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Real Libertarians have the same agenda as the Tea Party. There is no way in the world that a Libertarian can win a presidential election so old time libertarians have done the right thing and joined the Tea Party which puts pressure on the Republican party to run conservative candidates. The problem is that the Libertarian movement has been taken over for the most part by the pot heads, druggies, dirty tricks democrats and no government tin foil hats.
The surest sign of somebody who knows nothing about libertarians is when they start talking about "real libertarians." Libertarians have nowhere near the same agenda as the Tea Party, as libertarians are opposed to the aggression inherent in the state not simply that of the Obama administration.
The true Scotsman fallacy, eh Kevin?
The tea party does want to cut taxes and spending, so there is an overlap. But your point on the difference is perfectly stated. The tea party wants the same government, just less of it. Libertarians are far more radical than that.
Simply an attempt to redefine libertarianism.