all well meaning socialist-lib politicians and bureaucrats, given the right conditions and opportunity, have the capability of being murderous monsters.
The Waco incident among others, proved that. So did the Weaver incident, etc, etc, etc.
Powers was working for a liberal politician herself, so its hard believe she had this particular sentiment in mind when she used the term.
As for myself, I never consider it the the "right conditions" for a "socialist-lib" to have such an "opportunity". Such conditions seem pretty wrong to me, and should be avoided. Heck, even without socialist philosophy, too much power in the hands of too few is dangerous. But with socialists its worse; Its like comparing a normal child playing with matches, to a pyromaniac child playing with matches. Power corrupts but with certain philosophies, the effect is worse.