Anyway, yes if Pat were gay I’d still like him. I’m a Justin Raimondo fan too, and he’s gay.

I agree with your assessment of Libertarianism as a highly theoretical philosophy. My problem with it is that it doesn’t adequately address health care. Over a third of this country’s citizens cannot afford to pay monthly health insurance premiums. When catastrophic illness strikes, they are screwed. I don’t believe that leaving this issue in the hands of the states will work. Most of them simply can’t afford the high cost of a universal health care system.

Of the three parties, Libertarianism sticks most closely to the original ideals of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. My question is this: will the basic premises of these documents, made for a nation of a few hundred thousand citizens, still work in a nation of over three hundred million?

And my question still stands: If Pat Buchanan was homosexual, would it or would it not affect your view of him as a patriot?

Anyway, after having gone full force with the Libertarian Party, I’ve found that a lot of its policies leave a lot of unanswered questions, especially about how you ensure safety in a completely deregulated market. That and the fact that libertarianism is a highly theoretical ideology. What I think, at the moment, we should focus on is the BALANCE OF TRADE as opposed to free trade, since nations that we don’t impose tariffs on impose them on us. i.e. we should either be working to break down trade walls or if that doesn’t work building some of our own.

As for “homophobia,” a large percentage of America is “homophobic.” His social conservatism really doesn’t get to me b/c I know more than a few people personally who have apprehensions about gay marriage.

I also think we need a Pat Buchanan type figure to correct our immigration situation.

Anyway, after having gone full force with the Libertarian Party, I’ve found that a lot of its policies leave a lot of unanswered questions, especially about how you ensure safety in a completely deregulated market. That and the fact that libertarianism is a highly theoretical ideology. What I think, at the moment, we should focus on is the BALANCE OF TRADE as opposed to free trade, since nations that we don’t impose tariffs on impose them on us. i.e. we should either be working to break down trade walls or if that doesn’t work building some of our own.

As for “homophobia,” a large percentage of America is “homophobic.” His social conservatism really doesn’t get to me b/c I know more than a few people personally who have apprehensions about gay marriage.

On the other hand, I agree with Brad Bailey’s opinion that Buchanan appears to be a mean-spirited homophobe. Definitely nothing like Joel Osteen….or the kind-hearted Ron Paul for that matter, either!