Delusive Libertarianism:
  'libertarianish'
    Is Not A Word

John McCain’s pick of Sarah Heath Palin as his VP running mate has caused many to opine about Palin’s ‘libertarian’ leanings. Libertarianish is NOT a word. Palin’s libertarianism is suspect from the git, and her supposed libertarianism is naught but disinformation pumped out as political spin.

Palin Does The Flip-Flop
Palin’s first public address after the announcement [...]

It’s fascinating to watch how disinformation gets fed into the datastreams. It also offers instructive lessons for any who actually believe that truth should triumph over “truthiness” wherever it is encountered, except on the battlefield of comedy. {One - Two}
On June 26, 2008, this blog published the following Congressional Records reprint verbatim:

Congressional Record: June [...]

Ron Paul says he would have voted against the FISA Amendment, if he would have been attending Congress the day of that vote.   Ron Paul did however have a nice ditty entered into the the Extensions of The House Congressional Record four days later, so he could claim he was against it, even though he [...]

From the rising silver-bullet website that is a full-spectrum provider of 3rd Party Political news, Independent Political Report, comes the answer to a question many Libertarian Party members have been asking about The LP’s Vice Presidential running mate with its Presidential candidate, Bob Barr in Election 2008: “Where In the World Is Wayne Allyn Root?”
OK, [...]

During the Libertarian Party’s 2008 National convention, Bob Barr spoke in unequivocal terms about his repudiation of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The very next morning, in an interview with CNN, Barr’s did not repudiate DOMA unconditionally, and instead proffered a Defense of The Defense of Marriage Act, using a States’ Rights justification [...]

The Constitution Of The United States Of America Analysis And Interpretation
Analysis Of Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of The United States To June 28, 2002
Prepared By The Congressional Research Service Library Of Congress
Reserved Powers - Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

The Constitution Of The United States Of America Analysis And Interpretation
Analysis Of Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of The United States To June 28, 2002
Prepared By The Congressional Research Service Library Of Congress
Reserved Powers - Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

The Constitution Of The United States Of America Analysis And Interpretation
Analysis Of Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of The United States To June 28, 2002
Prepared By The Congressional Research Service Library Of Congress
Reserved Powers - Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

The Constitution Of The United States Of America Analysis And Interpretation
Analysis Of Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of The United States To June 28, 2002
Prepared By The Congressional Research Service Library Of Congress
Reserved Powers - Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

The following analysis of the Tenth amendment to The U.S. Constitution is from:
Joseph Story, “Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States”, 1833, Volume III, pages 752-755 (footnotes omitted)
The text was acquired from The Constitution Society’s website. (Also available from Google books)

§1899. The next and last amendment is: “The powers not delegated to the United [...]