[Batrachian]

Sorry, but this article is complete horseshit. Liberalism, far from being dead, is the law of the land. Not only is it statutory law, but it is constantly reinforced by judicial and bureaucratic decisions. Also, call it a historical accident if you like, but just two years ago the most liberal president in history was elected by a wide margin. I don't need to hear that he was a cipher and nobody knew what he stood for. Bull. We all knew what he stood for. Liberalism is on the march right now as we hear that they want to force homosexuality on our military. I can give more examples but I would be preaching to the choir. Emmett Tyrrell is smoking crack if he thinks that liberalism is dead. Even the Democrat Party, which took such a beating, is far from dead.

You'd have to be a credulous moron to believe this kind of pablum.

[EQAndyBuzz]

As long as there is a left wing media there will be a left wing. My assertion is the only way to destroy liberalism in this country is to put the media under direct attack. And that starts with having the cajones to do it rather than talk about it.

[FrankR]

I totally agree with you; Kennedy didn't mark the beginning of the "decline" in liberalism, it marked the beginning of the rise of liberalism.

America is drowning in liberalism and political correctness, with very few floatation devices in sight.

We thought the Boehner crew might straighten out a few things, but the word "Compromise" seems to be their new slogan. After being sent to DC to get RID OF OBAMACARE, they are already wanting to just "modify" it.

But there is one concept I think the GOP had better warm up to, and I think this will be their last shot at governance unless they start to walk their talk pretty soon.

To be fair, I know they don't take power until January, but with both sides trying to run out the clock on the tax cuts, I don't hear a lot from the GOP that grabs my attention...nothing positive anyway...just talk.

"Liberalism" has taken on a lot of new meanings since Kennedy; it's totally about "entitlements" aka "vote buying", class warfare, and political correctness. It's all about a totalitarian government who micro-manages our daily lives and confiscates most of our wealth for redistribution aka "vote buying".

Where there were no laws passed for the liberal agenda, the Federal and district judges legislate from the bench, and instead of interpreting the Constitution, they are confusing it with the Charmin.

I hope upon hope that the Americans who stood up and voted in November don't fall back into their vibrating recliners and TRUST the new GOP to fix it all - they don't have the best track record for that type of thing. As the saying goes, the GOP seems to be expert in "grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory".

I fear that if the new GOP gang lets us down again, it will be the end of GOP rule and a new party of Conservatives will rise up and take over the day. The RINO wing of the GOP - the "blue bloods" - seem to either be democrat-lites, or just don't want the 200 years of status-quo disturbed...but it NEEDS to be disturbed.

These newbies need to have the telephones melted off their desks from the heat of constitutents calling 24 and 7 if they don't perform as elected. We have no time for stalling and fancy procedeural tricks, we want it fixed, and soon.

But if they start wincing from the left calling them "mean", or the "party of no", etc., then they are not the men and women they pretended to be at the podium...they are just more mccainbots or romneybots.

All I can say is Americans are pretty pissed off right now, and tired of the bullshit. It will stop or we should be standing on their desks - en masse - demanding to know why.

The TEA party movement's job is NOT OVER - it has only just begun. We let these newbies in the gate, now we must ride herd on them everyday to remind them WHO gave them their jobs...it certainly wasn't obama or the liberals.

The Washington liberals are seriously wounded, and a wounded animal is the most dangerous...they need to be put out of their misery and abolished from the American leadership forever. Liberalism and America are not mutually conducive to freedom.

Call your rep today.

[HarleyD]

Liberalism, far from being dead, is the law of the land.

Absolutely! We are in a battle to take BACK our country; from judges who overrule voters with trumped up rulings, politicians who say they're for conservative values yet vote contrary to those values, and from the MSM who will do anything to shut down those who would present the other side. We need to spot the enemies and infiltrators, and change the game; not roll over and pretend it's gone away. We need to recognize that 2010 was only a beginning of a long journey.

[dforest]

I agree it is far from dead, but it’s intent has been exposed.

However, they are already spinning in their predictable fashion.

Class warfare from dawn until dusk.

[Alberta's Child]

I agree with most of what you've posted here. Anyone who think liberalism is dead just needs to browse through a bunch of threads right here on FreeRepublic -- and see how many conservatives are adamantly opposed to any attempts by the Federal government to curtail Social Security and Medicare spending.

Having said that, I'd also point out that "liberalism" as the political philosophy we know it really is dying in the United States . . . not because it's losing its appeal to the people of this country, but because it has bankrupted us and we can't afford it anymore. And if you have any doubts about this, just go and see how effective and popular New Jersey governor Chris Christie has become over the last ten months with his own big-mouthed, take-no-prisoners approach to fiscal matters in one of the most reliably liberal states in the U.S.

[ops33]

Thank you!