Libertarianism goes way beyond GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul; the movement is experiencing a rebirth, and represents a bloc of swing voters this fall - NY Daily News - Associated Press::
July 8, 2012 - "Something’s going on in America this election year: a renaissance of an ideal as old as the nation itself — that live-and-let-live, get-out-of-my-business, individualism vs. paternalism dogma that is the hallmark of libertarianism.
"Paul, the Texas congressman and GOP presidential hopeful who champions small government and individual liberty, is one manifestation of it.
"We saw that with his rising popularity during the Republican presidential primary season and, now, the recent 'takeovers' of political conventions in Nevada, Minnesota, Maine, Louisiana and elsewhere that will result in a sizable faction of Paul delegates at the GOP convention come August.
"There are questions of how all of that might affect the choice of a GOP vice presidential candidate and the Republican Party platform.
"But what looms far larger are questions about whether an America fed up with government bans and government bailouts — with government, period — is seeing a return to its libertarian roots."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/libertarianism-gop-presidential-candidate-ron-paul-movement-experiencing-a-rebirth-represents-a-bloc-swing-voters-fall-article-1.1110081
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July 8, 2012 - "Something’s going on in America this election year: a renaissance of an ideal as old as the nation itself — that live-and-let-live, get-out-of-my-business, individualism vs. paternalism dogma that is the hallmark of libertarianism.
"Paul, the Texas congressman and GOP presidential hopeful who champions small government and individual liberty, is one manifestation of it.
"We saw that with his rising popularity during the Republican presidential primary season and, now, the recent 'takeovers' of political conventions in Nevada, Minnesota, Maine, Louisiana and elsewhere that will result in a sizable faction of Paul delegates at the GOP convention come August.
"There are questions of how all of that might affect the choice of a GOP vice presidential candidate and the Republican Party platform.
"But what looms far larger are questions about whether an America fed up with government bans and government bailouts — with government, period — is seeing a return to its libertarian roots."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/libertarianism-gop-presidential-candidate-ron-paul-movement-experiencing-a-rebirth-represents-a-bloc-swing-voters-fall-article-1.1110081
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