There was one of those political bias studies done a few years ago, the kind that tries to show the real differences between the "liberal" and "conservative" minds. I found this one interesting because it stated that "liberals" have the ability to maintain two contradictory beliefs at the same time. While the discussion boards I frequented then had liberals trumpeting the findings as proof of the complexity of liberal thought I couldn't help but see the hilarious irony of them trumpeting a study that essentially called liberals hypocrites. :lamo
But yeah, iguanaman essentially demands that the Bush administration act contrary to the liberal line on immigration, and contrary to the liberal line of FISA courts in order to stop the 9/11 attack based on the hunch of an FBI agent. It's like in iguanaman's mind the show 24 is a documentary.
You have been hoodwinked.
There are NO liberals in the US. Maybe six.
Liberal has been hijacked by socialists to disguise what it is they really are. It started in the 20's, there is a post somewhere in here of Ronald Reagan making that case....
What you have in the US are convenient socialist-populists [Hollywood stars still want their SUV's] with the rest of the country divided into varying degrees of conservative.
If you change the word "liberal" to "socialist" it is actually a quote from Winston Churchill.
It is classic, by the way, for the socialist/communist to argue cyclically causing a great deal of Irony. But, but stretching and actually reversing the very meanings of words, yes, any socialist can demand of their opponents that which they say they oppose.
The truth is, there is no progress in progressive. We have had these ideas in Canada, exactly as prescribed by the wonders of Obamaland around sine the 1910's, wqhen the first official socialist-communist party was formed - the "Cooperative Commonwealth Federation", who stood for higher minimum wage ....and, not really mentioned, the nationalization of all non-farm land!
There is no Affordable in the ACA, there is no Progress in progressive and no "liberal" as in tolerant, accepting and willing to compromise anywhere in the US