this is a fascinating moment for us in american history. this is the strongest upsurge of the libertarian argument we have seen, certainly in my lifetime. the closest would have been barry goldwater. if you look closely at libertarian texts, going back to the great founder who is ludwig von mesus, ron paul was a political godfather of a lot of what we re seeing now, it is a moral crusade to strip away as much government as you can for the reason bob mentioned. it will impugn your freedom as government gets bigger, you become smaller. you lose your american values. gary wills may be the greatest political thinker of our time, has a book called necessary evil, which published during the clinton years at the time of the militias, all the rest. he goes back to the founding and says you will see powerful anti-governmental strands, the