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  Which US President since World War 2 was the most libertarian? (search mode)
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Harry S. Truman
 
#2
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
#3
John F. Kennedy
 
#4
Lyndon B. Johnson
 
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Richard M. Nixon
 
#6
Gerald R. Ford
 
#7
Jimmy E. Carter
 
#8
Ronald W. Reagan
 
#9
George H.W. Bush
 
#10
Bill J. Clinton
 
#11
George W. Bush
 
#12
Barack H. Obama
 
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Author Topic: Which US President since World War 2 was the most libertarian?  (Read 3716 times)
Vepres
Junior Chimp
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« on: February 13, 2010, 04:32:31 PM »

Ford. He ended Vietnam, did what was best for the country despite what the polls said. Of course, I'd call him a libertarian-leaning moderate.

Probably Clinton post-94 would be the second most.
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Vepres
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2010, 07:18:32 PM »

Ford. He ended Vietnam, did what was best for the country despite what the polls said. Of course, I'd call him a libertarian-leaning moderate.

Probably Clinton post-94 would be the second most.

Neither of them were anything approaching "libertarian." Huh

In the relative sense. It's the same as saying somebody is a liberal Republican, they're obviously not liberal, but for their party they are.
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Vepres
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 07:24:27 PM »

Ford. He ended Vietnam, did what was best for the country despite what the polls said. Of course, I'd call him a libertarian-leaning moderate.

Probably Clinton post-94 would be the second most.

Neither of them were anything approaching "libertarian." Huh

In the relative sense. It's the same as saying somebody is a liberal Republican, they're obviously not liberal, but for their party they are.

Except they weren't libertarian in any sense. They were big government authoritarians.

Is a liberal Republican liberal in any sense?

Ford ended Vietnam and pardoned Nixon.

Clinton reformed welfare, one of the most libertarian bills in a long time.
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Vepres
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 8,032
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2010, 07:30:44 PM »

Ford. He ended Vietnam, did what was best for the country despite what the polls said. Of course, I'd call him a libertarian-leaning moderate.

Probably Clinton post-94 would be the second most.

Neither of them were anything approaching "libertarian." Huh

In the relative sense. It's the same as saying somebody is a liberal Republican, they're obviously not liberal, but for their party they are.

Except they weren't libertarian in any sense. They were big government authoritarians.

Is a liberal Republican liberal in any sense?

Ford ended Vietnam and pardoned Nixon.

Clinton reformed welfare, one of the most libertarian bills in a long time.

Ford did not end Vietnam. Ford actually wanted to escalate the war in Vietnam, but Congress wouldn't allot him the funds, and he was forced to withdraw.

I'm talking about what they did, not their personal views.

Libertas, look at the alternatives.
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