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2009-03-27 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "These were fiscally conservative but socially liberal"

IOW, leftists who don't like high taxes. See Andrew Sullivan.

Look, I find some of the more extreme social conservatives intensely annoying, but without some of the social stuff, it isn't real conservatism, folks.

(Just as I find those like Huckabee who are driven purely by bible thumping but are fully open to big-government collectivsm to be missing the point.)

Small government and social restraint/social norming feed off of each other in a positive way. Small government societies tend to be ones where social conservatism holds sway, because it is necessary in that environment. And social conservatism (within reason) favors a small government approach.

Both are necessary for strong small "l" libertarianisn and small "c" conservatism to flourish.

Posted by no mo uro 2009-03-27 06:29|| 2009-03-27 06:29|| Front Page Top

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