clb09
03-18-2010, 10:21 AM
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/libertarianism-post-9-11/37673/
Still, like pixie dust, a little libertarianism has been scattered over the right, landing most notably on Texas Congressman Ron Paul and sprinkling even the John Birch Society. Along with Paul, it opposes the post 9/11 security state -- not that many rational people would rely on the judgment of the John Birch Society, which considers the late William F. Buckley, a Trotskyite (in his successful campaign to revitalize American conservatism, Buckley denounced the JBS).
Still, like pixie dust, a little libertarianism has been scattered over the right, landing most notably on Texas Congressman Ron Paul and sprinkling even the John Birch Society. Along with Paul, it opposes the post 9/11 security state -- not that many rational people would rely on the judgment of the John Birch Society, which considers the late William F. Buckley, a Trotskyite (in his successful campaign to revitalize American conservatism, Buckley denounced the JBS).