It's beginning to look like it's cool to be Liberal again.

[The Backlash Cometh]

Not that I consider myself Liberal, but, I never declared myself Republican, unlike some old high school buddies of mine. I know them well enough to know that when Liberalism comes back into vogue, they're going to try to sneak back into the ranks and try to hide that dark period of their lives when they called themselves Republican. But, boy, I'm not going to make it easy for them. I'll be sure to skewer them good to make sure they don't do it easily again.

[Goldmund]

1. How come you say...

...you don't consider yourself Liberal? Why not, and what do you consider yourself?

Just curious...

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I registered Independent when I first began to vote, but

then they called me years later to ask me to clarify if I was an Independent or a No Party affiliate. I'm the latter.

[Goldmund]

12. But "liberal" doesn't designate...

...party affiliation, just roughly describes an ideology. You can be an independent and a liberal at the same time, can't you?

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. In that case, I'm not liberal enough to be liberal.

:-)

[salin]

28. You are plenty

liberal in my book (as in - hold progressive - if yet pragmatic - views)! Oh, oh - that comes from a self-proclaimed liberal... ;-)

[Gothic Sponge]

2. I'm a Liberal and proud

:party:

[Qanisqineq]

4. Me too

I'm not afraid to admit I'm a liberal.

[Zinfandel]

45. I love read this...can't get enough.

[Qanisqineq]

49. I'm not sure what you are referring to

maybe I'm dense today, dunno.

[ixion]

3. not trying to dog your buddies, but

IMO, people who swing sides based on what's cool are part of the reason we're in this mess, because they lend credibility to a candidate who might otherwise have questionable credibility.

Think Dennis Miller.

Again, not trying to insult your friends, just making a point. ;-)

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Go ahead and insult my friends.

I've missed the reunions for the last ten years because I got sick of their holier than thou crap during the Clinton era.

[BigDaddyLove]

14. I think a lot of people who call themselves Republicans........

only do so because they've fallen for the Republican image machine, and the Republican Marketing Department has worked overtime for the last few years to make it seem cool and hip to be one.

I know a few people who are "Republicans", though they have no idea what it means to be an actual Republican; they just like to be part of the crowd....I think they are just cowards who need to be following others and either don't think for themselves or are afraid to.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. Yes, they are cowards.

One in particular stands out in my mind. His family was very intricated into that upper-class lifestyle we now call cronyism. I remember how he and his brothers belittled it with high-brow humor. But, I know they became a part of it when they became older because they knew that was the way to succeed in business. Be one of the upper crust and your clientele is certain.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. its always cool to be liberal

clinton vs bush

[hexola]

7. Thank Goodness for Free Republic!

I think that site has done more to expose the dark side of conservatism than any anount of ranting we could do...

[wryter2000]

8. The CBS piece last night

CBS had a short piece last night about how Liberal has become a dirty word. It wasn't overwhelmingly good, but I was astonished to see anything on the subject at all. I think Liberalism is making a comeback.

I'm a bleeding-heart liberal and proud of it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. I probably considered myself liberal when I was young...

...but more in the sense of live and let live, than a political statement. Today I'm more of a social pragmatist, which, if you want the short notes, is a Tough-love Liberal.

[salin]

29. Not that it is a "new" phenomenon... Halloween 1988

during the bush/dukakis campaigns... Dressed as a silenced liberal... carried around a sign (for a book) with liberal words with the red circle with a half ex through it...

[rocktivity]

9. Say It Loud!

"I'M LIBERAL AND PROUD!"

:headbang:
rocknation

[hexola]

11. The Conservatives have become the bleeding hearts....

for the poor iraqis!!!

[meegbear]

13. Not if you believe CBS News

They had a piece on Air America, about 30 seconds, then had a "story" with the lead in that they didn't use the word liberal in their title because it would be the kiss of death for them. Then they spent the next few minutes showing repugs liberal bashing.

[oasis]

15. The kid on the Letterman clip thought it was cool to diss Der Fuhrer by

feigning boredom with his speech. A year ago someone would've yanked his chubby ass off of the stage.

He's probably a hero with the other kids at school.

[Gothic Sponge]

19. And liberals that call themselves progressives..

STOP IT! A progressives is a liberal trying to hide behind another name. Stand proud to be a liberal!

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. Good for you.

Now that's what being liberal is all about.

[NightTrain]

18. Hell, in my house, the "L" word is "leftist!"

:bounce:

[Nite Owl]

20. Always held strong to be a liberal

and very proud of it. When my boys were little and they would get mad at me for something they would pull out their worse condemnation for me: "You're really a Republican." It was their cut me down line to show how mad they really were. Proud to say I have two strong liberal sons.

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. I remember I was going to get a particularly nice chunk of money

from the parents one year and someone suggested that I not report it to the I.R.S. My reply, "Hell, I'm not a Republican!" Turned out, it wasn't enough of a chunk of a money to qualify for disclosure, anyway.

[laruemtt]

22. i've always equated

republican with anal retention, , constriction, constipation.


liberal = free-flowing, healthy, life affirming

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. Well, when it comes to sheltering money, Republicans can get very

creative.

[nostamj]

26. good!

maybe I can sell a couple of t-shirts... ;-)

[asthmaticeog]

27. I'd buy it if it said

"Yeah, I'm a liberal. Wanna fight about it?"

[nostamj]

30. no problem!

i'll PM you when I get it into the store...

[asthmaticeog]

37. Sweet!

So do your slogan writers get a piece of the action?

[nostamj]

38. at this point

there is barely enough 'action' to keep the store up at all.

I was just going to make it for YOU. if no one else wants it, I can pull the design. with cafepress, there is NO inventory

[asthmaticeog]

39. I was just joshin' about the "action."

Another argument for new punctuation marks to denote irony and kidding.

I'm still game for the tee, though - let me know when, I'm in.

[nostamj]

42. "let me know when, I'm in"

will do!

probably tomorrow afternoon.

[pacifictiger]

31. Walter Cronkite had this to say

on the subject of liberal.
"I looked up the definition of 'liberal' in a Random House dictionary. It gave the synonyms for 'liberal' as 'progressive,' 'broad-minded,' 'unprejudiced,' 'beneficent.' The antonyms it offered: 'reactionary' and 'intolerant."

[Nadienne]

34. Quite Right!

And Conservative = "Motivated by fear, greed, selfishness, laziness, insecurity; forgiving of their own faults, and quick to condemn similar faults in others; hypocritical"

(My own definition)

How did it ever become popular to be a conservative?

There is someone in the office where I work that we all severly dislike. He is manipulative, a liar, and motivated by a desire to have more for himself... and yet he thinks that what he gets should be handed to him on a platter. He would be the last person to offer a helping hand to someone who needs it.

Half the people in my office are conservatives... And the traits they like the least about the above-mentioned slime ball are traits that all conservatives have, to an extent. These are traits that they themselves also have, to an extent.

[Zorra]

32. Reagan era propaganda really worked great on the masses.

The right wing had to do something to neutralize the 60's and the Watergate scandal or they ran the risk of America becoming a real democracy.

Ah, those disco years. When it became uncool to be political, and "image" became everything.:puke:

[Zinfandel]

33. I am a true fucking liberal and I have been since I was sixteen

when I saw the lies and bullshit so clearly and every year it just reinforces me that tolerance, accepting of other peoples ways and ideas (liberal) is the ONLY way to be.

I hate this conformity shit expressed by moderates and conservatives and religion and corporations and the military...YOU stay in the fucking little box, do as we say and don't ask questions it's for your own good.

Fuck that I'm happy and free being liberal!!!!

[Arkana]

40. Liberal since I was old enough

Liberal, pro-choice, pro-feminism, anti-Bush n' Dick, and anti-freeper. I'm about as liberal as can be without being a Green (I hate Ralph Nader).

[Zinfandel]

41. Well being Green has nothing to do with Nader anymore, ever...

Green is cool...nothing wrong with loving and protecting the environment and what we have left of it...and most Greens I know are cool liberal progressives, FDR "New Deal" supporters,union supporters, as well as less military and believe in takimg away the status the corporations have, the same rights as individuals have.

[Must_B_Free]

46. Liberal since Ketchup became a vegetable

[Zinfandel]

50. Get fucking real... Must_B_Free...it was 1970 when I turned sixteen,

Not exactly a new liberal when you first were "sucking" your thumb.

[Tactical Progressive]

35. I'm a Progressive

When people ask I tell them that's left of Liberal.

Politically, I'm a Democrat.

[dawn]

36. I've been liberal for as long as I can remember.

And I've never considered conservatism to be "cool."

[Zinfandel]

44. Very cool...but can anyone consider being conservative as being "cool"?

Being set in ones way and no tolerance of others and opposing programs for the less fortunate, is never cool.

[Dees]

43. From Rack Jite....

Name a liberal on the radio as mean as Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage.
Name a liberal radio personality that called a president’s daughter a dog.
Name a liberal in congress as mean as Tom Delay.
Name a liberal organization as mean as the Ku Klux Klan or the Aryan Nations.
Name a liberal who crucified a gay man on a fence.
Name anyone anywhere that compares in anyway to Robert K. Dornan!
Name a liberal who has shot a doctor for political reasons.
Name a liberal who outed a CIA agent for political payback.
Name a liberal who dragged a black man behind his truck until his head fell off.
Name a liberal who has bombed a woman’s center.
Name a liberal more god awful than Newt Gingrich.
Name an instance of a Special Prosecutor trying to impeach a president for losing $5000 on a land deal 17 years before he became president.
Find comparable investigations of a president for such spurious issues as Whitewater, Fostergate, Travelgate, Arlingtongate, Basementgate, Bimbogate, Pardongate, Flatwaregate and Trashgate.

[kwolf68]

47. What made me PROUD of being Liberal?

Was my time as a Conservative.

[bonemachine]

48. Love Me, I'm a Liberal

I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every coloured boy becomes a star
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I'm glad the commies were thrown out
of the AFL-CIO board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
as long as they don't move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

The people of old Mississippi
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand how their minds work
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crain?
But if you ask me to bus my children
I hope the cops take down your name
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I read New Republic and Nation
I've learned to take every view
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
But when it comes to times like Korea
There's no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I vote for the Democratic Party.
They want the U.N. to be strong
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
He sure gets me singing those songs
I'll send all the money you ask for
But don't ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal


============================

Or, there's always Jellos version

I cried when they shot John Lennon
Tears ran down my spine
And I cried when I saw "JFK"
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X and Ice-T had it coming
They got what they asked for this time

CHORUS
So love me, love me, love me
I'm a liberal

I go to pro-choice rallies
Recycle my cans and jars
I'll honk if you love the Dead
Hope those funny grunge bands become stars
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far

CHORUS

I cheered when Clinton was chosen
My faith in the system reborn
I'll do anything to save our schools
If my taxes ain't too much more
And I love blacks and gays and Latinos
As long as they don't move next door

CHORUS


Rush Limbaugh and the L.A.P.D.
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand where they're at
Arsenio should set them straight
But if Neigborhood Watch doesn't know you
I hope the cops take your name

CHORUS

Yeh, I read the New Republic(an)
Rolling Stone and Mother Jones too
If I vote it's a Democrat
With a sensible economy view
But when it comes to terrorist Arabs
There's no one more red, white and blue

CHORUS

Once I was young and had an attitude
Stickers covered the car I drove in
Even went on some direct actions
When there weren't rent-a-cops to be seen
Ah, but now I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in

[Design8edGrouch]

51. The only proper reply

to the accusation of being liberal is "Thank you!"