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 The Demise of Liberalism
Liberals imagined a middle class world where the distribution of income was pretty flat: nobody was too rich and absolutely no one was poor.
Liberals defended the right of free speech even when both the speaker and the spoken were offensive to almost everyone.
Liberalism took on this enormous challenge with the energy of Teddy Roosevelt, the compassion of Franklin Roosevelt, the middle-class goodness of Harry Truman, the intensity of the Kennedy’s, the determination of LBJ, and the spirituality of Jimmy Carter.
www.midasjones.com /html/the_demise_of_liberalism.htm   (2495 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
The early response from labor union leaders, however, was warm praise mixed with pleas for him to remain in the Senate instead of running for President.
Gephardt's role as leader of the House Democrats for eight years created a natural, nationwide network of supporters and provided him with visible platform from which to be heard.
For the same reason, party leaders are excluding him from the debates -- even though he qualified for federal matching funds and raised over $5 million as of fall 2003 (which placed him ahead of Clark, Kucinich, Braun, and Sharpton in the money hunt).
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 Search Results for "List ..."
...Informal A list or group of the most admired or desirable people, as for a job or social gathering: famous actors on the casting director's A list; a private party...
List, Friedrich, (fre´drikh list) (KEY), 1789-1846, German economist.
A list designating a target, as for attack, coercion, or elimination: had a hit list of executives he wanted fired...
bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=List+...   (345 words)

  
 Dean's World: Well-Heeled Leftists
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
But by the way, I was not using the term "liberal" disparagingly, nor was I suggesting that all liberals are jackboot apologists.
Today's "liberals" (in the US) are nothing more than socialists who don't have the guts to admit it.
www.deanesmay.com /archives/004510.html   (1073 words)

  
 Contributions to liberal theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These individuals are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy.
The contributors are listed in approximately chronological order, beginning from the roots of realism, rationalism and humanism in the Renaissance, all movements which were influential in the creation of what is thought of as liberal political theory.
Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_liberal_thinkers   (4593 words)

  
 List says Kerry top Senate liberal - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sen. John Kerry was the "No. 1 Senate liberal in 2003," according to new rankings by the National Journal.
By contrast in 2003, fellow Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was the 11th most liberal senator, according to the rankings by the weekly, which covers Washington government and Congress.
The National Journal's voting record list included the senator's votes on trade agreements, abortion, Medicare, tax cuts, spending and efforts to end filibusters on confirming some of the most contentious judicial nominees.
washtimes.com /national/20040227-111241-3716r.htm   (475 words)

  
 List of liberal leaders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The list of self- or otherwise proclaimed liberal leaders is now part of the articles on liberalism by country.
There are many different views of what constitutes liberalism, and some liberals would feel that some of the people on this list were not true liberals.
However, all people on the list either claimed to be liberals, or were very widely perceived to be so by others.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_liberal_leaders   (126 words)

  
 LIBERAL CHINESE CHRISTIAN LEADERS WARN AGAINST MISSIONARY ACTIVITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We, therefore, have the command of Christ, and we don't need the permission of liberal ecumenical leaders who are probably unregenerate themselves and who do not care for the souls of the unsaved masses and who think that they have the authority to control the preaching of the Word of God.
The liberal ecumenical leaders of the China Christian Council think they can speak for the "church of China," but they cannot for there is no such entity.
Ting sold out to the communist government at the fall of China in 1949 and was selected to head the communist-controlled ecumenical organizations through which Mao attempted to control all churches in the land.
www.wayoflife.org /fbns/liberalchina.htm   (1082 words)

  
 It's lonely after life at the top for many ex-leaders - theage.com.au
It is true that the former Liberal prime minister has not changed his attitudes on a range of issues - including multiculturalism, support for human rights, opposition to apartheid and so on, nor has he moved significantly on economics.
This means he has become a critic of the contemporary Liberals on a gamut of issues concerning social policy, economics and foreign affairs.
The list includes Hewson, the late John Gorton (who, soon after his period as prime minister, quit the party and ran unsuccessfully as an independent in the Senate) and even Liberal Party founder Robert Menzies.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/11/1060588319823.html   (953 words)

  
 Statements - Politics - Liberalism (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Russian journalist was renowned for her critical coverage of the Chechen war and the human rights abuses in that region by the Russian military.
Liberal International calls on the Russian government to reverse its dangerous disregard of human rights, and to provide the necessary security for journalists to work in a democratic environment, where freedom of speech is not only permitted but encouraged.
On behalf of the Executive of Liberal International, I urge the Singapore Government to stop these practices of limiting, intimidating and undermining democratic opposition through abuse of the legal system and instead to ensure that Singapore lives up to international standards of justice and democracy.'
www.liberal-international.org.cob-web.org:8888 /congressExecutiveListAll.asp?ia_id=1257   (668 words)

  
 2nd CALD Young Leaders' Workshop - List of Participants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He is President of the Liberal Caucus of Congressional Staff and Editor-in-Chief of Liberal Philippines, a quarterly political magazine in the Philippines.
Jan-Argy Tolentino is currently Secretary-General and acting Executive Director of the Young Liberals of the Philippines (KALIPI) and Political Affairs Officer II to Rep. Rafael Nantes.
Sunil Witharanage is a Director of the Institute for Democracy and Leadership in Sri Lanka and the National Coordinator for the Liberal Youth Guilds (LYG).
www.cald.org /website/2ylw/2ylw_list.htm   (1409 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Methodist leaders to Bush: Repent
A group of leaders from President George W. Bush's denomination, the United Methodist Church, have signed a magazine ad asking the chief executive to "repent" of what they consider policies "incompatible" with Christian teaching, reports the Christian Times.
The Methodist leaders don't think much of Bush's domestic policies, either, saying they are "incongruent with Jesus' teaching" because they allegedly lack the kind of compassion Jesus taught, said the Christian Times report.
The leaders include men who have denied the divinity of Jesus Christ and endorse same-sex marriage, Tooley told the paper.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32946   (379 words)

  
 WHAT
It wasn’t the liberals that were out on witch hunts and then burning anyone upon whom they could get their hands.
The liberals, on the other hand, like William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglas, Elijah Lovejoy, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others fought for the abolition of slavery and against the stasis quo and the conservative base.
Liberals have always maintained the right of women to choose and not to allow any particular religious position to be pushed upon them.
www.wolverton-mountain.com /articles/WHATS_WRONG_WITH_BEING_A_LIBERAL.htm   (815 words)

  
 ADEPT : Political parties of RM : Parties' List : Social-Liberal Party (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Leaders of the Social-Liberal Party motivated the appearance of the new formation on the political scene of the Republic of Moldova as a necessity of being responsible for defiance provoked by popular disappointment given by government in the 1991-2000.
They consider that this discontent and distrust in democratic political forces and their leaders called such amount of the votes in favor of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which promised to come back to the "welfare" of the Soviet Union.
The Manifest released by the members of the initiative group on March 12, 2001 highlighted the intention to found a party, namely Social-Liberal Party, on the liberal niche of the political spectrum.
www.parties.e-democracy.md.cob-web.org:8888 /en/parties/psl   (524 words)

  
 CBC News In Depth: Liberal Party
The Liberal Party of Canada selects its new leader on Dec. 3 as it rebuilds and prepares to face an election battle in the not-too-distant future.
In 2004, Dryden, as a Liberal candidate, was elected to the House of Commons as the MP for York Centre.
Calling the Liberal party of the mid-1980s "pretty restrictive," Italian-born Joe Volpe recruited legions of new party members from the ethnic communities he observed as in need of a more active role in government.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/liberals/leadershiprace.html   (3084 words)

  
 The Democratic Party
Overwhelmingly elected by her colleagues in the fall of 2002 as Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in American history to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress.
A leader with a distinguished record of accomplishment on both domestic and international issues, Pelosi is successfully uniting Democrats behind an agenda to keep America strong and prosperous.
She has served in the Colorado Senate since 2000, and from 2003 through 2004, she served as the Minority Leader for the Colorado Senate Democrats.
www.democrats.org /a/party/ourleaders.html   (557 words)

  
 Nick Denton (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I always thought this was a cool idea: a buddy list on a cellphone which, just like an instant messaging service, notified the user when their friends were in the vicinity.
Third, liberals are wusses: there are plenty of well-written liberal weblogs out there, but the authors avoid politics, fearing flames from nasty neo-cons.
"Very often, the definition of a liberal is someone who is afraid to take their own side in a fight..." Begala and James Carville are going on Crossfire, and intend to break the stereotype.
www.nickdenton.org.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/2002_03_01_archive.htm   (7937 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
The AFP's national leaders all resigned in mid-2003 after a radical group affiliated with ultra-right militia movement leader Bo Gritz purportedly grabbed control of key party elements for a short while.
Founded by labor union leader, ex-Democratic elected official and pacifist Eugene V. Debs in 1900, the SP was once a mighty national third party.
The Knights Party is headed by Pastor Thomas Robb, the leader of a prominent Klan faction (the Klan is fragmented in the modern era into lots of small, rival splinter groups).
www.politics1.com /parties.htm   (9359 words)

  
 Fundamentalism in the Contemporary US Baha'i Community (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The self-appointed 'loyal opposition' and 'dissident group' is determined to force the Universal House of Justice to 'reform' itself and to be morally consistent with their private agendas and interpretations.
Thus, fundamentalist Baha’is secretly consider liberals and some moderates “not Baha’is” at all because they do not demonstrate sufficient compliance in immersing their wills in the authority of the Baha'i administration.
Opinion polls show that most African-Americans, despite their social liberalism, are inerrantists when it comes to scripture, and African-Americans constituted at least 10 percent, and perhaps more, of the community by the 1980s.
www-personal.umich.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /~jrcole/bahai/2002/fundbhfn.htm   (10438 words)

  
 NewsHog (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But military leaders and diplomats in Western capitals are not waiting for the Baker and U.N.-sponsored efforts to conclude before they assess the mistakes, poor strategy and changing conditions of warfare that have brought U.S. forces face to face with the bitter prospect of having to withdraw, mission unaccomplished.
After all, Republicans are in such a free-fall at the moment that it might be best for liberals to stay out of the way and let conservatives fling recriminations at each other, as has largely been the case with the Mark Foley scandal.
They will not long stay that way, however, unless their leaders are once again allowed to lead them, and to tell the truth even when this discredits the prime minister's sunshine fantasies.
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com.cob-web.org:8888   (10441 words)

  
 Turn Left: Liberal Music
Here is a listing of musical artists which have liberal-oriented lyrics, or have worked for liberal causes, or have expressed liberal sentiments in interviews, etc. This list is the combined effort of myself and Turn Left readers.
Their song "The Trees" is one of the simplest summations of class oppression ever written, "Second Nature" a call for leaders such as captains of industry to do the right thing, and "Red Tide," a song concerning the environment.
Unless liberalism is wholly defined by opposition to censorship then including this band on a list of "liberal" musicians is almost offensive to the philosophy at the core ofl iberalism.
www.turnleft.com /music.html   (5076 words)

  
 Gun Toting Liberal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Gun Toting Liberal: While I could say so much more, Smoke - let me just leave this one at this: thank you...
The Gun Toting Liberal: Smoke: "Together we car arrive in the center with a strong, powerful country that is...
Upinsmoke: Yeah I would agree the Republicans have lost their minds and for some reason the 911 thing made the...
www.guntotingliberal.com /archives/467   (689 words)

  
 Denmark List of Female Party Leaders
The party leader was and is Mimi Jacobsen, but Inger Boriis was in charge of the party organisation.
The Unity List is a merger of a number of former small leftwing parties.
She acted as leader after the previous Chairman resigned until the election of a new, a 53 year old man who won over two female candidates.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Danmark_Party_List.htm   (1009 words)

  
 ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Overthrown Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was arrested by US forces last December, reportedly plans to run as a candidate in the Iraqi elections scheduled for January 2005.
Our history is replete with dictators that we placed in power, or kept in power as long as they supported the policies of our governments.
The list of the dictators we loved is much longer than the list of the liberal leaders past and present.
www.zaman.org /include/yorumdetay.php?hn=12424   (262 words)

  
 The Free Liberal: An Inspirational Reading List
One of the virtue of this type of literature is that it helps us evaluate common human values by examining them in exotic situations and places.
The Free Liberal is an independent journal of transpartisan thought.
The views expressed herein are those of the writers individually and not necessarily those of the Free Liberal, the Center for Liberty and Community, or its board of directors.
www.freeliberal.com /archives/002322.html   (564 words)

  
 Who served?
Mike Thompson, D-CA: Staff sergeant/platoon leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army; was wounded and received a Purple Heart.
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay - avoided the draft, did not serve (1).
It might be interesting to how many of the sons and daughters of politicians are serving in ANY capacity.
www.awolbush.com /whoserved.html   (2372 words)

  
 Religious leaders rally for gay rights
KIRKLAND -- Religious leaders who favor increased protection for gays took their cause to the Eastside Wednesday, directly challenging the Rev. Ken Hutcherson and his supporters.
About 30 people of various faiths gathered at the entrance of Lake Washington High School to support long-stymied legislation that would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The group also met "to counter the very loud voices by a very few fundamentalist religious leaders" who oppose the bill, which was narrowly defeated in the 2005 Legislature and is expected to be reintroduced in the upcoming session, said Robert Jacobs, Northwest regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/253817_bill29.html?source=mypi   (588 words)

  
 CNN.com - Chinese leaders set out wish list - Oct. 15, 2003
President Hu (R) and Premier Wen were hailed as a new generation of leaders when they took office.
However, liberal party cadres have pointed out that Central Committee members, who picked the Politburo last year, were not allowed to cast votes to approve or disapprove the report -- and to make amendments.
However, what the president has in mind is "political civilization," not real liberalization.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/14/willy.column/index.html   (946 words)

  
 How Public Is Public Radio?
The remainder of elite sources was distributed among religious leaders (2 percent) and political professionals, including campaign staff and consultants (1 percent).
I mean, there is liberal radio,” remarked conservative pundit Andrew Sullivan on NBC ’s Chris Matthews Show (4/4/04.) A few days earlier (4/1/04), conservative columnist Cal Thomas told Nightline, “The liberals have many outlets,” naming NPR prominently among them.
Two commentators consistently took liberal political positions—columnists Lenore Skenazy of the New York Daily News and Joe Davidson of BET.com—but neither one is an activist pundit comparable to Williams, York or Loconte.
www.fair.org /index.php?page=1180   (2647 words)

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