abstract:Libertarian conservatism, also known as conservative libertarianism includes political ideologies that meld libertarian politics and conservative values. Libertarian conservatives' first value, like libertarians, is liberty but they would use negative liberty freedom from interference by other people to achieve socially and culturally conservative ends.
Rand Paul is the son of retiring Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who was the 1988 libertarian candidate for president, and who made bids in 2008 and 2012 for the GOP presidential nomination under the mantle of libertarianconservatism.