Crashing news conferences

[Fluff and Stuff]

It almost makes me like Buchanan.

Buchanan's town chair here. He's a great guy. What makes you say he's not libertarian Lloyd?
He's a populist and many libertarians fit that description.

What Buchanan are we talking about?  I know Pat Buchanan is not a libertarian.  He is a paleoconservative.  I've heard him a dozen times on Lewrockwell and listened to him many times on TV.  I like the guy, but he's not a libertatian.

If it is another Buchanan, my fault.

[CNHT]

Buchanan's town chair here. He's a great guy. What makes you say he's not libertarian Lloyd?
He's a populist and many libertarians fit that description.

No, Lloyd's right.? Considering that 99.99% of people in this society are violently opposed to libertarian Principles, it's hard to imagine anything less compatible with libertarianism and individualism than populism and "the people".

Funny you should say this but I know a lot of people calling themselves 'libertarians' that act more like populists and even liberals.  I think they are destroying us. To me populist simply means the importance is on the people rather than the government...the people have more rights than the gov't to which I'm sure you would agree.
Buchanan is a basic conservative but not in the strict Republican sense. So to me he is a true libertarian.

[KBCraig]

Funny you should say this but I know a lot of people calling themselves 'libertarians' that act more like populists and even liberals.  I think they are destroying us. To me populist simply means the importance is on the people rather than the government...the people have more rights than the gov't to which I'm sure you would agree.

I think of a populist as a slogan-slinging jingoist, a good ole boy making promises that appeal to the "common man". "A chicken in every pot" is a classic example. If you want to see a current example of a pure populist, take a look at Kinky Friedman's run for Texas governor.

Kevin