Rick Santorum: "We're not the Libertarian Party, we're the Republican Party"

[Occam's Banana]

We’re not the Libertarian Party, we’re the Republican Party, and my vision of the Republican Party believes there is such a thing as too much freedom; people shouldn't be allowed to do what they want, even if they aren't hurting anybody.

True or April Fools?

God I hope it's the latter.

True. As shane noted, Santorum said it (or something very similar that amounts to the same thing) back during the 2012 campaign. I *definitely* remember the "too much freedom" phrasing.

 

[RickyJ]

He meant to say that we are the neocon party. Well, traditional Republicans are tired of the necons and are taking their party back Santroum.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I wonder if the Rickster would melt down if someone recited to him something that Reagan said about libertarianism: "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism".

 

[emazur]

True or April Fools?

I've definitely heard him say something like this before (and Santorum's not the only one). I believe basically the position is this: so long as people have the freedom to do things I disagree with, we need big government to clamp down on them. When the time comes that no one disagrees with me any longer, we won't need a big government to clamp down on them.

 

[robert9712000]

AS a Christian, too me the answer for conservatism and libertarians to meld peacefully is to make sure that the social issues be set and pursued only at the state level,That way if Texas wants to be conservative, allow the people to decide. If New york wants to be Liberal ,allow the people to decide.When you establish any law at the Federal level its almost impossible to change a law if popular opinion changes.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I've definitely heard him say something like this before (and Santorum's not the only one). I believe basically the position is this: so long as people have the freedom to do things I disagree with, we need big government to clamp down on them. When the time comes that no one disagrees with me any longer, we won't need a big government to clamp down on them.

We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be.

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

Rudolph W. Giuliani 1994

 

[Tinnuhana]

Remember this ad?

 

[GraniteHills]

True. As shane noted, Santorum said it (or something very similar that amounts to the same thing) back during the 2012 campaign. I *definitely* remember the "too much freedom" phrasing.

That was Rick's "radical individualism" quote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU

 

[Anti Federalist]

Commie Nazis are the worst. [video]http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/ccManager/clips/simpsonss09e23_mcbaincommienazis.mp4/view[/video]

LOL

 

[Anti Federalist]

Rick Santorum said this on NPR in 2008:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...sion-rejects-radical-individualism-the-video/

This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.

That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”

Let’s not fool ourselves that Rick Santorum is a small government guy. He’s not.

 

[WM_in_MO]

Why I Am Not a Conservative -FA Hayek
http://hem.passagen.se/nicb/cons.htm

 

[Thor]

True. As shane noted, Santorum said it (or something very similar that amounts to the same thing) back during the 2012 campaign. I *definitely* remember the "too much freedom" phrasing.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Well, he's right, no? As everyone keeps reminding all of us here, the Libertarian Party doesn't win elections. Republicans do. I guess people don't want to be free.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Why I Am Not a Conservative -FA Hayek
http://hem.passagen.se/nicb/cons.htm

+rep

 

[QuickZ06]

Well, he's right, no? As everyone keeps reminding all of us here, the Libertarian Party doesn't win elections. Republicans do. I guess people don't want to be free.

Why can't I have a cool gif avatar????

 

[Anti Federalist]

Well, he's right, no? As everyone keeps reminding all of us here, the Libertarian Party doesn't win elections. Republicans do. I guess people don't want to be free.

Boom!

Head-shot.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Why can't I have a cool gif avatar????

You must give tribute to the RPF Gods for that privilege.

 

[Uriel999]

Well, he's right, no? As everyone keeps reminding all of us here, the Libertarian Party doesn't win elections. Republicans do. I guess people don't want to be free.

Well then actually the Republican party IS the Libertarian Party as Repubs don't win elections...democrats do. At the very least the Republicans WANT to be the Libertarians because they just don't like winning elections these days as they keep picking the same Manchurians over and over again.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Let’s not fool ourselves that Rick Santorum is a small government guy. He’s not.

I don't think it's us that were fooled.

And people say Ron is a radical? GTFOH. Rick Santorum is a radical. That there's one person whose speeches could really make me grind my teeth.

 

[dusman]