tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post4471653081559290752..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: A Libertarian-Republican President Ticket ThoughtTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-80814603024308728582010-08-17T09:06:00.000-04:002010-08-17T09:06:00.000-04:00I rarely hear Murray’s name mentioned without “rac...I rarely hear Murray’s name mentioned without “racist” attached. And there’s also this comment from Daniels: “I like most of the things Charles Murray has written.” I can’t imagine that that won’t raise questions, especially if he’s running against a black guy. <br><br>But you’re right, it’s a stellar list.Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-29088115075770549452010-08-15T20:30:00.000-04:002010-08-15T20:30:00.000-04:00Fair enough, though I don’t consider myself a mina...Fair enough, though I don’t consider myself a minarchist. If it comes down to a Misean vs a Nozickian someday, I’m voting third party.ken silberhttp://quicksilber.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-85827086523330566462010-08-15T19:27:00.000-04:002010-08-15T19:27:00.000-04:00I am puzzled by your puzzlement. At the risk of s...I am puzzled by your puzzlement. At the risk of sounding like I’m substituting a new simplistic linear measure of politics for the old simplistic linear measure of politics, we both want _less government_, right? <br><br>We live in a world where virtually no politicians are interested in that — and where even the writers in nominally-conservative magazines such as _The Weekly Standard_ are often so blissfully unacquainted with the concept of property rights that they see all politics in terms of zero-sum redistributions of power and thus (to take an example from a glaringly ignorant recent piece defending Robert Moses and urban planning) say things like “construction always displaces somebody.”<br><br>You and I will presumably notice the same tiny handful of potentially government-shrinking figures and are presumably both trying to move things in the same _direction_, with disagreements over the precise final destination for now so irrelevant that it’s like arguing about where exactly to park in London before even buying your plane tickets to England. <br><br>When the day arrives that the world has one minarchist and one anarchist party, we can run opposing campaigns. Until then: maybe Daniels.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-30124922188402129432010-08-15T19:07:00.000-04:002010-08-15T19:07:00.000-04:00I’m puzzled as to how I can have so many disagreem...I’m puzzled as to how I can have so many disagreements with you on what seem like more than matters of quibbling detail, eg should there be a US government — and then have the same level of enthusiasm about the same prospective presidential candidate. So much for the importance of political theory.ken silberhttp://quicksilber.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-91022792524324690912010-08-15T14:52:00.000-04:002010-08-15T14:52:00.000-04:00Even Murray himself seems to have been left fairly...Even Murray himself seems to have been left fairly unflayed over the past two decades despite _The Bell Curve_, all things considered, and _What It Means to Be a Libertarian_ doesn’t touch on those topics, so I think Daniels will be OK in that regard. <br><br>Here are all five of his stellar choices — almost exactly the same short reading list I’d recommend to the world, actually: <br><br><a href="http://fivebooks.com/interviews/mitch-daniels-on-american-conservatism" rel="nofollow">http://fivebooks.com/interviews/mitch-daniels-on-american-conservatism</a><br><br>And to paraphrase something Jonah Goldberg (with whom I’ll be appearing on a panel or two in October if all goes as planned) once said about Mr. Peanut: Do not cast aspersions on America’s most esteemed legume-humanoid.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-86053844708406931642010-08-15T11:49:00.000-04:002010-08-15T11:49:00.000-04:00The problem with Daniels is that his head is oddly...The problem with Daniels is that his head is oddly shaped and shiny, almost like a pink peanut. <br><br>More seriously, I am sure he would be flayed by the press for mentioning Murray’s name in a positive light.Alexandranoreply@blogger.com