Libertarian my left foot

True libertarians don't care about abortion as long as it's not on their dime, nor do they care about gay marriage. If I have any problem with them it would have to be the simplistic selfishness of most of the libertarians I've come across.

However I've long doubted the Tea Party's identity as a libertarian movement. Come to find out. I'm right!!

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/10/6/11271/5157/Front_Page/It_s_Their_Tea_Party_And_The_Religious_Right_Is_Invited_Poll_Shows_Movements_Closely_Linked

It's Their (Tea) Party - And The Religious Right Is Invited: Poll Shows Movements Closely Linked

Rob Boston	print page
Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 11:27:01 AM EST

A new poll confirms what a lot of us have suspected for a while now: The Tea Party and the Religious Right are more or less in sync. The poll, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, found that nearly half (47 percent) of Tea Party activists consider themselves part of the Religious Right. They are also overwhelming Christian, with 81 percent identifying with that faith.

And what about all of that talk about the Tea Party being heavily libertarian and composed mainly of secular conservatives who just want low taxes and less government spending? This survey casts doubt on that. Sixty-three percent say abortion should be illegal, and only 18 percent favor same-sex marriage.

Finally, like the Religious Right, the Tea Party is quite partisan, leaning heavily Republican. Seventy-six percent say they belong to the GOP.

Last month I attended the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Summit" here in Washington, D.C. It was essentially a Tea Party/Religious Right love fest. It's clear that Religious Right leaders hope to harness the energy of the Tea Party movement and use it to help elect favored candidates and push its theocratic agenda.