tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948590733023128436.post8263760306301016686..comments2023-06-07T08:01:34.930-07:00Comments on Hunting Sitting Ducks: I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal"Mark In Irvinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614659771194841374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948590733023128436.post-907998531759626032008-01-04T08:08:00.000-08:002008-01-04T08:08:00.000-08:00Unfortunately Mark, I believe that today's definit...Unfortunately Mark, I believe that today's definition of a "liberal" is quite different than the one quote from JFK. At least in the way in which today's conservative defines it (or drools it when they say it), the "liberal" has been marginalized, much in the way that "neo-conservative" has marginalized conservatives.<BR/><BR/>Look back in history...Barry Goldwater wouldn't qualify today. Neither would Sen. Jim Buckley...frankly, neither would Jack Kemp...all conservatives. Look back in history...Allard Lowenstein (the great Liberal Democratic Congressman from Long Island), as anti-war as Lowenstein was back then, I don't think he's be marginalized today. The great Liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits...<BR/><BR/>Defintions, labels and times all change.<BR/><BR/>Just my 2¢.StormWarninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990758652184200652noreply@blogger.com