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In reply to the discussion: "See, what Andrew Sullivan is trying to say is that Liberals were right all along." [View all]calimary
(81,768 posts)Gee, ya think???? OF COURSE liberals have been right all along! Look at the record. All the good stuff our nation has accomplished - the TRULY good stuff, that elevates us and moves us farther forward traces back to liberalism. All the best and most workable and most realistic ideas, the sensible and wise protections, for the security and sustenance of the greater good - traces back to us liberals. "Liberal" is NOT a dirty word, NEVER has been, and I think we need to actively and aggressively re-embrace and reassert it, and rehabilitate it after the shit-smear job the CONS have done on the whole concept and definition of liberalism over the past thirty-five years or so! I always like revisiting this little gem:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/21/1093478/-A-Day-in-the-Life-of-Joe-Republican
And that's just one aspect. We liberals were just as spot-on regarding the war in Iraq, and all the issues that really matter. OUR priorities would seem to reflect the teachings of Our Lord and all the other monumental spiritual leaders - that whole "least of My brethren" thing - than anything the greedy, hard-hearted, selfish, closed-minded CONservative column has come up with.
Indeed, ya think???? Seriously??? You're horrified, 'eh, Andrew? You couldn't have seen this coming? The rest of us over here on the left certainly did. And we're calling it correctly on all things teabagger, too. YOU crawled into bed with this CON-job, Andrew dear, and NOW it gets to FUCK you. Never anticipated that it'd be YOU reaching for the Maalox bottle every morning before you even get up outta bed.