Bob Barr, Tucker Carlson, and Richard Viguerie headline the Libertarian Party Convention? Is the LP losing it’s libertarian moorings?
Not so, says McQ over at QandO:
No kidding. In fact it appears a conservative attempt at takeover of the good old non-factor LP.
But don’t worry James – the guardians of the “real” LP won’t let it happen – trust me on that.
Joyner doesn’t seem convinced… but it does seems as if the LP is about to have a crisis of conscience between it’s purists and the disaffected legions of the GOP.
There are some who might argue the converse — that elements of Grover Norquist’s “Leave Me Alone” coalition are reforming around the Libertarian Party. If so, stalwarts in the LP are going to have to come to a decision as to how to absorb the majority (and it will be a majority) of fiscal conservatives flocking to their banner.
Is it going to happen? I doubt it seriously. Libertarians are not conservatives for a reason… try arguing the pro-life, pro-drug war schtick within the hallowed walls of the LP and see what happens to you!