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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
"Liberal" is a subjective term. I'm not sure any one person's definition is completely in agreement with another's.
But I do know this for certain about "liberalism" - it's dead. Right now, millions of voters are throwing Republicans out of office because they spent like Democrats. The Democratic Party has adopted huge chunks of the classic GOP platform to win. Just look at the Democrats who are poised to take over battleground states - they're all moderates.
Don't blame Bill Clinton for sentencing the liberals to death and forcing the Dems to the center. That's putting the chicken before the egg. The voters had already rejected liberalism - Bill was just being a smart politician and following public sentiment.
In many regards, Karl Rove is right - the GOP can't lose today. The funny thing is, it'll be the Old GOP - the real Republicans - that win. So some of them will be Democrats. So what? That's just a name.
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So, Dr. Dangerfield, what's the prognosis on conservatism?
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