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Originally posted by Xylochick216
"If by 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, their civil liberties... if that is what they mean by a 'liberal', then I am proud to be a liberal."
-- JFK

Here , here.... it's good that someone brought up the "classic" definition of an American 'liberal'...

But I do have have to agree with Coramoor, in that I do find the fringe 'liberals' an embarassment to the name.

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Originally posted by RACooper
Here , here.... it's good that someone brought up the "classic" definition of an American 'liberal'...

But I do have have to agree with Coramoor, in that I do find the fringe 'liberals' an embarassment to the name.

Actually, it's not so much a classic definition of liberals, as much as it's a way liberals describe themselves in speeches.

The fringe extremists are embarassments period, on either side of the coin. I actually have to agree with you on that one.

And we have a winner, ladies and gentlemen.