John Ensign, (R), just claimed on m$nbc that McBush/Palin are libertarians?

[babylonsister]

Is this the new spoof, or did I miss something? I thought they were both rethugs. HAve they changed parties and I hadn't heard? :wtf:

[bdamomma]

1. I thought Bob Barr was the Libertarian

what BS is Ensign peddling.

[babylonsister]

3. Divorcing them both from the rethug party? Oopsie; they're in trouble! nt

[bdamomma]

16. rats leaving the ship??? I think so.

[Overseas]

2. Anything to escape the Republican brand, eh? /nt

[Ganja Ninja]

27. It's like trying to give a bath to a skunk hoping the smell will go away

only the smell just gets worse.

[TwilightZone]

4. That would be an interesting new take on the McCain/Palin attempts to distance

themselves from the party.

More likely, Ensign is just an idiot. I'm beginning to think that there's some contest going on to see which Republican shill can say the dumbest thing in public. Between this and the Blackberry....

[maseman]

5. Libertarians

are typically pro-choice, not opposed to gay marriage or unions, and fairly socially liberal.

So no Mr. Ensign. They are not Libertarians.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Not only that, they are against gov't regulation/gov't intrusion and that doesn't

compute with McPalin's sudden embrace of "re-regulation" of the banking industry.

[patrick t. cakes]

12. just explained my girlfriends mom

[AndyTiedye]

13. Someone Needs to Explain that to Ron Paul

Libertarians are typically pro-choice

Gotta wonder about a "libertarian" who wants to overturn Roe. v. Wade

Of course McAint and Palin want to do that too, but they never claimed
to be libertarians, and nobody who knows the meaning of the word
would apply it to them.

[msallied]

19. Well, they want to return the decision to the states

Because they don't like liberal interpretation of the Constitution.

[AndyTiedye]

23. That Still Isn't Very libertarian

[bullwinkle428]

29. Why was Paul campaigning so vociferously on the "sanctity of life" issue?

[msallied]

30. Well, I was more or less talking about the Libertarian view.

Ron Paul is still mostly a Republican.

[galaxy21]

21. Paul's an exception

I think Barr might be pro choice as well.

Libertarians tend to believe in choice, but not federal funding.

[Egnever]

6. Asshat of a senator

I would kill to get rid of him. I have written him countless times and never once received even a canned response from him.

[Sugarcoated]

7. Peddling this Libertarian BS line

to try to appeal to Nevada and western state voters who are supposedly have a Libertarian bent. They'll say anything, won't they?

[orwell]

8. That would mean...

...they don't believe in regulation.

See how that works out right now...

[MelSC]

10. Trying to get the independents

I know a lot of former Republicans (who were just plain embarrassed by Bush) who state they are Libertarians now, but register as independents. I imagine this was a popular trend...

[vaberella]

11. Well at least we know Bob Barr will lambast them for trying to steal his voters &

and his platform of voting.


This whole thing is a way to gain back and undermine Bob Barr's miniscule power in the Rethuglican voting sphere.

[Born_A_Truman]

14. What?

Next they'll be saying they're Democrats; after all, they are acting like they aren't in the party that has been in the WH for the past 8 years.

[johnaries]

15. Funny, my Liibertarian friends say he's far from Libertarian.

However, they like Palin because she's a MILF. I think they're just joking about that last part.

[oviedodem]

17. Good, hopefully voters will get confused and pencil in Barr

[msallied]

18. OMFG... Any Libertarian should be spitting over that crap.

McBush/Palin are FASCIST NEO-CONS. They are about as far away from Libertarianism as they can get before they start heading back around the other side of the circle.

[Nikki Stone1]

20. Ensign could call them Rastafarians and it wouldmake no difference.

They're Republicans and they are bad for the nation.

[AlCzervik]

22. Hehe, so many new Libertarians! "What, we're not Republicans---no way!"

[eshfemme]

24. Oooh... the LIbertarians are gonna have a HUGE fucking problem with that.

One thing you can admire about the libertarians is that they call BS when they see it.

[jmowreader]

25. I think he means "big-L" libertarians, and he's wrong there too

A big-L libertarian is a Republican with a bag of weed in his glovebox.

[Alter Ego]

26. Yeah--as long as they're libertarian on GUNZ

but not on abortion or gay marriage or video games or anything concerning fucking social issues.

[bullwinkle428]

28. Absolute pandering to the remaining Ron Paul diehards out there!