[lbo-talk] CNN prints "Libertarian" ideas to save economy

[Doug Henwood]

On Feb 6, 2009, at 2:47 PM, John Gulick wrote:


> In the 1960's
> did not the John Birchers and Posse Comitatus (and JN and PC
> symps) think of themselves as "libertarians"?

We sure did in the Party of the Right in 1971, when the great battle  
was between Traditionalists and Libertarians. (Reagan and Buckley were  
able to bridge the vast chasm between them, somehow, through personal  
charm and intellectual sleight of hand.)

We thought the Birchers were vulgar, though (with the exception of  
Richard Band

<http://www.rband.com/>,

whose pic doesn't look much different from the way he did 37 years ago.

Doug