Libertarianism and Spring

My political views are fairly well known. But this article in the Journal has an interesting take:

"So what's a Libertarian, anyway?" it can be summed up with any or all of the following quips: A conservative with an unhealthy preoccupation with sex. A Republican with a wild side. An amoral Republican. Someone who thinks he should get a medal for being home in time for dinner and helping the kids with homework regardless of what the lower part of his anatomy was doing earlier in the day.

The article is interesting in that it tries to amuse and lightly condemn libertarianism. Not the usual 'college libertarians and university socialists are just idealists who grow up into pragmatic republicans and democrats'. It goes for the moral values - i.e. a libertarian is a morally bankrupt republican. I object to this - the difference between a libertarian and a republican is that the latter wastes a lot of time worrying about what other people are doing in their bedrooms. All of this wasted effort by nosy people, from picketing adult superstores in Texas to the whole Bill O'Reilly phenomenon, should be refocused towards more reading of The Economist and starting businesses. But that might be too much to ask of those who have subscriptions to People, In Style, and especially those who are watching minute-by-minute coverage of the Michal Jackson Saga