Comments on: A Kiss to Instant Runoff Voting http://www.iddream.com/2006/03/12/a-kiss-to-instant-runoff-voting/ Welcome to I'dDream.com, est. Nov 1999. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cas Kopacki http://www.iddream.com/2006/03/12/a-kiss-to-instant-runoff-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Cas Kopacki Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:59:54 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/plete/?p=39#comment-38 I’m curious as to what you mean by “Libertarian.” The reason I ask is in reference to Libertarians in Oregon.  I’d become used to the conservative (mainly) Libertarians that live mostly in the countryside throughout Oregon.  They are big on small government, you could say, yet, many support President Bush.  This, to me, is baffling. It seems to me that these folks are more like Republicans with a libertarian streak.  Religion is no big deal for them.  Property rights, however, are.  They are usually big supporters of the war for some reason, too.  The abolishment of gun control, of course, is a primary issue as well.  I just pictured that Vermont had more lefty third-party members as opposed to Libertarians. Also, can there be such a thing as a liberal with a libertarian streak?  Libertarians tend to support issues dealing with personal freedom, almost to the point of being selfish.  I just don’t see that jiving in liberal circles.  However, I do see some aspects of libertarianism that root themselves in liberal politics. Fill me in about Vermont! I’m curious as to what you mean by “Libertarian.” The reason I ask is in reference to Libertarians in Oregon.  I’d become used to the conservative (mainly) Libertarians that live mostly in the countryside throughout Oregon.  They are big on small government, you could say, yet, many support President Bush.  This, to me, is baffling. It seems to me that these folks are more like Republicans with a libertarian streak.  Religion is no big deal for them.  Property rights, however, are.  They are usually big supporters of the war for some reason, too.  The abolishment of gun control, of course, is a primary issue as well.  I just pictured that Vermont had more lefty third-party members as opposed to Libertarians.

Also, can there be such a thing as a liberal with a libertarian streak?  Libertarians tend to support issues dealing with personal freedom, almost to the point of being selfish.  I just don’t see that jiving in liberal circles.  However, I do see some aspects of libertarianism that root themselves in liberal politics.

Fill me in about Vermont!

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