[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Left and Right

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Left and Right
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1193285009.shtml


   I haven't paid much attention to all these Presidential candidate
   forums / debates, Democrat or Republican. I do notice that the
   Republicans openly attack each other for either not being Conservative
   enough or being too far to the Right. No such discussion takes place
   in the Democratic Party events. The corresponding terms of "Liberal"
   and "Left" are all but unmentioned.
   No Democrat says, "You're not Liberal enough!" They might hint it,
   should someone dare to think the Mexican border fence is a good idea,
   for example. But it's usually phrased as a character flaw, not an
   intellectual disagreement, historical perspective, or point of law.
   Where's the pride? Why hide? Where's the reverence on the Left for
   George McGovern that we have for Ronald Reagan on the Right? I think
   they're too ashamed to admit that they're Liberals, meaning they view
   government as first responder for all of life's problems. They might
   have to explain why. So instead, they call themselves "progressives"
   as if to suggest we on the Right would be more comfortable in the
   Middle Ages. (Actually, the reverse is true.)
   No, as someone said at NRO, there's nothing progressive about being
   liberal.