Honk if you're a liberal

[lwcon]

I'm a registered Democrat who has only once voted for a Republican... when the Democratic candidate was Reagan-insider John Silber (running against -- and to the right of -- Rockefeller Republican Bill Weld).

I come from a family of Democrats.

But more important and more immutable to my identity is that I am a liberal.

I am a liberal in the sense that I think government has an important role to play in, among other things, redressing and limiting inhumane effects of a market-based economy.

I think the Democratic Party is making a huge mistake not to capitalize on the country's dramatic leftward shift shown in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

I think Democrats are making a huge mistake not to wear the "liberal" banner proudly, the way Republicans and Blue Dogs wear the "conservative" banner proudly.

I think the Democrats are making a huge mistake not seizing the moment of change -- a moment which I fervently hope has not passed -- to drive a stake through the Reagan Revolution and its greed-is-good mentality.

I think the Democratic Party has coasted far-too-long on "lesser of two evils."

I think the Democratic Party should make us, and itself, proud by embracing its liberal base.

Do you agree?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Definitely liberal here.

[asdjrocky]

2. Beep Beep.

[NorthCarolina]

3. Ahooga!!! eom

[shadowknows69]

11. Aw beat me to it.

[muffin1]

4. Beep!

Proud liberal here!:bounce:

[calico1]

5. Beep!

Totally agree.
Tired of holding my nose.
Tired of settling for lukewarm Democratic values.

[lwcon]

15. Any suggestions on what we can do about it?

I know this is, within party limits, pretty radical, but here's what I'd like to see happen:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7581114&mesg_id=7581114

[GoneOffShore]

6. HOOOONK!!

[DisgustedInMN]

7. Exactly! n/t

[Kahuna]

8. I AM liberal. Democrat and Liberal are the only two labels I'll accept.

:patriot:

[lwcon]

14. The hard part is...

... that so many Dems treat "liberal" as an accusation.

[Yuugal]

9. Honk!

[laughingliberal]

10. Liberal, here. nt

[shadowknows69]

12. BEEEEEEP!

[Hepburn]

13. Mega beep, beep, beep!

Not just liberal ~~ VERY LIBERAL ~~ and proud of it!

:patriot:

[Brickbat]

16. I got your horn honkin' right here.

http://wild.nhl.com/ext/MP3s/WILDGOALHORN.mp3

[lwcon]

19. Do they have a Bruins version of that? :v) n/t

[Aristus]

17. What do I always say when this question comes up?

"Liberal till I DIE, motherfuckers!!!" B-)

[DKRC]

18. Liberal here!

:fistbump:

[lumberjack_jeff]

20. This keyboard lacks a horn button.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.
Thomas Fuller

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
Benjamin Disraeli

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
William F. Buckley, Jr.

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
Frank Dane

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
Elbert Hubbard

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Woodrow Wilson

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution" the old one.
Douglas Jerrold

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
Leo Rosten

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
Mort Sahl

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
Woodrow Wilson

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.
Tom Wolfe

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.
Jacques Barzun

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
John Stuart Mill

[MissDeeds]

21. Proud to blow my liberal horn

Great post!

K&R

[lwcon]

26. Thanks! n/t

[Echo In Light]

22. Liberal lefty, which is why I can't identify w/much of the Dem party

[lwcon]

29. 'Tis hard

Seriously, how many elected Dems will even call themselves "liberal," let alone vote like one?

[Echo In Light]

32. Christ, listen to the tone of HATRED at this place. It's why I'm not around much lately.

[lwcon]

34. Hatred? n/t

[Echo In Light]

36. Try espousing an unpopular view here and wait for 'them' to show up

;)

[lwcon]

38. I'm familiar with that, and I have the scars to prove it

But where are you seeing "hate" in this thread? Perhaps you mean something else...?

[Echo In Light]

43. oh, no, brother. Not in this one. Carry on. n/t

[tabbycat31]

23. Beep beep

[donheld]

24. bleeding heart & all *beep*

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. Beep beep! Toot toot!

Liberal first, Dem second.

[alp227]

27. HONNNNNKK!!!!!!!

If you live near Congress or a Democratic Congress member's office, honk at 'em. That'll wake 'em up.

[Jennicut]

28. I am a liberal in a family of conservatives. I stick out like a sore thumb

but I kind of like it. }(

[bigwillq]

30. HONK!

:bounce:

[lwcon]

31. This reminds me of what it's like to be part of the Democratic base

http://xkcd.com/695/

[Skittles]

33. HONK! HONK HONK!

[Ardent15]

35. Getting more liberal every day.

:patriot:

[Stinky The Clown]

37. I am a proud, unapologeitc *LIBERAL*

I eschew other labels. The word "Liberal" has a long history. Words like "Progressive" put me in mind of a person trying to hide from the liberal label. I understand others see it differently, and that's fine. I'm simply saying how *I* see it.

[Peacetrain]

41. With Stinky on this one... Liberal always..

I think you have to be of a certain age, to really understand why some of us, ummmm not so much on the progressive label.. People who could not stand up to the heat the Liberals were taking.. But like Peter.. Denied us three times.. with a "no no no.. not a liberal.. call me "progressive" :)

Likewise I can understand those who are younger not having that attached to it so much.. but liberal I am and liberal I stay.

[lwcon]

49. Looks that way to me, too

Thx!

[557188]

39. I am not John Locke

Nor do I wish to be associated with John Locke.

I am a socialist or a progressive. :)

[njlib]

40. HONK, HONK

You nailed it! Proud as hell liberal here!!

[fascisthunter]

42. Liberal Here

[Lugnut]

44. Beep, beep!

I'm 64 years old and I've never voted for a Republican in my 43 years of voting. I've never failed to vote in any primary or general election either.

[Raine]

45. HONK ... thought my views were moderate but

I see that in the scheme of things they're liberal.

[lwcon]

47. Oh, me too!

Both things changed. The two big parties have moved further and further to the right, and I moved more to the left.

My politics have always leaned left, and I've always proudly identified as a liberal.

But the more I see of what neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism are doing, the leftier I get.

[graywarrior]

46. Qwak

[northofdenali]

48. Can't honk.

My Jeep just ribbits.

RIBBIT!! RIBBIT!!

[MH1]

50. Big Honking Liberal here. :)

[alberg]

51. Honk!!

[RedCloud]

52. On my more conservative days I am a liberal!

[ncteechur]

53. Honk!

[emdee]

54. HONK HONK HONK nt

nt

[applegrove]

55. Yes. Liberal is a good word. It implies liberal trade and openess. Also social justice.