Leftist and Libertarians???? That’s two very broad groups that don’t necessarily agree with each other and have nothing to do with religion. Go back to the 60s and 70s, the religious conservatives were more often than not Democrat voters. The GOP’s religious conversion is a fairly recent occurrence.
I thought the Tea Party upheld Libertarian goals of limits to government activity as well as maximizing individual liberty and political freedom? If you look at Ron Paul’s political positions they certainly cover the whole Libertarian spectrum (whilst ‘conservative’ in the lef-right sense I’d call them pretty radical in regards to changing the status quo). If you are just complaining about your “high taxes” (your tax base is low compared to the rest of the western world) and welfare state (again low to non existent comparatively) then you are really just arguing in the existing political paradigm.
Why religion is any factor in this discuss is difficult for a non-American to understand. Then again, the % of people that believe in evolution in the States is comparable to those of third world countries. A very unusual anomaly. From some of the comments here, their are some truly nutty beliefs in play!
