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Anonymous wrote:One man doesn't tell you anything. But most libertarians, including the atheists and gay libertarians, vote Rep. Grudgingly but they do it.

I think that says a fair bit more about gay Libertarians, that they espouse a political philosophy that is against government interference in people's liberty, and yet they tolerate it in the most private aspects of their own lives. It seems more in line with closeted gay congressmen who vote anti-gay. Those stories don't end well, do they? But hey, I guess reduced business regulation is worth voting for a guy who thinks you are a perversion of nature once in a while.

I think prioritizing their interests that way is a little strange, but I'm more struck by how much such a person has constrained himself within the two parties. If you want less economic regulation and less anti-gay legislation, it's pretty much a no-brainer to vote for a true Libertarian candidate.

Anonymous wrote:One man doesn't tell you anything. But most libertarians, including the atheists and gay libertarians, vote Rep. Grudgingly but they do it.

I think that says a fair bit more about gay Libertarians, that they espouse a political philosophy that is against government interference in people's liberty, and yet they tolerate it in the most private aspects of their own lives. It seems more in line with closeted gay congressmen who vote anti-gay. Those stories don't end well, do they? But hey, I guess reduced business regulation is worth voting for a guy who thinks you are a perversion of nature once in a while.

Anonymous wrote:To add, I have multiple gay Econ conservative friends who support Reps so that really tells you that the Dems are missing an opportunity. When the gay atheist Econ conservative prefers the Reps to the Dems, something has gone awry on the Dem sides.

Opportunity to do what? Sell out even more? They've spent the last 20 years moving further and further to the right to exploit more of those wonderful opportunities.

The Dems are economic conservatives, by some definitions. E.g., Obama is somewhere between Reagan and W - low taxes on the rich, massive deficits, increasing maldistribution of wealth.

By other (preferable, IMO) definitions, massive deficit spending isn't economically conservative, but then the Dems have been more economically conservative over the last few decades. Do your friends know who was the only president to balance the budget in the last 30 years?

By either definition, your friends should have no problem with the Dems. Were they concerned about W's deficits? I suspect not, which means if they're bitching about them now they're just as full as it as the TPers.

One man doesn't tell you anything. But most libertarians, including the atheists and gay libertarians, vote Rep. Grudgingly but they do it.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, one maybe, not one many.

To add, I have multiple gay Econ conservative friends who support Reps so that really tells you that the Dems are missing an opportunity. When the gay atheist Econ conservative prefers the Reps to the Dems, something has gone awry on the Dem sides.

I can find you a black man who supported the Jesse Helms campaigns. That doesn't tell me anything.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, one maybe, not one many.

To add, I have multiple gay Econ conservative friends who support Reps so that really tells you that the Dems are missing an opportunity. When the gay atheist Econ conservative prefers the Reps to the Dems, something has gone awry on the Dem sides.

I can find you a black man who supported the Jesse Helms campaigns. That doesn't tell me anything.

Sorry, one maybe, not one many.

To add, I have multiple gay Econ conservative friends who support Reps so that really tells you that the Dems are missing an opportunity. When the gay atheist Econ conservative prefers the Reps to the Dems, something has gone awry on the Dem sides.