Have we ever had a real liberal as president? [View All]

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Obama is not a true liberal, IMHO. It pains me to say it, but maybe by accepting that fact I can stop getting my hopes up that he's gonna start leading this country in a strongly progressive, rather than a pragmatic, communitarian, bipartisan direction that often runs counter to what liberals want.

Obama is not unique in this. He's not the only Democratic president who was not a liberal. But have we ever had a strongly progressive president in, say, the last 50 years? Ok, 60 years. Since FDR?

In my lifetime, I don't think so. Is it out of the realm of possibility for the US to have a liberal president? Or have I been waiting all my life for something that will never be?