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Entry: Libertarianism's Divergent Roads Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/libertarianisms_divergent_roads#29614 Post contents: AL wrote: > Doubtless the liberal snobs are still awful, but being an unpretentious guy from a from a small town in Texas isn’t going to win you many votes in the rest of the country just now. Well… actually, an unpretentious guy from Arizona has, unfortunately, won the GOP nomination! And, in the last two presidential elections, the winner was… “an unpretentious guy from a small town in Texas”! One of the big hits against Barack is that he is indeed a “liberal snob,” and, despite the fact that this should be an absolute shoo-in year for the Dems, Barack may lose because of that. If Barack were “an unpretentious guy from a small town in Texas,” you could bet the farm on his being the next President. Ron Paul got more delegates than the early front-runner, Giuliani: Rudy actually is an urbane, hip, cosmopolitan dude. Paul lost because, in the end, more GOP voters agreed with McCain on the issues. That is unfortunate, but it is not because Ron Paul is “an unpretentious guy from a small town in Texas.” (Incidentally, Ron was born in Pennsylvania, and Houston is not that small of a town!) The GOP has never nominated a super-cool, hip dude of the sort that some libertarians prefer for the simple reason that this is not the sort of person who appeals to Republican voters, or, usually, to the country at large. Ron did not lose because of his style; he lost on the issues. Dave Miller in Sacramento Sent at: 2008 11 20