Reflections, Reflections

Well, liberals, perhaps, but it's a tough call.

Techcentralstation is whining about why the majority of Republicans are too deranged for not being libertarians (or transvestite liberals, which is a much more fitting label for them).

Then there was the speech by Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, another CPAC rock star. Santorum made the revealing choice of referring to marriage as "the ultimate public good" -- i.e. a product or service that the government must provide because the free market won't.

Santorum, of course, doesn't just support banning gay marriage (though that's where all the energy in the so-called "pro-marriage" movement is directed), he also supports various government programs to promote the institution of marriage.

But as one Log Cabiner asked, just when did the Republican Party become the party of Washington, D.C.? Just where in the Constitution is the federal government given the power or responsibility to manage citizens' family lives?

To be fair, libertarian -- or classical liberal -- principles were not without representation. The Libertarian Party (ugh…) had a booth. The ACLU had a booth. The wonderful folks over at Bureaucrash had a booth.

But precious little libertarianism came from the stage, and what little did was seldom well received.

Well, isn't that sad? Go to the nearest corner and cry there.

The ACLU is so magnificently representative of what the grotesque problems with libertarians are.

To me, libertarians (such as Instapundit, techcentral and his foollowers) are usually the worst of both worlds, the most selfish macropolitics with the most irresponsible and destructive personal politics.

My God, and now the evil government wants to hold Churches accountable for private behaviors of priests!

Where is the freedom to abuse in private without interference from the government, I ask?

So much violence happens in the personal sphere and that nasty government keeps insisting to have laws about it, and policing, and bringing people to justice. How oppressive...

The me, me, me libertarians must have freedom to do anything in the personal sphere or they will have a snotty temper tantrum.

The philosophy of blackguards.

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