes from lobbyists, violated election laws and committed perjury are the good guys?
Your concept of civic duty is INSANE! After the Democratic nominee wins the election, I’m SO SURE the rightwing idiocracy is going to support him or her all the way.
They aren’t criminals. The only evidence I’ve heard to that effect are assertions by hysterics without security clearances.
Now, I’ve fed you enough–go run five miles and work it off.
Brett, Scooter Libby isn’t a convicted criminal? Alberto Gozales didn’t committ perjury? Do you have any idea whatsoever how destructive the outing of Valerie Plame was? Anyone associated with Brewster-Jennings was compromised. How can we collect reliable intel? Who in their right mind is going to be an informant, when they know members of this administration will betray them?
>> I figure she will be as hard on America’s
>> enemies as she will be on us.
An attractive thought, but I get a little queasy wondering who she thinks America’s enemies are.