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Entry: Libertarianism's Divergent Roads Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/libertarianisms_divergent_roads#29607 Post contents: PhillO wrote: >Ron Paul has many libertarian ideas, but he is not a libertarian, he is a constitutionalist. I support constitutionalism as a very large step in the right direction, but not as our final goal. Right – which is why many of us who are hard-core libertarian anarchists supported Congressman Paul. However, I would not be too quick to say he is not a “libertarian.” If you’ve followed his career over the last thirty years, as I have, I think you’d see him as a limited-government libertarian who uses constitutionalist arguments when he thinks they are useful in making his point. Nothing wrong with that – if we have to have a government, it could at least try to obey its own founding charter! Of course, I’d prefer Ron to be an anarchist like myself, but I still respect him as an honest man who is heroically trying to expand human liberty. After all, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, et al. were not anarchists either, but that does not mean I condemn the Declaration of Independence! I do notice that some of the “libertarians” who condemn Ron Paul do not seem to have much interest in the libertarians among the Founding Fathers either. Dave Miller in Sacramento Sent at: 2008 12 02