It's usually a smile to hear a public official claim the Libertarian mantle.
I don't know Gov. Sanford's work, but he was speaking to CATO, so that's a good sign!
It's not yet available on the web (I just got it the most recent [Winter 2009] Cato's Letter in the mail yesterday), but Sanford opened his speech with this:
Back home in Columbia, SC, when people get exasperated with me, they throw out what they think of as a terrible pejorative: "You're not a Republican," they say. "You're a libertarian!" Of course, I always take that as a compliment. "I'm guilty," I respond. "I love liberty."
I can't believe you don't know Sanford's work! Shy of you and Ron Paul, he's my favorite politician. He was a self term limited Senator.
ReplyDeleteFor fun, google up his "pork & barrel" shenanigans!