Randians for Bush

ARI Objectivist Harry Binswanger urges people to vote for Bush. What is interesting is Rand was also so obsessed with abortion rights that she despised Reagan because of this single issue; if I recall, she thought no Objectivist could support Reagan, even though from her perspective he was far superior to democrats (in his rhetoric, at least) on economic liberties, because of his anti-abortion stance.

Now Bush is as anti-abortion as was Reagan, and certainly not more free-market oriented, so it’s interesting to see an orthodox Randian endorse Bush. Reagan’s pro-capitalist positions were not enough to outweigh his opposition to abortion; but Bush’s pro-war views are. I guess this shows the Objectivists are more pro-war than they are pro-capitalism.

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8:36 am on October 22, 2004