I find Mr. Dondero\'s comments to be supremely clownish. First he betrays any idea of libertarian thought. First it must be said Dondero is not a L/libertarian. He is a Republican in a Senator Vandenberg tradition not the limited government tradition of Taft. Simply because there are Islamic nations that do not have the freedoms we do does not justify war against these nations. Freedom is something that must be worked out from w/i nations not coercively from w/o. This fringe leftist utopian crusade that Dondero and other Republicans advocate is out of step with the Old Right/Libertarian tradition that even Goldwater would have opposed. Secondly, it is comical to say that Goldwater was a founder of the libertarian movement, Taft would have a better claim to that by far. Folks he is pulling your tail really hard. I personally challenge Mr. Dondero to produce any history of the movement that says Goldwater was the \"Movement\'s Iconical Fouonder\" whatever that is supposed to mean. Goldwater was a johnny come lately. His early career was characterized by a staunch federalism/conservatism, only later in life and in reaction the religous right did his more lib views come out, like his pro abortion stance, homosexuals in military, etc. Goldwater was a suppoter of Taft for President, btw. As for Rohrabacher, c\'mon please give me a break! Once again no serious history will bear this out. I personally challenge Mr. Dondero in front of all the readers to this column to back up his claim. Rohrabacher is by no means its \"political founder\". This distinction between Goldwater and Rohrabacher is unusual and weird. One is the founder symbolically? while the other is the politcal one? Anyway, Rohrbacher who is not a libertarian and (for some interesting reason not a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus) was influenced at one time by anarchist Lefebvre who in turn was closely associated with the real founders of libertarianism. Chodorov, Friedman, Mises, Rothbard, etc. The idea that you would call third rate comedians like Miller, O\'Rourke, and also radio pundits like Boortz, Miller the leading libs tells me you need to start acting serious and stop trying to act comical yourself. As for this article needless to say I agree with Shledon Richamn\'s assesment and would say that not only is Barnett but folks like Mr Dondero are \"A Bogus Libertarian\"

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