FQ13: a man of contradictions

Quakers fighting? Have you been watching too much Band of Brothers? (Not possible) I would have to place my ideals in the Libertarian camp as well. As an evil fundamentalist, I believe in Truth. It doesn't need the laws of man to exist. As a point of fact, that is where our rights are derived: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
We can argue abortion 'till we are both blue in the face, but until someone can point precisely to when life begins, I will choose to err on the side of life (as do increasingly more Americans:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx) But I digress.
I live in a very liberal town and would have very few folks to hang out with if I wasn't a tolerant man. That is why I choose to argue principles as apposed to issues. Most just spout issues to fit into the mainstream so as to not cause any waves. Your buddy (not mine) Charlie Crist would fit into that category. I voted for him the first time. He is a nice person, affable, however, he's short on principle. Most refer to it a populist. One has to ask, why would a person with presidential aspirations take a step down to senator. I'm not sure, but principles isn't one of them. He's also jumped on the Global Warming/Climate Change bandwangon (not only short on principle, but on the science as well). If you can't guess, I won't be pulling the Crist lever in the primary.
Whoa! I got off on a bit of a rant there. To sum up my principles, I default to freedom (Libertarian). That is rare in a politician these days. Somewhere along the evolution of our Republic the elected class thinks it has to address any problem with more laws: "See, we're working hard for your here in (fill in the blank)."
You mentioned, "Secondly on the economic front, they have gotten
too doctrinaire about taxes and the market and failed to
regulate." Both the red spots do not "default to freedom". Taxes and regulations are both tools that are used to destroy freedom as Commissar Obama is illustrating with his dearth of experience, but wealth of liberal (anti-freedom) principles.
We could get into a long and winding thread that covers several political philosophies, but I believe most here will default to freedom. So get in where you fit in and I'm happy you're a "gun nut".