Sean Hannity just said he's a libertarian.

[A. Havnes]

This is totally irrelevant, but this makes me increasingly skepticle of Beck.

Is FOX trying to harness some of the energy from the Libertarian movement? I think most of us are too smart for that trick, but Beck has definitely got some of us under his spell. Lets not forget that Beck was a neo-con not long ago and still is when it comes to foreign policy.

Is Hannity pulling a Beck? or just being an idiot as usual, haha

Im definitely reading way too much into this.

When Beck said that he turned libertarian, I was very likely to believe him. While he hasn't gotten foreign policy down, his actions have proved, to me anyway, that he has had a change of thought. Like maybe he'd seen the light, but was still moving towards it.

Hannity, on the other hand, has always been a tool by Fox. I don't think he's very honest, even when he openly supported George Bush! He changes with the tide when he thinks it'll boost his viewership. We need to not let him give people a false impression about what Libertarianism actually is.

 

[worl]

I think she is talking about an old lefty canard. The plains/rocky mountain states have always been much more consistently republican turf. The lefties like to tie republicans to the "evil, racist south". It's amazing how full this forum is with lefty talking points and most cannot figure out the difference between libertarianism and anarchism. It does not instill much faith in "this movement".

Well this movement is nation wide & I think hannidy has figured out that libertairian & republican does'nt mix. Just by looking at this forum he can see that so why should'nt he adopt a few libertarian views & pull all the conservatives that voted & supported ron paul back into the party. Looks like a smart move to me & that would leave you libertairians with no one to argue with. You could all be so happy!

 

[Todd]

That's because libertarian is now the new hip thing to be I guess.

Liberal Out.....Progressive in........Conservative out....Libertarian in

 

[gls]

Does Hannity have a single libertarian position?

 

[pacelli]

Do you people notice how he snuck that in? He said "I'm a libertarian" really fast, then said more slowly "I don't want to get into people's personal business", and then really slowed down for "..but, somebody's gonna have to pay for this".

I don't buy it for a minute. I can see the attempt at mind control for what it is, both in the clip and in its effects.

 

[pacelli]

That's because libertarian is now the new hip thing to be I guess.

Liberal Out.....Progressive in........Conservative out....Libertarian in

Next thing we'll see is a Hannity interview with Bob Barr, the new face of the libertarian party.

 

[gls]

Next thing we'll see is a Hannity interview with Bob Barr, the new face of the libertarian party.

Or better yet, Wayne Allyn Root.

http://web.archive.org/web/20061205034008/http://millionairerepublican.com/

 

[lucynuts]

I hate Hannity at the begining of the show he exposes the british guy who wants to start enforcing population control due to global warming, and rightfully so as a libertarian population control would be an ultimate tyranny of the state upon individual rights. However later in the show when they are talking about the women who is about to have octoplets he is complaining that the tax payer is going to have to help her out and rather than making a "logical" conclusion that maybe the taxpayer shouldn't help her out he starts sounding like (shame on you lady for having so many kids) as if he almost agreed with the british guy in the beginning of the show but just for a different reason. Then in another instance during the show with the Mike Phelps smoking a bong picture he agreed with the woman who said think of the children. I'm sorry but that "think of the children" crap is the ultimate liberal argument. Think about it any time a liberal (whether Republican or Democrat) wants to impose more needless laws and more regulation the only thing I hear is think of the children. It makes me sick.

 

[Freedom 4 all]

If you think Jack Bauer is a foreign policy expert, you are not a libertarian. Why is it everytime neocons lose they pretend to be libertarians until they win and then they go right back to the ideology that they lost with in the first place.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

If you think Jack Bauer is a foreign policy expert, you are not a libertarian. Why is it everytime neocons lose they pretend to be libertarians until they win and then they go right back to the ideology that they lost with in the first place.

This is the deceptive nature of the State and its defenders. Get used to it.

 

[acptulsa]

If you think Jack Bauer is a foreign policy expert, you are not a libertarian. Why is it everytime neocons lose they pretend to be libertarians until they win and then they go right back to the ideology that they lost with in the first place.

Spoken like someone old enough to remember Reagan.

 

[2young2vote]

I don't think he is a true libertarian but he has said before that he agrees with Ron Paul on many things. I would rather listen to him than watch MSNBC or CNN or other programs on FOX news.

 

[Young Paleocon]

Problem is that he is a straight up partisan hack who will take it in the butt from anyone with an R next their name.

 

[amy31416]

it is possible Hannity has these same Goldwater roots and that the Republican party will return to its natural base. it surely can't survive as a Southern Religious party.

Karl Rove became a Republican because he was smitten with Goldwater. Apparently it doesn't matter who inspired you, but what your actions and words are. Thus far, Hannity's words do not inspire much confidence in him even being sympathetic to libertarian causes, much less him actually being a libertarian.

I daresay that some people from this movement may morph into something unrecognizable given some time. I've run into some daft Ron Paul supporters who have called me every name in the book for being against the wars. This one guy was so clueless that he said, he didn't really think I was a Ron Paul supporter because I was "on the side of the terrorists" and was hopelessly naive to not fully support the war on terror. I sent him a few articles and actually got an apology, but he said Ron's right on the economy, but wrong on his foreign policy. I simply said that I wouldn't debate with someone who doesn't do even the most superficial of research before shooting off at the mouth. And he was one of the polite ones!

Don't think there isn't a neocon thread running through this movement, there certainly is.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Karl Rove became a Republican because he was smitten with Goldwater. Apparently it doesn't matter who inspired you, but what your actions and words are. Thus far, Hannity's words do not inspire much confidence in him even being sympathetic to libertarian causes, much less him actually being a libertarian.

I daresay that some people from this movement may morph into something unrecognizable given some time. I've run into some daft Ron Paul supporters who have called me every name in the book for being against the wars. This one guy was so clueless that he said, he didn't really think I was a Ron Paul supporter because I was "on the side of the terrorists" and was hopelessly naive to not fully support the war on terror. I sent him a few articles and actually got an apology, but he said Ron's right on the economy, but wrong on his foreign policy. I simply said that I wouldn't debate with someone who doesn't do even the most superficial of research before shooting off at the mouth. And he was one of the polite ones!

Don't think there isn't a neocon thread running through this movement, there certainly is.

I believe it. Hopefully, it will be overcome eventually.

 

[Elwar]

I don't think he is a true libertarian but he has said before that he agrees with Ron Paul on many things. I would rather listen to him than watch MSNBC or CNN or other programs on FOX news.

Except when he is talking to Ron Paul.

 

[reduen]

I don't think he wants to end the war on drugs.

Nice point.

Does he want to end any war...?

I can't believe that he even siad this but I saw it with my own eyes......

They are all shameless!

 

[jkr]

...and i am the queen of engLAND

 

[Xenophage]

This sort of shit will only undermine our credibility.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

This sort of shit will only undermine our credibility.

I think that's the plan. Hang tough, though! I'm here for ya, man.