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In reply to the discussion: I just can't stop thinking about Snowden and what a jerk he is. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Randers and libertarian types is that they do support and want to protect civil liberties.
If the Rand, libertarian affiliations bother you, doesn't it bother you that a Democratic administration is full of those types in that they hire companies that hire a lot of the anti-social types as outside contractors and then give them the highest security clearances. That might be troubling, but just that Snowden happens to be one of them is not a problem.
I would bet that the Obama government is full of Rand followers and libertarians. Greenspan, who was re-appointed by Clinton to the Fed was a close pal of Ayn Rand and probably a libertarian. There is nothing new or shocking about this. Why are the libertarian, Rand affiliations so troubling in Greenspan.
I don't agree with Ayn Rand or libertarian types but they have been involved in Democratic administrations for a long, long time, and no one seemed to object before.