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I would tend to agree with Mr. Mephisto that this is really a discussion about a label. As such it is of relatively small importance until it it used by either party to support (their own) or undermine (the other) position. For instance, the Republicans have taken great pains (with a fair amount of success) to turn the word "liberal" into a bad word, while the Dems have been comparitively less successful. I would really argue that at this point, the parties are so polarized that they is far less opportinity to split hairs within the party (i.e. socially liberal, fiscally conservative Democrat) so the words liberal and conservative have lilttle utility except as an alternative to calling Someone a Republican or Democrat. I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it, it's just what I observe.
I would be far more interested to know why this you bothers you (sorry if I'm being presumptuous, but you seemed bothered). I guess the question is why is this label important?
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