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So-cons and libertarians: The odd couple?
Joseph Quesnel
May 20, 2011
C2C Journal's Joseph Quesnel interviews Danielle Smith on the social conservative v. libertarian divide in the conservative movement.
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So-cons and libertarians: The odd couple?

Joseph Quesnel
May 20, 2011
C2C Journal's Joseph Quesnel interviews Danielle Smith on the social conservative v. libertarian divide in the conservative movement.
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C2C Journal’s Joseph Quesnel interviews Danielle Smith on the social conservative v. libertarian divide in the conservative movement.

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