We know that all conservative candidates will be taken out of context. Also, sometimes candidates on the left will be taken out of context. One of the attributes of libertarians USED TO BE able to recognize and acknowledge that kind of unfair silliness regardless of who it was being used against. I've defended Obama and other lefties on this site when I thought their comments were being purposefully misunderstood.
It wasn't until Ron Paul came along that I've seen "libertarians" embrace socialist tactics.
That, and those who do understand but willfully perpetuate the misunderstanding to purposefully advance their cause through less than ethical means.
I don't even know what this is referring to. What did he say?
Did some conservatives do this? Not arguing, asking. I made some jokes to illustrate what I saw as a double standard held by Paul supporters in opposition to Cain. Are there some conservatives who actually think Paul is an anti-semite? I don't think he is. But then, I like Ron Paul and plan to vote for him in the primary and I certainly would enthusiastically support him in the general. I'm quite aware, though, that among the faithful my level of support, because I have reservations about his electability, is pretty close to being a Paul hater.
No, he really meant it. He did. For reals.
When the two main parties have such bad animals for mascots, if the libertarians would just get a cool animal for a mascot they'd pick up a few million votes in the national election.
Unfortunately, many libertarians seem to support the unicorn as their mascot, though with some of the tactics the Paul supporters use, perhaps the snake would make more sense.
