Bloggingheads with Bob
Don’t miss my appearance with Mr. Bloggingheads himself, Robert Wright. We talk about ugly Philadelphians, why I don’t like Ron Paul, Mitt Romney’s Mormonism, and positional competition, and the Kissinger-like man-musk of Greenspan.
October 25th, 2007 16:04
You agree (presumably) with Ron Paul on the Drug War, the Iraq War, Social Security, taxes, regulation, property rights, privacy, health care, education, gun control, etc. So what if wants to guard the borders and has penchant for sovereignty? Seems to me that any libertarian– given the rest of field of candidates– should love Ron Paul as a presidential candidate.
October 25th, 2007 19:30
Well, it’s true that Ron Paul is clearly much better than the other candidates.
But, we vote and support more for expressive than instrumental reasons (because we don’t expect to change the outcome of the election). And, Ron Paul often makes many of us cringe. That makes it harder to offer enthusiastic support.
But, if any libertarian will change the outcome of the election through his advocacy, it should be Will.
Once again, it was a great BloggingHeads; and he makes a wonderful non-crackpot representative of the rising tide of libertarian influence.
October 29th, 2007 23:29
Looking at you and Julian, I just always figured, “those professional libertarians must be a dapper sort.” Who knows what Sanchez is up to, but Cato is certainly on to something with that dress code. Hope you didn’t get in trouble for spilling the beans.