Someone wrote me a few weeks ago asking that very question, particularly noting my frequent linking to Billy Beck [1], Q&O [2] and so on, rather frequently.
And this morning, in my inbasket comes Mary Katharine Ham in The Insider Online [3] last night, who writes some lines ostensibly regarding the supposed rift at CPAC. I think there really is no rift in the end, but that’s me.
In it, though is the best answer for my e-mail correspondant, since it gives the best answer I’ve ever seen to his question.
“As a conservative, and a social conservative in most regards, I’m thankful for libertarians. As far as I’m concerned, people who love free markets, guns, and America are welcome in a coalition with me. Perhaps I’m more apt to embrace libertarians because I spend a lot of time with our real opponents– my liberal, sometimes-dang-near-socialist friends. Debating (and I use the term loosely)20-something socialists will teach you to LOVE talking to a libertarian.
Ain’t THAT the truth!