Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Definition of the Day: 2008-05-13

Never heard this one before:

... a Libertarian is a Republican who owns a bong.

5 comments:

The Exterminator said...

Cute, but dumb. It may be true for the capital "L" Libertarians, the Ron Paul nuts. But it definitely doesn't apply to us civil (lowercase "l") libertarians, the ones who usually -- but not always -- vote for a Democrat.

How about:
A libertarian is a liberal with scruples.

John Evo said...

How arrogant to suggest that you have scruples and that liberals don't. Hell, I'd even concede that many conservatives have scruples.

Brendand - I heard one yesterday too, though not quite as amusing. Libertarian - A republican who is open about drugs and gay sex.

The Exterminator said...

How arrogant to suggest that you have scruples and that liberals don't.

"Arrogant" is my middle name. That's what the "A" stands for in Extermin A. Tor.

bjkeefe said...

T. Ex:

You're right. As with all bumper stickers, there is a myriad of counterexamples, and I do think that many libertarians are more Democrat-leaning these days. But, as with good bumper stickers, there's also a grain of truth. I like your way of distinguishing with capital L.

Adam said...

I'm a small-l libertarian and if I were to live in a state where my vote had a chance of effecting an election that wasn't on the order of 10^(-30) I'd vote straight ticket Republican in every election.

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