Re: Conservatives calling for DOJ action

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

So what if Bork and Dole say their views are consistent? If you take them
at face value, you're more naive than I thought.

Conservatives and libertarians in step on antitrust? Look at the Progress
and Freedom Foundation and conservative Sen. Hatch taking pains to go
after Microsoft. Hardly libertarian of them, hmm?

-Declan

On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Norm wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:17:45 -0400 (EDT), Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> >Cato ain't a conservative thinktank; it's libertarian. Conservatives and
> >libertarians disagree on many issues.
> 
>      True, but this is an area in which they're usually right in step.
> 
> 
> >I spoke to Robert Levy, an attorney and founder of a software company who's
> >a Cato fellow and debated Ralph & Jamie yesterday. Levy pointed out that
> >Bork's position seems to be in conflict with his previous one. And Dole's
> >flip-flop is even more obvious. I helped out with this story that went up
> >yesterday on our TIME Daily site:
> 
>      That's not what Bork says, he says his view has been consistent
> (not that I've read anything from him on this issue in the past).  Dole
> however is another matter, IMO he's more of a 'hired gun' than anything
> else...kinda like our side's answer to Rick Rule ;-).