To: tonto who wrote (2017 ) 7/14/2008 9:14:37 AM From: RetiredNow Respond to That's right. Barr is a Libertarian. I'd love it if the Libertarians would make more progress in our elections. They might actually be good for this country. Ron Paul, for example, sounded pretty intelligent to me during the debates...a hell of a lot more so than McCain. Barr also is big time into balancing the budget, for example. But make no mistake, the Republicans are the party of big government too. The only small government Republican in the last 30 years was Bush Sr. Reagan and Bush Jr both were big government, in particular HUGE military. The only difference with the Dems is they are for big government when it comes to DOMESTIC spending and they abide by the Pay As You Go rules to make sure it is all paid for through tax increases or spending cuts elsewhere. For example, Bill Clinton got us to surpluses. I detest the Clintons btw, but I have to give him credit for threatening to shut down the government to get a budget that was fiscally responsible. What Republican has ever done the same? Certainly not Bush Jr.
