Not liberalism. Leftism. Socialism. Fascism. Madcap Populism. College Coffee-klatch Marxism. But not liberalism.
The founders were classic liberals. We need to stop letting them steal our name.
Well, most of the Founders and Framers were ....
The Communists have been stealing names since the 30's. First they stole "Progressives" from the real Progressives of the 1890's-1920's, then they stole "liberals" from the real liberals (examples: Jack Kennedy as noted above, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, Henry "Scoop" Jackson).
What they really are is neo-Stalinists.