>And then we had that bullshit in an email to (forget
>who) someone on lbo saying that "conservatives are
>talking more sense than liberals on a lot of issues,
>particularly libertarian". Which I can't think for
>the life of me what these might be -- certainly not
>drugs, as the libboes are firm supporters of making me
>piss into a cup and stay out of the pub at lunchtime
>if my employer forbids it. All I can come up with is
>the right to shout nasty things at black people and
>expect to keep your job, which seems like a right not
>worth having.
>dd
Well, I can't speak for the brave citizens of the UK, but here in the States there are more and more "conservatives" (self-described) who are speaking out against capital punishment, the Drug War, roving wiretaps, domestic spying, etc. I've made the point several times on this list that the All Evil Justice Scalia is perhaps the sturdiest defender of Fourth Amendment rights now sitting on the bench. The Dems, I'm sorry to say, are for the most part in favor of police state measures, especially in support of their Holy Drug War. Recall the DLC's attack on Nader for supporting the decriminalization of drugs; and let us not forget Clinton/Gore's ongoing assaults on personal liberty, primarily at the lower end of the social/economic spectrum. Under the Dems, the poor are not protected by the Fourth Amendment, and thus are subject to police raids and state sanction. I can't remember the last time Jesse Jackson led a march in a public housing area protesting this neofascist policy -- but he does have time to fly to Florida on behalf of a man who promises more of the same if elected.
DP