Posted on 03/21/2005 9:59:18 AM PST by tryon1ja
To the editor:
The term "liberal" has been used to defien the "progressive" wing of the Democratic Party. What does the term actually stand for? Her is my definition.
A "liberal" is:
One who believes that it is acceptable to murder unborn children and yet wants to save the lives of convicted serial killers and rapists on death row.
One who is in favor of affirmative action, but vehemently opposed the nomination of a black American to the Supreme Court of the United States.
One who alleges he or she is in avor of equal rights for women, but denigrates the career and accomplishments of Securetary of State Dr. Condoleeza Rice.
One who severely criticized the conduct of our government in protecting us from 9/11, but at the same time opposes the efforts of our government to prevent future acts of terrorism by opposing the Patriot Act.
One who is in favor of diversity but wants only liberal professors and teachers hired at our colleges and universities.
One who professes support for our troops but who trumpets every mis-deed of a small group of soldiers and totally ignores the heroic and helping acts of the overwhelming majority of the almost 150,000 soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan in an effort to demoralize the troops.
One who wanted to delay the vote in Iraq because the country was too unstable for such an important democratic practice, but now claims that the successful election is insignificant and meaningless.
One who believes that Al Jazeera, the Arab fundamentalist TV network, reports the news more accurately and is less biased than Fox News.
One who says he or she endorses free speech but makes sure that on our university campuses only politically correct utterances are allowed.
One who argues that Christian fundamentalist are worse than Arab fundamentalists.
One who complains about unemployment while at the same time is objecting to industrial development in this country because of pollution.
One who decries the price of gasoline and our trade deficit but at the same time opposes drilling for oil in federal lands.
I am sure there are more examples that could be listed, but I believe that the foregoing gives you an idea. The good news for Republicans is that liberals, such as Howard Dean, are about to assume the organizational helm of the Democratic Party. It can only be hoped that Mr. Dean will rely on the likes of Sen. Kennedy, Boxer, Levin and Clinton to formulate the Democratic platform, for that will assure a Republican victory.
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