Yer correct, Ake, in that some folks do consider themselves to be liberal becuase they are tolerant of folks who ain't like them...

But the term "liberal" has been so bastardized and domonized that, ohter than a word that the right uses to get Redneck Nation lathered up for elections, the term really doesn't mean much of anything anymore...

I use the word "progressive"... The root is "progress" which is purdy hard for the right to demonize... And progressive isn't as easy for the right to turn into their usual "volvo driving, latte drinking, sandal wearing, elitist" crap that Daddy Bush started 30 years ago... And it also doesn't fall into the right/left crap so easily because there are times when "fiscal responsibility" or "personal responsibility" are things that progressives are for and the right is running from, like right now, fir instance...

So the right will continue beating thta dead horse "liberal" critter as long as it can but at some point in time the right is going to have to quit using that smokescreen and step out and say what policies they think will actually work... Cutting taxes is not an answer to every p[roblem facin' US... Might of fact, right now cutting taxes is fiscally irresponsible regardless of party affiliation...

B~