Doug, perhaps you're familiar with this:

"...I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
And I cheered when the Commies were thrown out
From the AFL-CIO doors
And I love Puerto Ricans and negroes
As long as they don't move next door.
Love me, love me, love me, I'm a Liberal."

Phil Ochs wrote it back around '67 or so.

I think that it was Dick Gregory who said that he'd rather deal with a Klansman than a Liberal, because he knew where the Klansman stood.

You think about your beliefs, and I respect that. I'm certain that you know that there are conservatives who are just as knee-jerk as many liberals are. I can't respect those on either side who mouth sayings which they have obviously never given any thought to, but who have simply taken them as their own.

I might disagree with you, but I respect you. Believe it.

"Once I was young and implusive
I wore every concievable pin
Even went to Socialist rallies
I learned all the old Union hymns,
But now I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in.
Love me, love me, love me, I'm a Liberal."