August 31, 2011 12:10PM 

# He’s No Libertarian 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Dana Milbank of the *Washington Post* [warns readers](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rick-perry-is-no-libertarian/2011/08/30/gIQA6IsbqJ_story.html?hpid=z2) that “Rick Perry is no libertarian.” Good point. Now if only the *Post* had warned voters about Barack Obama back in 2007. And alas, Milbank could be kept busy for the next few weeks writing about presidential candidates who are “no libertarian.”

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