Are there Liberal traits that you DON'T like?

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139. Insistence on taking the high road, even if it means losing the battle...

This catch-all includes such things as voting for Nader in 2000; complaining that a Democratic candidate isn't "liberal enough" to support; and worst, showing up to a gunfight with brass knuckles. Politics is an exceedingly dirty business (and becoming more so all the time), and the idea that getting into the muck and mire of battle is somehow beneath a liberal's dignity is terribly naive. Think of Al Gore's team not calling for a statewide recount in Florida; or John Kerry's ignoring the Swiftboat assholes for too long, at his own peril; and more recently, Obama's "acting presidential" during the first debate, instead of calling out Mittens on the spot for his series of bald-faced fabrications.

When the very future of this country is gravely at stake, the time for playing nice and fair and polite is long over; assuming the other side will do the same is a recipe for disaster.