It's interesting actually, as I remember in college when I was a part of the Libertarians club (which was a really fun group of people- I suppose most college political clubs are as you are still so idealistic) then libertarians off campus actually had a serious religious beat. It was basically run by people who are likely now part of the Tea Party movement, but in short they believed that you need minimal government because people are currently looking to government for charity that they should be relying on churches to provide instead. Oh, and curiously a lot of pro-life folks are in the libertarian movement too- I guess if you literally believe a fertilized egg is a life, then the government swooping in to stop someone from murdering you is, in fact, what the government is supposed to do.
I guess you are right though swift (again!
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) as you're right, Trump is totally fine appointing super conservative judges' names to make sure those people elect him, and I'm sure they're of the mindset that the ends justify the means. And I think there are likely also a large group of people supporting him on the grounds that they think they'll be able to "control" him- he can't actually build a wall because Congress won't let him, blah blah blah. A common rationalization throughout history!
So btw, because we aren't starting a new thread every time
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, how 'bout those Russia ties that came out this morning with regards to the campaign? Can't say I'm surprised- I'm sure Trump didn't know, but he's not savvy enough to realize when people were looking to help his campaign they might have ulterior motives of this nature. I suppose I'm mainly interested in the sense that it's really strange to see how long it will be until people forget about this- I know there have been many scandals so far that would've sunk other candidates, but they still fascinate me.