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Title: Are libertarian Republicans misreading the political climate?
Source: theweek.com
URL Source: https://theweek.com/articles/828943 ... s-misreading-political-climate
Published: Mar 17, 2019
Author: W. James Antle III
Post Date: 2019-03-17 20:36:54 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 2816
Comments: 60

All it took was a noncommittal response to generate a little 2020 buzz. "I would never rule anything out," Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) told CNN's Jake Tapper earlier this month when asked if he would run for president as a libertarian. "That's not on my radar right now, but I think that it is important that we have someone in there who is presenting a vision for America that is different from what these two parties are presenting." Far from a declaration of candidacy, this was not a Shermanesque statement, either. "Sounds like a platform," Tapper replied when Amash talked about the principles that unite Americans.

Despite President Trump's tax cuts, deregulation, and even criminal justice reform, it's generally been a frustrating time for libertarian Republicans like Amash. But if Democrats take the White House in 2020, Democratic overreach — and the backlash it triggers — will once again present libertarians with an opportunity to lead the GOP. Can they convince the party to follow?

Trump isn't a limited-government true believer, and organizations from the Tea Party (which helped elect Amash) to the House Freedom Caucus (to which Amash belongs) seem to be filled with people who are more interested in rallying behind the president than cutting the federal government down to its constitutional size. Entitlement reform is out; tariffs and trade wars are in. The discretionary spending cuts in Trump's budget are dead on arrival; the deficit — once again nearing $1 trillion, this time under the GOP and a growing economy — is very alive.

The Trump era has been especially frustrating for Amash. He's not drawn to nationalism or populism, much less partisan tribalism. He didn't like the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court or either of Trump's attorneys general. He doesn't see Trump as having made much progress ending the country's wars.

"When some libertarians talk about the great accomplishments we're seeing on foreign policy, I don't know what they're talking about," Amash told The Washington Post last year. "Reaching out to these guys is one thing, but you have to move down the court. [Trump] actually made it harder for us to have a good relationship with Russia."

The Post story was about how Amash was "marooned" in Congress. A more recent piece on CNN's website called him "the loneliest Republican" in the legislative branch. Thus the speculation he'll leave to take a flier on the Libertarian Party nomination in 2020.

As gloomy as things now seem, another "libertarian moment" — the last one was just four or five years ago — could be on the horizon. Democrats no longer believe that the era of big government is over, as Bill Clinton professed. They increasingly want to expand Medicare to Americans under the age of 65, return to tax rates unseen since Ronald Reagan came to Washington, disrupt private health insurance more than ObamaCare did, and grow government in ways that imposes costs on middle-class voters as well as offer them benefits. And the Green New Deal will legitimately require trillions of dollars in new federal expenditures at a time when it is not clear how to responsibly keep the promises made by our existing welfare state.

If — when — the Democrats retake the White House, Republicans are sure to once again get tough on fiscal conservatism (even if their overall motivation is more complicated), as they did in 1994 and 2010. Deficits will matter. But the GOP's government-cutting zeal usually fizzles out by the presidential election. Sometimes the revival of Republican political fortunes has faded by that time, too. That's a problem for strong fiscal conservatives like Amash. Trying to avoid the same fate as the Tea Party, or Newt Gingrich's Congresses, is probably a more productive use of one's time than vying with John McAfee for Libertarian Party presidential bragging rights.

As a libertarian, Gary Johnson was a useful safety valve for voters who found their 2016 and 2020 presidential options unpalatable. But as a Republican, he was the two-term governor of New Mexico. As a libertarian, Ron Paul finished a very distant third in the 1988 race for the White House. As a Republican, he served 12 terms in Congress and even his losing presidential campaigns had much more influence.

Still, there are undeniable challenges. Republicans now depend on the votes of people collecting Social Security and Medicare, receiving farm subsidies, and benefiting from Pentagon spending. Even some veterans of the Ron Paul campaign are questioning whether limited government is adequate to address the country's problems. So rather than exhorting Republicans to be more principled and less partisan, libertarians and constitutional conservatives would perhaps do well to grapple with the shallowness of their political appeal.


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Repeating for Empasis:
Even some veterans of the Ron Paul campaign are questioning whether limited government is adequate to address the country's problems. So rather than exhorting Republicans to be more principled and less partisan, libertarians and constitutional conservatives would perhaps do well to grapple with the shallowness of their political appeal.

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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)

Gatlin's statement of absurdity.

Even some veterans of the Ron Paul campaign are questioning whether limited government is adequate to address the country's problems.

Gatlin's absurd conclusion.

So rather than exhorting Republicans to be more principled and less partisan, libertarians and constitutional conservatives would perhaps do well to grapple with the shallowness of their political appeal.

Tater, you are an idiot.

buckeroo  posted on  2019-03-17   20:49:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: buckeroo (#1)

Gatlin's statement of absurdity.

Yep - it's pretty obvious Tater is on a drunken libertarian-bashing jihad again. This is the second long-winded screed he's posted.

Could be he caught one of his grand kids wearing a Ron Paul T-shirt.

libertarians and constitutional conservatives would perhaps do well to grapple with the shallowness of their political appeal.

Well lookie here - Tater's disdain is not just towards libertarians - he hates constitutional conservatives as well.

Tater, you are an idiot.

That's being generous.

Deckard  posted on  2019-03-17   21:00:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deckard (#2)

Making an abusive remark on or relating to one's person instead of providing evidence when examining the author’s claims or comments shows you to be a person of “no substance.

If you had “substance” then you can identify your “libertarian foundation” in thought and feeling to defend it against any and all claims in the article. Furthermore, a person of “substance” not only knows what they think, believe and feel, they can also give reasons for why they think and feel as they do.

Since you are absent in discussing against an identifiable premise by the author– you are therefore a person to be thought of as someone simply floating upon the glimmering ocean of life with no anchor or definite purpose or any ability to tell others what is wrong in the article.

Deckard, you post is shallow and you have no substance. Ergo, your personal attack is noted as an admitted failure by you.

Now please respond to the article and stop your personal attack on me – Which again displays your lack of substance.

Gatlin  posted on  2019-03-17   21:39:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Gatlin, Deckard (#7)

Making an abusive remark on or relating to one's person instead of providing evidence when examining the author’s claims or comments shows you to be a person of “no substance.

Lets remind you about what you stated:

Repeating for Empasis [sic]: Even some veterans of the Ron Paul campaign are questioning whether limited government is adequate to address the country's problems. So rather than exhorting Republicans to be more principled and less partisan, libertarians and constitutional conservatives would perhaps do well to grapple with the shallowness of their political appeal.

Either you are an airhead or goddamed liar

buckeroo  posted on  2019-03-17   21:47:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: buckeroo (#8)

Making an abusive remark on or relating to one's person instead of providing evidence when examining the author’s claims or comments

Tater and GrandIsland are two of the biggest and most prodigious practitioners of this tactic.

Then when someone fights back - Tater whines.

The stench of his hypocrisy is nauseating.

...shows you to be a person of “no substance.

He's also a master of Psychological projection, a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

For example, a person who is habitually rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude. It incorporates blame shifting.

Deckard  posted on  2019-03-17   22:53:48 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Deckard (#19) (Edited)

Is this really all you have to contribute?

Discuss the ARTICLE, please ...

Why can't you?

Gatlin  posted on  2019-03-17   23:06:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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