Post by RS Davis on Jul 11, 2004 15:11:14 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]by James W. Harris[/glow]
Former Reagan press secretary Lyn Nofziger says he's starting to think he is "not a conservative at all, but a libertarian."
Nofziger is a prominent figure in conservative circles. He is best known for his work with Ronald Reagan, beginning with Reagan's 1966 run for Governor of California through his presidential campaigns and two terms in the White House. He has also worked with the successful campaigns of Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George Bush, Sr., and has been involved in numerous Republican and conservative activities. Today he heads Nofziger Communications, a consulting and government relations firm,
Nofziger made the comments at his web site. Some excerpts:
"More and more I'm beginning to think that I'm not a conservative at all, but a libertarian. But I think it's the conservatives who are leaving me and not the other way around.
"I believe and conservatives for the most part used to believe that government should let law-abiding citizens alone. I also believe in small government, low taxes, individual responsibility as well as being let alone.
"Republicans, who under Ronald Reagan, at least, were the conservative party, used to believe these things, too. But that was then and this is now.
"And what is now keeps getting worse… [T]he Supreme Court voted five to four that the police can stop a person and demand for any reason or no reason at all that that person identify himself. or herself.
"The five members of the court who decided that "the right to remain silent" no longer exists were the five most conservative members -- Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and O'Connor.
"The court's ruling may not seem significant but the act is it is one more little step toward turning this nation into a police state.
"And that's the way it happens -- one tiny step at a time."
Elsewhere on his web page, Nofziger has this intriguing quote:
"I am a Republican because I believe that freedom is more important than government-provided security. Sometimes I wish I were a Democrat because Democrats seem to have more fun. At other times I wish I were a Libertarian because Republicans are too much like Democrats."
(Sources: Lyn Nofziger's Musings, June 22, 2004 www.lynnofziger.com/musings.htm
Lyn Nofziger's home page:
(http://www.lynnofziger.com/):
Special thanks to Bill Winter.)
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[glow=red,2,300]by James W. Harris[/glow]
[shadow=red,left,300]Conservative Leader Lynn Nofziger: Leaning Libertarian?
[/shadow]Former Reagan press secretary Lyn Nofziger says he's starting to think he is "not a conservative at all, but a libertarian."
Nofziger is a prominent figure in conservative circles. He is best known for his work with Ronald Reagan, beginning with Reagan's 1966 run for Governor of California through his presidential campaigns and two terms in the White House. He has also worked with the successful campaigns of Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George Bush, Sr., and has been involved in numerous Republican and conservative activities. Today he heads Nofziger Communications, a consulting and government relations firm,
Nofziger made the comments at his web site. Some excerpts:
"More and more I'm beginning to think that I'm not a conservative at all, but a libertarian. But I think it's the conservatives who are leaving me and not the other way around.
"I believe and conservatives for the most part used to believe that government should let law-abiding citizens alone. I also believe in small government, low taxes, individual responsibility as well as being let alone.
"Republicans, who under Ronald Reagan, at least, were the conservative party, used to believe these things, too. But that was then and this is now.
"And what is now keeps getting worse… [T]he Supreme Court voted five to four that the police can stop a person and demand for any reason or no reason at all that that person identify himself. or herself.
"The five members of the court who decided that "the right to remain silent" no longer exists were the five most conservative members -- Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and O'Connor.
"The court's ruling may not seem significant but the act is it is one more little step toward turning this nation into a police state.
"And that's the way it happens -- one tiny step at a time."
Elsewhere on his web page, Nofziger has this intriguing quote:
"I am a Republican because I believe that freedom is more important than government-provided security. Sometimes I wish I were a Democrat because Democrats seem to have more fun. At other times I wish I were a Libertarian because Republicans are too much like Democrats."
(Sources: Lyn Nofziger's Musings, June 22, 2004 www.lynnofziger.com/musings.htm
Lyn Nofziger's home page:
(http://www.lynnofziger.com/):
Special thanks to Bill Winter.)
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