The Alliance Isn't New and Neither are the Issues

What if I said I supported legalizing marijuana, auditing the Federal Reserve, substantially cutting the Dept. of Defense's budget, removing our troops from Iraq, ending our hopeless involvement in Afghanistan, and believed corporations are not people and are not protected by the Constitution what would I be politically? Since I'm a Democrat the media and Republicans would label me a liberal tree hugger.

But I could simply call myself a libertarian and calm the fears of the MSM.

Doing that, however, ignores the fact the issues listed above have always been staunchly supported by the political left for decades. That the right wants to make them theirs is fine with me but this "progressive-libertarian" alliance is Fox News fantasy. Show me a self-labeled libertarian and I'll show you a Very Serious Liberal.

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