Liberalism

[Scriptor Ignotus]

Over the past few years the Republicans, namely the Bush Administration and their allies, have turned the concept of "liberalism" into something distasteful, something no Democrat wants to be associated with -- by their words.

Amusingly, they've smeared "conservatism" the same way -- by their actions.

[zabet]

1. Wish I had written this........

http://members.aol.com/kgar41/liberal.html

Liberal is not a dirty word. It is not evil to insist that all Americans have affordable health insurance, to decry the ever-widening gap between the richest and the poorest, to demand a decent living wage, to insist that corporations must balance concern for the environment with the bottom line, to ensure that all Americans have the right both to vote and to have those votes counted, to guarantee that women have the right of reproductive choice without government interference, to stop the obscene influence of soft money bribery of parties and candidates, and to restore human dignity to all Americans regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability. It is not "fringe" to think that the way we treat one another and other people is more important than the way we express our beliefs; to find more grace in the search for meaning than in absolute certainty, in the questions than in the answers. We see ourselves as a spiritual community in which we discover the resources required for our work in the world: striving for justice and peace among all people. Liberals are motivated by Love, not by religious intolerance, insufferable arrogance and disdain of those deemed "different".

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"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy-

[OHdem10]

2. HRC showed her colors last night when she was

asked What is a liberal. She does not want our dirty little
votes apparently. To the people in SC she said--I do not
believe in anything. Our Party never gets it. Even Fundies
respect a person for standing up and defending their party.
Hilary running away from the word Liberal was not a happy sight.

Yes Republicans have distorted Conservatism.

Until our party is willing to attack the Conservatism of the
last 20 years as having put the country in the dire straits;
we are going to find ourselves losing. How can we call them out or criticize them when those who lead are trying to imitate them.

A Proud Liberal

[Scriptor Ignotus]

4. heh

Hillary's statement is what prompted my post.

[MissMillie]

3. over the past "few" years?

Um......

I'm thinking about 15 years