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  • Jun 9, 2014, 03:25 PM
    smoothy
    The Liberals are... they spent the last 6.5 years blaming Bush for everything including the Holocaust... at least those that aren't busy denying there actually was one to begin with.
  • Jun 9, 2014, 03:57 PM
    Catsmine
    Quote:

    The Liberals are...
    Mandy Patinkin moment - "You keep using this word. Somehow I don't think it means what you think it means." - The Princess Bride 1987. The proper term for the Left's dominant philosophy is 'Progressive.'

    Quote:

    While the Progressives differed in their assessment of the problems and how to resolve them, they generally shared in common the view that government at every level must be actively involved in these reforms. The existing constitutional system was outdated and must be made into a dynamic, evolving instrument of social change, aided by scientific knowledge and the development of administrative bureaucracy.
    The Progressive Movement and the Transformation of American Politics

    As what they call a "Classic Liberal," the conflation of the two philosophies is bothersome.
  • Jun 10, 2014, 01:39 AM
    NeedKarma
    I disagree with the conclusions of the Heritage piece. It certainly shouldn't be used as a definition of any of those two words.

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