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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Maybe we could start a movement to positively define the terms "conservative" and "liberal", so that the various positions of the candidates could each be compared to the actual terms. Something tells me that Bush doesn't come out nearly as much the principled and committed conservative as I would like, or as people assert.
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Or maybe we could stop trying to put people and ideas into one of two pots. If someone is pro-choice, pro-education, pro-death penalty, pro-free trade, pro-free speech, anti-unnecessary taxes, anti-pork, pro-basic social services, pro-smart growth, pro-gun and anti-assault weapon, is that person a "liberal" or a "conservative"?
Even breaking it down to a single issue, like imigration: is placing tighter restrictions on immigration "liberal" or "conservative"? Is it "Democrat" or "Republican"? The answer can change at the drop of a hat.
You define "Right" as whatever you think is correct, but that doesn't necessarily have any correlation to historical perceptions of "right" or "left," or any relationship to people who are currently sitting on the right side of the aisle.
