On KCUR/NPR 89.3 FM. This aired on Tax/Tea Day, on Thursday, April 15, 2010. The reporter was Laura Ziegler.

Click here to “watch” the audio of NPR’s Tea Party interview at YouTube’s site, along with a slideshow of pictures from the 2009 and 2010 Tea Parties.

To clarify two things from the interview:

• I’m described as a libertarian.  That’s not incorrect, but “conservative” is probably more accurate and less confusing.  I’m pro-life, pro-traditional-marriage, and reluctantly Republican.  Without a doubt, I believe the Republican Party could use more of a libertarian influence, and not less, throughout all levels of the party.  Remember Ronald Reagan:  ”The heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”
• I’m described as a Tea Party “activist.”  Not really.  I’m quite “pro-Tea Party,” whatever that means, and, as I stated directly above, I think the Republican Party needs more libertarians (and less of whatever we have going, today).  But, to be fair to the true Tea Party activists, I merely attended the 2010 event and didn’t do much more.

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