{"id":20906,"date":"2010-06-12T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/the-associated-press-finally-gets-it-right-on-rand-paul-hes-a-libertarian-conservative\/"},"modified":"2010-06-12T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T11:55:00","slug":"the-associated-press-finally-gets-it-right-on-rand-paul-hes-a-libertarian-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/the-associated-press-finally-gets-it-right-on-rand-paul-hes-a-libertarian-conservative.php","title":{"rendered":"The Associated Press finally gets it right on Rand Paul – he’s a "libertarian-conservative""},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

We've been using the term \"libertarian-conservative,\" for years here at Libertarian Republican. We didn't invent the term, but we've certainly been at the forefront of its use and its popularization.<\/p>

Now finally, a media outlet - the Associated Press<\/a> no less - has caught on. In an article by Charles Babington, \"Tea party shaping Republican Party, fall faceoffs,\" the term \"libertarian-conservative,\" is used to describe Rand Paul.<\/p>

The article leads off talking of Nikki Haley's stunner in South Carolina: \"a tea party surge and Sarah Palin's endorsement propelled her to an easy first-place finish.\" It then goes on to talk of \"tea party favorite Sharron Angle,\" Sharron Angle. Continuing:<\/p>

The movement had another victory on Tuesday. In Maine, a tea party favorite, Waterville Mayor Paul LePage, won the GOP nomination for governor.<\/p>

These events follow the stunning rejection of three-term Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah in a GOP convention, libertarian-conservative Rand Paul's victory over a Republican establishment favorite in Kentucky's Senate primary and Gov. Charlie Crist's forced withdrawal from Florida's GOP Senate primary.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Paul's description in the liberal media has had numerous incarnations. He's been called a Big 'L' Libertarian, which is inaccurate cause he is not a member of the Libertarian Party. He's not a mainline \"Conservative,\" either, given his views on medicinal use of marijuana, casinos and such. Paul is right at the apex of the libertarian and conservative movements; a perfect Tea Partier. <\/p>

The AP finally got it right. Let's hope other liberal media will now catch on.<\/p>

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