What do you think of when you hear/see the following terms:
conservative
Democrat
liberal
libertarian
moderate
progressive
Republican
? How would you define these terms? What type of people do you correlate with these terms?
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Oh Tony, excellent questions! For brevity's sake I'll jump right to my answers.
ReplyDeleteConservative: Barry Golwater or Howard Taft. Even Senator Rand Paul. I'm still stuck on classical liberalism though...
Democrat: Jack Kennedy
Liberal: Maxine Waters, Harry Reid
Libertarian: maximum liberty and personal responsibility, minimal government, non- interventionist foreign policy; Judge Andrew Napolitano, Congressman Ron Paul
Moderate: Dennis Kucinich
Progressive: Barack Obama, Rev. Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain
Republican: Neocon, Hannity, Rush, Newt Gingrich