though most were/are Libertine, not Libertarian anyway(with a Political IQ at nearing Zero)...but never the less:

http://thenextright.com/jon-henke/the-en...-democrats

Quote:Three years ago, Markos Moulitsas floated the idea of an emerging brand of "libertarian Democrats." At Cato Unbound, Kos argued that the Democratic Party was "growing increasingly comfortable with moving in a new direction, one in which restrained government, fiscal responsibility, and—most important of all—individual freedoms are paramount."

And in fact, libertarians did swing from voting overwhelmingly from Bush in 2000 to overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008.

Recently, though, the people Kos once sympathetically and invitingly described as "traditionally Republican voters [who] simply want to live their lives in peace, without undue meddling..." have been protesting policies and politicians, both Republicans and Democrats. The Democratic response to this widespread public concern has been...ridicule. Thanks for the votes, now get lost.

The Democratic/libertarian alliance won't last long.

Markos Moulitsas is an NIU grad. Proud of his ascension in the media, shamed by his politics.

(07-08-2009 11:20 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Markos Moulitsas is an NIU grad. Proud of his ascension in the media, shamed by his politics.

Kos = RobertN???

interesting, he's a scumbag in so many ways. Wouldn't know Truth if it smacked him across the face.

Libertarian is anathema to Democrat.

That's a pretty decent approximation of my own political beliefs and most of my friends.

However, BinaryGG's obsession with labels, which are completely meaningless, is laughable. Nominate Sarah Palin in '12 and watch us run in other other direction.

All that stupid labeling does is identify the backlash against neocons - and there was and still is a healthy dose of it in the populace, which is a good thing.