Im a proud Liberal Democrat are there any Liberal Democrats

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Im a proud Liberal Democrat are there any Liberal Democrats here or Progressive Democrats if you want to use that term ?

I'm a Liberal/Progressive Democrat too.

Me. I pretty much really a Socialist.

Ragtime is!

Yeah, and George W Bush is an intellectual.

Stop pwning the n00bs.

Shouldn't there be a poll for these kinds of questions...

Anyway liberal/Democrat here.

Used to be, but then I felt like I had more in common with Republicans, and I have occasional libertarian views.

You can get pills that will clear that right up.

I always get confused about the American and European definitons of "liberal"... they're supposed to be different right?

anyway, I guess more or less anarchist here

Its all mixed up in the Canada. liberal and conservative swapped places. The liberals used to be about social freedom, independence, low taxes, and the conservatives were about social controls, taking care of the poor, and whatnot.

I'm a Lib Dem too.

I don't particularly enjoy giving Democrats a hard time as much as I enjoy giving Republicans a hard time, simply because I view the reasons one becomes a Democrat as more appealing than the reasons one becomes a Republican (at least in the last twenty years). However, I feel the need to make a point here.

If you are a "liberal", how could you ever support the Democratic party (except perhaps Kucinich)? If they are anything (and in my view neither party really stands for anything anymore), they are centrists.

It seems like you're just opting for the alternative to Republicans, which isn't really much of an alternative. Back in the 60's, liberal America stood for something, they fought for something. It seems like those who now view themselves as liberal have given up the passion and conceded defeat. You support corrupt politicians that kowtow to lobbyists, and you naively believe that Obama represents real change.

I'm not really trying to insult you, I'm asking, "what gives?"

I will make one concession though, Barney Frank is awesome.

It depends what you are talking about. Are you talking about the UK Liberal Democrat Party? Simply asking whether somebody is a Liberal Democrat doesn't really say much. It could mean anything.

Sort of a lesser of 2 evils - choosing between moderate Democrats and right-wing extremist Rethuglicans. A true progressive would have nearly no chance of election in this country.

Australia is the other way round too.