“Even the word “liberal” itself, isn’t supposed to mean “socialist”. They co-opted it.”
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Yes and now that they are through with it they have thrown it away in favor of “progressive” which is being applied to those who have ideas that in reality are REgressive. Liberal will never again be used in its original meaning just as “gay” will never again refer to simply being happy and having a great time.
Anyone who ever imagined that the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” had anything to do with either one is hopelessly naive and should rely on someone else to manage his affairs for him. You can mark the descent of America into the abyss by the history of government scheming to take over medicine. Richard Nixon originated the plan but never even attempted to pass the law, Hillary Clinton attempted to do it in the first year of Slick Willy’s administration but could not even get it out of a committee controlled by her own party. By 2010 a large enough percentage had become as muddle headed as Joe Biden that it could be forced through without the support of a single Republican. If you have someone around you who was silly enough to support this travesty keep your eyes open, they are not to be trusted.
That's false. It received a critical vote from a GOPer in committee. You can thank Olympia Snowe (R) for kenyancare.
Indeed. Though that originally began long ago, during the early 20th Century. Also around the same time that some people started using "liberal" to mean "socialist".
Based on the non-polical dictionary definitions of the words, I'm a liberal progressive.