2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: OK then. A Message to Hillary Supporters... [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)as for Kennedy: 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. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi0-Y7y-6bJAhVFNSYKHX72Bo8QtwIIPDAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DO3oY93doosg&usg=AFQjCNECRWBmjmVQUJ352jqC2shEBzVqMQ&sig2=BT_43v1c55DJmXLkVL3bYw
I should have also added dick nixon how made some half-hearted (may I say clintonesque) attempts at appear moderate if not liberal (i.e. the EPA, and lip service to ending American involvement in the Vietnam war)
You are right in that those campaigns are in the past. But your wrong in assuming that by toadying to repug positions and policies we will gain anything other than disappointed Democratic voters and minority party status.