Slate: Libertarians are oddly hopeful about the Obama administration. (WTF?)

[Epic]

Slate says libertarians like Obama. They wish!

http://www.slate.com/id/2208779/

[tmosley]

In terms of civil liberties and openness of government, they are.

Economics is what is going to doom us.

[Jeremy]

In terms of civil liberties and openness of government, they are.

Economics is what is going to doom us.

they are? I have yet to meet one

[Danke]

Slate says libertarians like Obama. They wish!

http://www.slate.com/id/2208779/

You read Slate...


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[Jeremy]

lol epic fail his name is epic get it?

[Epic]

I, ummm, happened upon a link to it

[acptulsa]

I, ummm, happened upon a link to it

Lol. It's one of my favorite places to go knock the heads of painfully conventional thinkers together.

Sounds like cocoa-nuts. And, no, I don't mean coconuts. I mean cocoa-nuts. You know--like Dubya.

[Xenophage]

When people are faced with tragedy of epic and long-lasting proportions, it is a natural psychological reaction to try and find some measure of good in life or to focus on small hopes. Those who fail to do so are swept away in a sea of hopeless depression, and probably already killed themselves during middle school, so they didn't join the Cato Institute. Its a little bit Darwinian.

[vodalian]

In terms of civil liberties and openness of government, they are.


Speak for yourself ;)

[StudentForPaul08]

How dare them speak on behalf of all Libertarians. I am NOT hopeful about Messiah Obama..... :)

[Elwar]

There are a lot of libertarians at the obama forum (http://www.theobamaforum.com) that are posting supportive messages.

[fletcher]

That's because they aren't actually libertarians.

[gls]

CATO is right in their recommendations but Obama isn't about to start pushing sensible counter-terrorism strategies. He is owned by the military-industrial complex, just like his predecessor.

[speciallyblend]

after 8 yrs of bush. you can only hope to have HOPE!!!

[vodalian]

after 8 yrs of bush. you can only hope to have HOPE!!!

I think you are confusing hope with naivete.

[jenmckin]

I think you are confusing hope with naivete.

I don't think it's so much naivete as desperation! ;)

[Paulitical Correctness]

That's like a chicken being hopeful about going to KFC.

[tmosley]

they are? I have yet to meet one

Well, now you have.

Of course, I doubt if it is going to come to anything. He'll probably go straight back to gestapo tactics once the economy fails in order to "keep the ship of state from sinking" like his good buddy Lincoln. That is, unless his cult of personality is strong enough that everyone loves him like FDR.

[qh4dotcom]

Slate says libertarians like Obama. They wish!

http://www.slate.com/id/2208779/

Don't forget that there are sheeple Ron Paul supporters and sheeple libertarians who voted for Obama

[gls]

Obama's "openness" agenda is nothing more than a facade meant to placate. Meanwhile the centralization of corporate interest-controlled powers continues unabated.

[tmosley]

Obama's "openness" agenda is nothing more than a facade meant to placate. Meanwhile the centralization of corporate interest-controlled powers continues unabated.

Proof? I haven't seen any reports to that effect. All I have seen has been positive, or just unsourced bluster.

[Truth Warrior]

Not the REAL libertarians. I wonder how many of them Slate DIDN'T even bother to poll or ask, since there are NO libertarian spokespersons. :rolleyes:

[tonesforjonesbones]

The best thing the LP could do is get RID of CATO. tones

[Truth Warrior]

The best thing the LP could do is get RID of CATO. tones The LP ( GOP-lite ) is NOT libertarian. :p

[Bman]

The LP ( GOP-lite ) is NOT libertarian. :p

Now hold on.

As someone stated before not all of Obama's ideas are bad. He has a very good outlook on the war on drugs. His rhetoric on what someone should be told they can and can't do is very good.

But.

His ideas on what governments purpose should be in all of this, and his knowledge of free markets and regulatory ideas are moronic.

Just because someone thinks that a bad person has some good points doesn't mean they are falsly saying who they are.

For instance. Anyone who is a pro-lifer is not a Libertarian.

Or at least not on that topic. It's hard to say someone is all this or all that. We're all a little bit of a lot of things. It's what makes us individuals.

[mediahasyou]

ha the link that slate gives about libertarians endorsing Obama has Drew Carey (libertarian) who says he'd vote for anyone but Obama/Mccain.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/129640.html