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Originally posted by Sparhawk
I notice that you didn't answer my questions, but moving on: so what exactly is a "Liberal(tm)"? The reason I'm asking is I feel a lot of good discussion can be generated by comparing definitions.
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I like your new avitar, a fictitious liberal tv president, the only kind that can win a national debate vrs a conservative and win, provided the script is there
I didn't answer your question because you basically asked me 'So when did you stop beating your wife.' Being a conservative does not make me hate anything TR did. TR understood there has to be a balance between business, the environment, and people. He wasn't extreme on any of them. Business must be free enough to run, but not waste the environment in the process. Note I said waste, TR was all for using our resources as they were needed for expansion of the US. He also felt that business shouldn't be able to cheat the worker, but at the same time said the business themselves need to not be cheated in kind. I see very little difference in how TR ran things compared to Reagan.
TR was about perfect in balance between left-right, and I doubt he would have any love for the welfare state we have created.
Also in your list of 'liberal' victories, its amusing how many were during republican presidents. Except for 'progressive' taxation, you can KEEP that one.