Are libertarians and tea party members closely related?? Sounds like they want to be....

[a kennedy]

Caught some panel of conservative and libertarian talking heads, and I got the impression both think if combined they could become a "force" to deal with next election. They wouldn't say who they could rally around now, but threw the Rand Paul's name around. How effective a political group could they become??

[FSogol]

1. Yes, both groups are comprised of complete dolts.

How effective a group? Just imagine howler monkeys throwing shit in a wild frenzy. Rand Paul, like his grifting Dad will never be President, but he'll throw as much feces as he can when in the spotlight.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. Shhhh ...

that question will bring out the "Democrats who are not libertarians but feel the need to distinguish libertarians from teapartiers" DUers.

And that always gets messy.

[BainsBane]

7. I've seen members admit to being libertarians

and try to convince me that libertarian was really liberal, just as some seem to think libertine and liberal are the same.

[okaawhatever]

3. It depends on the candidates they run and the message those candidates convey. I think a lot of

young people might fall for the right libertarian candidate. It would have to be someone who is more moderate fiscally than the current batch of tea party types and socially liberal. Some tea partiers claim abortion and marijuana being legal is part of their platform.

Rand Paul is too whacky IMO for a national candidate, but the bloc of libertarians and tea partiers could pull enough votes from the Dem and Republican candidates to influence the outcome, just not win the seat outright.

[pipoman]

4. Common interests. .Some in common with occupiers too..

Under the right conditions, something good could come from common ground between the three. .In the absence of the Pauls hopefully. .

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Of course they are related, they are all actully Republicans.

There is no 'Tea Party' to be a member of. They are Republicans, as is Rand Paul. I don't blame them for playing name games, but it is daft for Democrats to play name games for them. Rand Paul is a Republican Senator. The 'Tea Party' is a Republican affinity group. They are already 'rallied around' the Republican Party, of which they are all members. 'If combined' you say about people who are already and always were combined in the Republican Party.

[Excelsyor]

6. All libertarians = some libertarians talking heads who attended a panel

Thread titles are often exaggerations.

[Jamaal510]

8. Let's see...

neither of them like for taxes to be raised (on the rich), they both are paranoid that all their guns will be banned, neither of them seem to believe in climate change and taking better care of the environment, and they both get very cynical in general about the (federal) government and whoever that is in power (Democrat or Republican). They don't like Obama, but many of them have also railed against people in the GOP establishment like Boehner and McConnell. Me thinks that they are two very similar entities under different names. The only differences I can think of between them are that self-described libertarians sometimes also like to talk about surveillance, drones, and opposition to federal drug laws, and they tend to be younger than self-described 'Baggers.