Repukes getting desperate: Resorting to pulling the "Liberal" card

[UCLA Dem]

Just heard on the news that Shrub is accusing JK of being too "liberal." Thats the first I've heard that all election season, they must really be panicking.

[chicagojoe]

1. Yep. They've turned the word "liberal"...

...into a dirty word, and now they have NOTHING but childish tactics left in their arsenal.
Bush Is Toast !!!!

[iwantmycountryback]

2. Wow Kerry is a liberal, I'm sure that's a shock to

noone.

[kaitykaity]

3. Hey, it worked when Poppy Bush beat Dukakis in '88 remember.

"He's a card-carrying member of the American Civil
Liberties Union."

But this is only the first ring of their desperation.
The worst is yet to come.

[ogradda]

4. i've been a liberal all my life

that son of a bitch uses it like a dirty word.

[Borgnine]

5. Sigh...

Why do we live in a society where being liberal is considered a bad thing, and being conservative is regarded as a plus?

Main Entry: <2>liberal
Function: noun
Date: 1820
: a person who is liberal: as a : one who is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways

Yeah, being open-minded is a really terrible thing. Of course, these are the people who think being unwavering from an incorrect viewpoint is better than weighing the options.

[UCLA Dem]

From what my parents have told me, it started with Regan

My mom said she cried when Regan was elected because he portrayed liberals as complete moral degenerates.

The Repukes have (over the last few decades) infused what the religious right thinks is moral into what they define as moral.

Therefore the most narrow-minded, bigoted sect in the country has been allowed to define those who embrace tolerance, diversity and change hence liberal as terrible people bent on the destruction of our society.

Since they are "Godly," then they have to right to say who is or is not moral. Makes you sick, huh?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. It doesn't work

not on me, anyway. You want to call me liberal? I'll yell out "THANK YOU!" and give you a bear hug for calling me that. I LOVE it! I've been a liberal my whole life and I'm proud of it, too.

Shit, they are getting desperate.

Oooooo, he called him a LIBERAL? Oh the horrors! LOL!

Can you imagine a Dem doing that? "He's a....a.....CONSERVATIVE!"

::crickets chirping::

People would respond with "yeah? And?"

Just like they probably are with this, except for bush's base who already are supporting bush.

[Kusala]

7. OT: if you have myspace

It's either the bush campaign luring in freepers or it's one pathetically bush-obsessed girl.

http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=1740348

Don't forget Poland!!

[LynnTheDem]

8. "Liberal" is only a "dirty word" if we allow it to be.

Rightwingnuts use the term "liberal" as an insult; thus OBVIOUSLY they lvoe the OPPOSITE DEFINITIONS of liberal, which include:

STINGY

GREEDY

NARROW

MEAN-SPIRITED

UNGENEROUS

Yes, rightwingnuts, you're correct...you ARE the opposite of LIBERAL. I feel sorry for you.

[shraby]

9. Neanderthals were conservatives.....

homo sapiens were liberals...look who survived.

[Roland99]

10. Kerry shot down that argument wonderfully in the debate

"Let's not use labels"

And then he goes into "Compassionate Conservative, what's that?"

That labeling goes both ways.


Although, Dukakis tried that tact against Bush, Sr. in the '88 debates.

[UCLA Dem]

12. I thought that was great too.

As for what happened in '88, I think the Kerry camp is running a much better campagin. That was (of course) and emfamous election and we studied it in my political psych class last year.

Kerry is not allowing Shrub to define him, which part of what happened in '88. He's also a vet., so that gives him credibility. Becasue of that Bushco couldn't just brand him as a Northern Liberal.

[Dem2theMax]

11. lib·er·al

It just makes him (and us) sound so WONDERFUL! :7


lib·er·al

Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.

Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.

Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.

Synonyms: liberal, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded.

These adjectives mean willing or marked by a willingness to give unstintingly: a liberal backer of the arts; a bounteous feast; bountiful compliments; a freehanded host; a generous donation; a handsome offer; a munificent gift; fond and openhanded grandparents. See also synonyms at broad-minded.


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[Piperay]

13. Same old,

same old. :boring: :boring: :boring:

[Abelman]

14. Pardon me for noticing...

but wasn't freeing the slaves a liberal concept? I believe Lincoln was a Republican, but still. Also, wasn't woman's voting a liberal idea? Income Tax? National Parks? Weren't the original signers of the Declaration and the Constitution technically liberal? By spewing hatred of liberals, is Bush not in fact spewing hatred of the original Americans? People like Washington, Jefferson, Hancock? Seems to me that Bush hates America.

How cyclical that America began with a George and is close to ending with a George.