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Freedom or Slavery? The Debate between Libertarianism/Voluntarism and Social Democrats/Socialists – Video

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Freedom or Slavery? The Debate between Libertarianism/Voluntarism and Social Democrats/Socialists
Corey from newamericangovernment.org address the lack of clearness of terms that socialists use when debating vs libertarians. Read more about libertarianism...

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Paul addresses social conservatives

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Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday pitched a socially conservative crowd on his brand of libertarianism, speaking in greater detail than usual about what that philosophy would include.

The Kentucky Republican, a likely 2016 contender, addressed a Four Seasons ballroom in Georgetown where Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas), Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), who is running for Senate, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council were all in attendance, among other leading conservatives. The GOP mega-donor Foster Friess and his wife were named as the legacy sponsors in the event program for the Weyrich Awards Dinner, named for the late conservative leader Paul Weyrich.

We need to extend our message to people who havent been listening to us, Paul told the crowd. To me, thats a message that may have a libertarian twist, which I think is the same as liberty, or Bill of Rights. It means the Fourth Amendment is as important as the Second Amendment, the Fifth Amendments important, the Sixth Amendment, the right to trial by jury.

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The senator has long been urging the GOP to expand its tent to make minorities and young people feel comfortable. He singled out, as he has before, racial disparities in drug sentencing.

We need to be the party that says were not compromising on balancing budgets and lowering taxes and less regulations, he said. But why dont we be the party that has some compassion for people that arent being treated fairly by the criminal justice system?

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In Pinellas congressional race, could a Libertarian decide the outcome?

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All the pundits are calling Pinellas County's big-money, nationally watched congressional election a razor-thin contest that could go to the Democrats or Republicans.

But this analysis leaves out a key factor named Lucas Overby.

He's a Libertarian who has been in the race longer than either Democrat Alex Sink or Republican David Jolly, and who participated in all three candidate debates alongside the other two.

Most polls give Overby 4 to 7 percent of the vote, with one setting his support at 12 percent. With a neck-and-neck race between Jolly and Sink, will Overby's campaign impact Tuesday's results?

"Absolutely," said Darryl Paulson, professor emeritus of government at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. "The big question is what kind of impact?"

Paulson said he's not sure he buys conventional wisdom, which suggests he would draw supporters more heavily from Jolly than Sink. The reasoning behind that is the Libertarian Party's stance against over-regulation and big government bureaucracy appeals to people who would otherwise vote Republican.

Libertarian candidates can also attract younger and more Democratic voters, Paulson said, because of the party's support of decriminalizing marijuana, same sex marriage, and more.

"Overby could really have some negative impact on the Sink campaign," he said, "but nobody knows."

Overby himself has a different view.

"Victory is very possible," he said this week, "it is very realistic for us to win."

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