My definition of a liberal

[AllentownJake]

Lot of argument of the liberal thing.

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’"

[Captain Hilts]

1. Liberals acknowledge that there are structural obstacles to success in our society

and that it is the responsibility of the government to help fix them.

Conservatives think that - no matter what the circumstances - if you work hard you will succeed and if you succeed you are deserving.

[Myrina]

2. Or ...

http://www.liberalparty.org/JFKLPAcceptance.html


"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."

[Oregone]

3. "Pragmatists" don't say "why not"

They presume they already know why not. Are they liberalS?

[Solomon]

4. Of course not. Liberals can only be what Allentown says

they are. That's it. The tent's getting smaller and smaller.

[Oregone]

5. "The tent's getting smaller and smaller."

I, for one, look forward to a party that actually stands for something.

[NJmaverick]

6. You just summed up things perfectly!

:applause:

[Uzybone]

7. eventually it'll be the size of a port a potty

[NJmaverick]

10. and the similarities will not end with size comparisons

:-)

[TheKentuckian]

8. Are the corporate toadies leaving finally?

There ain't enough room in the tent for folks trying to sell the poles and stakes to the overlords living in mansions just so they can sell them back to us with a mark up.

[NJmaverick]

9. It could be those crying are imagining that, while they are actually on the outside

building their own tiny tent and declaring anyone outside it, non-liberals

[TheKentuckian]

11. Whatever is clever but something must have stung to get your two cents

thanks for bumping that's mighty pragmatic of ya.