Coffee with Conservatives: Burke and Watkins
News, Political ·Saturday February 20, 2010 @ 17:02 EST (link)
We just got back from "Coffee with Conservatives" at the Family Pancake House in Redmond—good to see Dan, Lori, Alan, and others there, as well as meet two congressional candidates, Matthew Burke (and his wife) and James Watkins, running against Jay Inslee (who had the audacity and ignorance to refer to opponents of the administration's creeping socialism as "the forces of darkness"). We got to talk with both of the candidates, and Matthew's wife Jennifer, and others, about various topics such as schools, government waste, libertarianism, and shared goals. I mentioned Freedomain Radio to Mr. Burke, and he seemed interested.
Republicans, libertarians (and Libertarians), objectivists, and anarcho-capitalists (voluntaryists) would all agree that smaller, Constitutional government would be a good start. For some, it would just be a stepping stone to a completely free society with no (coercive) government; but for each it would be an improvement. We ate there too; reasonably decent meal. We had a big room that held all 30+ of us (full count for the venue space and the meetup.com event).
