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To: robertpaulsen
That's why conservatives today look like the liberals of yesterday. Because it's a relative position, rather than a concrete position.

Yes, the conservatives of today are really what used to be called classic liberals.

95 posted on 10/31/2003 9:48:19 AM PST by Cathryn Crawford (Algunos misterios son tan profundos y maravillosos que deben ser explorados para ser entendido.)
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To: Cathryn Crawford
, the conservatives of today are really what used to be called classic liberals.

No. The conservatives of today are really what used to be called classic socialists (along with progressives.) There haven't been classic liberals (nor classic conservavives) since the Mexican War.

196 posted on 10/31/2003 9:38:35 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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